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My World and Welcome to It
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The Mishna in Sanhedrin (37A) teaches that Adam HaRishon was created alone, yet has tens of billions of uniquely different descendents, in order for us to understand that someone who destroys one human life is considered to have destroyed the whole ....
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Posted 4/1/2009 12:00 AM |
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Parshas Vayikrah
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I read something that I thought you might like to think about. Who do you
think wrote these words, and which mitzvah is he speaking about."
"The man that is so inspired to do this, will share a goodly portion in ....
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Posted 3/31/2009 12:00 AM |
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Parshas Vayakel-Pekudie
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Bin Laden stated that, as the Americans start pulling out of Iraq
jihad must be relocated to "the Palestinian territories."
DEBKAfile's counter-terror sources point to his key phrase as
being: "Jordan… is the best and widest front, ....
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Posted 3/22/2009 12:00 AM |
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Posted 3/21/2009 12:00 AM |
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Lighting a Fire on Shabbos
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Chazal (Shabbos 118B) teach "If Yisroel would observe two Shabbosos according to Halacha, they would be redeemed immediately. In fact, the Medrash (Shemos Rabbah 25:16), reduces this remarkable guarantee to the proper observance of even just one Sh ....
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Posted 3/20/2009 12:00 AM |
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Bringing the Shechina to Rest in this World
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Rav Wolbe cites two explanations offered by the meforshim on how the Mishkan succeeded in causing the
Shechina to rest among Bnei Yisroel. The first explanation is offered by the Kuzari who explains that
the rules of nature are in reality a ....
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Posted 3/20/2009 12:00 AM |
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Erev Shabbos--Halachos of Shabbos Series.
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As we enter the rainy season outside of Eretz Yisroel:
1. If one’s clothes became wet, he can continue to wear the wet clothes (if he has no other clothes, he can even put them on to begin with). The Mishne Berurah (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim ....
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Posted 3/20/2009 12:00 AM |
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Yemai HaMiluim
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The following note is excerpted from The Book of Our Heritage--the wonderful English translation of Rabbi Eliyahu Kitov’s, Z’tl, classic Sefer HaToda’ah: The last seven days of Adar--beginning yesterday from the twenty-third of Adar until Rosh Chod ....
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Posted 3/20/2009 12:00 AM |
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The Spice of Shabbat - THE PARABLES OF THE BEN ISH CHAI
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The emperor said to Rebe Yehoshua ben Chananya, "Why does the Shabbos food have such a fragrant aroma?" He answered, "We have a certain seasoning called Shabbos, which we put into it, and that gives it a fragrant aroma." The emperor asked, "Giv ....
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Posted 3/19/2009 12:00 AM |
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Kavannah When Reciting the Names of Hashem
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The Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 5) rules that when reciting Hashem’s name of Yud Keh Vav Keh one should have Kavannah that Hashem is Master of All, and that He Was, Is, and Will Be. The Shulchan Aruch also rules (ibid.) that when reciting the n ....
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Posted 3/19/2009 12:00 AM |
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Parshas Ki Tisa
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What a week !!! I don’t know about you but I’m glad this ones over. What
with Purim, and Purim again in Yerushalayim, my legs are stiff and butter at the
same time, figure that one out. The chef’s choice of fish, sea bre ....
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Posted 3/14/2009 12:00 AM |
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Posted 3/14/2009 12:00 AM |
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Parshas Tetzaveh
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A close relationship
The Cohen Gadol wore eight exquisite garments. One of them was the Robe
(m’il). Hanging from the bottom of the Robe were bells. Many explanations
are given for these bells. Rabbeinu Bachya compares the Cohen ....
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Posted 3/7/2009 12:00 AM |
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Posted 3/7/2009 12:00 AM |
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Appreciating HIdden Lessons
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The Megillah is filled with hidden miracles--and with so many hidden lessons. We would like to bring one of those lessons to the fore, with the following story related by a rabbi from Brooklyn, who heard it directly from Rebbetzin Kanievsky, ....
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Posted 3/6/2009 12:00 AM |
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Haman's Tree
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HaRav Shimon Schwab, Z’tl, (Rav Schwab on Prayer, Artscroll, p.526) poses a "I should have thought of that" question: Why does the Megillah in some detail, and why do Chazal subsequently in Al HaNissim, spend the time and effort to describe that Ha ....
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Posted 3/6/2009 12:00 AM |
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The Power of Mishloach Manos
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The Megillah teaches that Haman could not bear to see Mordechai fail to bow before him (Esther 3:6). However, it was “beneath his dignity” for him to hurt Mordechai alone, so he instead devised a plan by which Mordechai’s entire people would be ext ....
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Posted 3/3/2009 12:00 AM |
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Special Thanks for Rain in Israel
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We were asked to inform our readers to please thank Hashem for the much-needed rain in Israel and ask for more by davening with special kavanah during Shemone Esrei in "Shema Koleinu" or Elokai Natzor." Please see this link from Aurtz Sheva for fur ....
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Posted 3/2/2009 12:00 AM |
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Power of Adar
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As we saw in last week’s Parsha, the Aron consisted of solid wood, plated inside and outside with gold. In spite of the fact that the Aron was plated with gold much more valuable than the wood it covered, the Aron is nevertheless referred to in the ....
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Posted 3/2/2009 12:00 AM |
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TIZAVEH
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Engraved on the gems that graced the ornamental garments of the Kohen Gadol - the High Priest - were the names of the twelve sons of Yaacov. The Torah states several times that these names awakened an eternal remembrance to HaShem. What was the speci ....
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Posted 3/2/2009 12:00 AM |
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Important Numbers
