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Parshas Vayera - On Giving Tzedaka
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In this week’s Parsha (Bereishis, 18:19), Hashem states regarding Avraham Avinu, "For I have loved him, because he commands his children and his household after him that they keep the way of Hashem that they do Charity and Justice...." As this week ....
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Posted 12/3/2008 12:00 AM |
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Parshas Vayera - To Fill Your Day With Good
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At the time of Sara’s demise the Torah states (Bereishis 23:1): "And these are the years of the life of Sara." Our sages derive the following maxim from this verse: "The righteous give life to their days, whereas the days give life to the wicked."
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Posted 12/3/2008 12:00 AM |
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The Kindess of Rivka
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AROUND THE SHABBOS TABLE Parshas Chayei Sarah
When Eliezer, Abraham’s servant, arrived at Haran to select a fitting wife for Yitzchak, he found Rivka at the well. Eliezer asked her for a li ....
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Posted 12/3/2008 12:00 AM |
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Striking a Match- Parshas Chayei Sarah
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In this week’s Parsha, Chayei Sarah, we learn more about Chesed and how to perform it properly. The Parsha specifically details two distinct chasodim--that of Halvoyas Hameis and of Shidduchim/Hachnosas Kallah. These two kinds of chesed would appea ....
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Posted 11/28/2008 12:00 AM |
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Chaya Sarah
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I'll start with more...I think one of the most interesting events of
this week was the hijacking of the oil tanker MV Sirius Star in the Indian Ocean
off Kenya. Why is this so interesting for me is because I actually sailed some
of ....
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Posted 11/21/2008 12:00 AM |
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Vayaira
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This weeks Parsha has one episode in it that has always intrigued me. Its
the part when all the wicked townspeople of Sodom come to Lots house and want
him to send out his guests. The play begins: Act one , scene one, -19/4 - But ....
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Posted 11/14/2008 12:00 AM |
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A Knife for a Mother
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In one of the camps, the Bluzhever Rebbe was
assigned to saw wood in an open field. As he wielded his saw, he witnessed one
of the most barbaric scenes in the five years he had endured. An order had
gone out that all women w ....
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Posted 11/7/2008 12:00 AM |
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Noach and the Rainbow
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Mishnah Berurah, siman Raish -cuf - tet, 2 halachas, both very
interesting. The first sif is about the rainbow. And I quote, the Mechaber :
" When one sees a rainbow, he should say. Baruch ata ... ha-olam ....
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Posted 10/31/2008 12:00 AM |
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PARSHA INSIGHTS\THE LIGHT OF MUSSAR
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What an awesome task! During the twelve months of the great flood Noah dutifully fed all the thousands of animals that were housed in the ark. Each day he fed the bears, hippos, crocodiles, kangaroos, cows, and gazelles, etc. This great responsibilit ....
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Posted 10/28/2008 12:00 AM |
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Parshas Eikev
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1: In this week’s Parsha, Eretz Yisroel is referred to as an “Eretz Zovas Cholov U’Dvash--a land flowing with milk and honey.” Whenever we think of Eretz Yisroel, whenever we walk in Eretz Yisroel, we should visualize this luscious flow in our minds. ....
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Posted 8/22/2008 12:00 AM |
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Parshas Eikev - Rav Wolbe Z"TL
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"R’ Meir would say, ’A person is obligated to make one hundred blessings every day as the pasuk states, ’What (mah) does Hashem ask of you except that you should fear Him (Devarim 10, 12)?’ Do not read the pasuk ’mah’ – what, rather ’me’ah’ – one hun ....
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Posted 8/21/2008 12:00 AM |
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PARSHA INSIGHTS\THE SAGES OF MUSSAR
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One of the most important spiritual concepts of the Torah is Devakis, the state of connecting one’s thought to HaShem, i.e., being consciously aware of HaShem. Devakis is achieved through actively contemplating on HaShem and faithfully remembering Hi ....
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Posted 8/19/2008 12:00 AM |
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Mercy- The Essence of Hashem
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Moses
was denied entry into the Land of Israel because of a small error. At
the end of his life, he prayed for forgiveness - hoping that HaShem
would allow him to go into the Holy Land. The prayer of Moses
illuminates the foundational principle t ....
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Posted 8/11/2008 12:00 AM |
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Shabbos Chazone – Tisha B’av (Devarim)- Rav Wolbe
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Rav Wolbe quotes an astounding Chazal (Vayikra Raba 26, 2) that puts the importance of good middos in the proper perspective. In the days of Dovid Hamelech, even the small children were so proficient in Torah that they were able t ....
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Posted 8/9/2008 12:00 AM |
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Parshas Mattos by Rav Wolbe Z"TL
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Place In this week’s parsha Rashi points out that
Pinchos, who was appointed to oversee the battle with
Midyan, was a descendant, maternally, of Yisro, who was
also called Putiel. The reason he was given this name is
because he fa ....
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Posted 7/26/2008 12:00 AM |
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Rabbi Rothman on Parshas Pinchas
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Pinchas is a tainted hero. Rashi records for us that the tribes of Israel, especially the tribe of Shimon, complained that someone who is a descendant of “one who fattened calves for paganism and dares kill a head of a tribe in Israel” should not be ....
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Posted 7/18/2008 12:00 AM |
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Rav Wolbe on Parshas Pinchos
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The Torah tells us at the end of Parshas
Pinchos, that Bnei Yisroel brought thirteen cows as
sacrifices on the first day of Sukkos, and day by day
as the Yom Tov progressed, the number of cows steadily
decreased. On th ....
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Posted 7/18/2008 12:00 AM |
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Parshas Pinchas
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The Torah tells us at the end of Parshas Pinchos, that Bnei Yisroel brought thirteen cows as sacrifices on the first day of Sukkos, and day by day as the Yom Tov progressed, the number of cows steadily decreased. On the second day, only twelve co ....
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Posted 7/17/2008 12:00 AM |
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PARSHA INSIGHTS\THE LIGHT OF MUSSAR\PINCHAS
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The Saba of Kelm taught, "A little bit holds a great deal."
Meaning, there are some things in life that produce a powerful benefit
in small doses. One of these "small dynamos" is encouragement. For
instance, whe ....
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Posted 7/15/2008 12:00 AM |
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Around The Shabbos Table - Parshas Balak
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A nobleman heard that a doctor in a distant country had formulated an ointment that renders a person invulnerable. Since he often traveled through dark forests, he made his way to the inventor and purchased the ointm ....
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Posted 7/12/2008 12:00 AM |
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Important Numbers
