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THE AGADADA
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A peddler came
into the market and called out, "Who wants to buy the elixir of
life?" Rabbi Yanai approached him and asked to see his goods. The peddler
took out a book of Psalms and showed him the verse (34:13): "Who is the
man who desires life, ....
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Posted 2/1/2008 12:00 AM |
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Brochos Confusion
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21 Shevat 5768
Brochos Confusion
a. Granola Bars. Granola, or roasted kernels of grain, may be manufactured into different products by various processes. As a result, special care must be taken as to the appropriate ....
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Posted 1/30/2008 12:00 AM |
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OUR SPECIAL HERITAGE
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22 Shevat 5768
In last week’s Parsha, we learned how Bnai Yisroel received the Torah for eternity. According to the Medrash, the world stood still, the nations watched, and the Heavens and the depths opened, so that the Universe and its conten ....
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Posted 1/30/2008 12:00 AM |
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Adding Kedusha to the World
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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM HORAV SHMUEL KAMENETSKY SHLITA: HoRav Kamenetsky shlita gave the following suggestion for women in North America: The Rosh Yeshiva suggests that due to the matzav in Eretz Yisrael, each woman should light Shabbos candles five m ....
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Posted 1/28/2008 12:00 AM |
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THE AGADADAH OF THE TALMUD\CHULIN 60b
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Rabbi Chaninah bar Papa taught that at the time of creation HaShem instructed the trees to grow according to their individual species, i.e., not to intermingle. Upon observing this, the grasses concluded that HaShem does not want the world to be in c ....
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Posted 1/28/2008 12:00 AM |
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FAITH AND TRUST
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Our Sages composed an exquisite praise of HaShem, which we
say in the Shemoneh Esrei prayer: "You are Good, for Your compassion never
ends, and You are Compassionate, for Your kindness never finishes - we have
always trusted in You!" ....
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Posted 1/17/2008 12:00 AM |
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PIRKEI AVOS
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THE ETHICS OF OUR FATHERS\2:16
Rabbi Tarfon used to say: If you learned much Torah, Heaven
will grant you abundant reward. Your
Master is trustworthy to 'pay your wages.' And know that the bestowal of ....
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Posted 1/9/2008 12:00 AM |
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THE WISDOM OF THE TALMUD
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Each
day we recite three blessings of thanks regarding our Torah and its study. The
first blessing relates to the "Holiness of Torah," the second blessing expresses
the "Sweetness of Torah," and the third blessing praises HaShem for the spec ....
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Posted 1/4/2008 12:00 AM |
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Truth
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The following is an extraordinary teaching from HaRav Pam, Z’tlL, presented
in The Pleasant Way (by Rabbi Sholom Smith, p. 62-63):
"In the
Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh Deah 344:1) it is written that it is a great mitzvah to
eulogize a decease ....
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Posted 11/19/2007 12:00 AM |
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Consequences: How we treat others
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Rav Matisyahu Salomon, Shlita, recently related that, after hearing so many
different kinds of stories in his capacity as a Mashgiach, he thought he
was shock-proof no matter how any new story went. However, he recently
received a call for ....
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Posted 11/17/2007 12:00 AM |
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The Proper Way to Rebuke
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As we take leave of Parshas Toldos, we provide the splendidly meaningful
words of Rabbi Zelig Pliskin, Shlita, as he comments on the final Pesukim of
the Parsha in his classic sefer Love Your Neighbor:
VaYikrah Yitzchak El
Yaakov VaYi ....
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Posted 11/16/2007 12:00 AM |
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Extra Sensitivity
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THE
WISDOM OF THE TALMUD BRACHOS 33b
One
of the Mitzvos of the Torah is "shleiluach
hakein," in which we are instructed to send away a mother bird before
taking her hatchling from the nest. The purpose of the Mitzvah ....
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Posted 11/16/2007 12:00 AM |
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The Joys of Patience
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When
we daven, we have the opportunity to reach great spiritual heights. The
Anshei Knesses HaGedolah, which included the final Neviim
(prophets), arranged the Shacharis Tefillah to allow us to reach a heightened
level of kedushah and an awa ....
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Posted 11/16/2007 12:00 AM |
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AROUND THE SHABBOS TABLE
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Later in life, Eisev married Machalas,
the daughter of Yishmael. The name Machalas means "forgiveness." Our Sages
derive a wondrous teaching from this verse. Specifically, on the day of
marriage, HaShem forgives, i.e., Machalas, a person for ....
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Posted 11/9/2007 12:00 AM |
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SEEING “I” TO “I”
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In this week’s Parsha, the unique events that surround the brocha Yitzchak Avinu
is to give to his son culminate with that great moment of Yaakov Avinu receiving
this most sought-after brocha--which in actuality is only two Pesukim (Bereishis
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Posted 11/9/2007 12:00 AM |
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Bikur Cholim Revisited
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Today is thirty days from Yom Kippur and forty days from Rosh Hashanah, so we should attempt in some way to rejuvenate (re-Jew-venate) ourselves. May we suggest that from time-to-time throughout the day you recall the spirit that you had on RH and ....
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Posted 10/23/2007 12:00 AM |
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Yahrtzeit of HaRav Yosef Yozel Hurwitz, Z
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Today, the Seventeenth day of Kislev, is the Yahrtzeit of one of the
Mussar Giants, (the Alter of Navardok). Set forth below is a sampling
of the words and deeds of this great Torah Personage (excerpted from
Sparks of Mussar by Rabbi Chaim Zaitchi ....
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Posted 8/28/2007 12:00 AM |
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ANI HASHEM ROFECHA
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The Sefer Ta'amei HaMinhagim (page 251) writes that the new month of Iyar is tried and tested as a time for refuah, healing, from the ailments and pains that may affect a person. Why is this so? He brings the B’nai Yisaschar, who teaches that most ....
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Posted 8/12/2007 12:00 AM |
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HIS EVERLASTING KINDNESS
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It is reported about a great Rav and his Rebbetzin that they made a pact with each other upon their marriage--when either of them would begin to get upset at the other, they would say to themselves 'Zeit Mevater--I am going to give in.' More than 50 ....
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Posted 1/22/2007 12:00 AM |
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ELEVATING OUR MEAL TIMES
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The Torah, in describing the moment of Yosef's 'meeting' his brothers starkly relates: "V'lo Yochlu Echav La'Anos Oso--and his brothers were unable to respond to him, because they were perturbed in his presence.' (Beraishis 45:3) In commenting ....
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Posted 1/10/2007 12:00 AM |
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Important Numbers
