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Notes on Eating (and Bentching)
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The Eliyahu Rabba (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 170) makes the following important points about eating:
a. A person’s personal meal can be turned into a Seudas Mitzvah simply by consciously eating to keep his body strong for Avodas Hashem--not ....
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Posted 12/4/2008 12:00 AM |
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Our Inherent Decency
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PIRKEI AVOS/ETHICS OF THE FATHERS ________5:24 "Yehudah ben Tema said: The respectful people go to Gan Eden. May it be Your will, HaShem, our G-d and the G-d of our Forefathers, that the Holy Temple be rebuilt quickly in our days, an ....
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Posted 12/4/2008 12:00 AM |
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Shmirat Halashon - 27 Heshvan 5769
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Please Say/Whisper the Words out Loud
Lesson 1 Many people find it very annoying when they notice that someone is continuously motivated by the need for approval from others and respond with nasty comments and insults. This can ....
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The Certainty of Trust in HaShem
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THE FAITH AND TRUST OF PSALMS____________31:5-8 Release me from this net which they have set for me, for You are my strength. I entrust my spirit into Your hand, You have freed me, HaShem - Almighty and Faithful G-d. I will greatly r ....
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Don't Panic!
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HaRav Matisyahu Solomon, Shlita, recently provided the following insight on how we should react to the current world situation:
"We don’t know what is going on in the world."
However, we can take some instruction from the Tefillos of Rosh ....
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Shmirat Halashon - 28 Heshvan 5769
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Please Say/Whisper the Words out Loud
Lesson 1 Discussing an employees weak nature can be considered lashon hora as it can cause the person to lose their job, resulting in financial and/or emotional harm. (** if a worker needs ....
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The Importance of Teaching with Tenderness
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THE WISDOM OF THE TALMUD The Talmud (Brachos 58a) relates an incident in which Rabbi Sheshes, who was blind, went out to see the royal procession. Yet, what purpose is there in a blind man going to behold the king? ....
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Erev Shabbos Halachos on Shabbos -16 Mar Cheshvan 5769
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We continue with our Erev Shabbos Halachos of Shabbos series. Specifically, we present below rulings of HaRav Kanievsky, Shlita, relating to Hilchos Shabbos, as presented in the Sefer Shailas Rav. We once again remind our readers that although the ....
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Posted 12/3/2008 12:00 AM |
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Shmirat Halashon-22 Heshvan 5769
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Please Say/Whisper the Words out Loud
Lesson 1 Everyone needs to be valued and it is a tremendous kindness to express appreciation to others. Hard work becomes much easier when you are appreciated for your efforts. A person who ....
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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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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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HaKoras HaTov; Feeling His Presence
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In last week’s Parsha, we find that Lot accomplished something that even Avraham Avinu could not accomplish. Although Avraham davened for each one of the five cities to be saved, Hashem advised him that there was an insufficient number of Tzadikim ....
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Shmirat Halashon - 21 Heshvan 5769
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Please Say/Whisper the Words out Loud
Lesson 1 It is very easy to learn the laws of shmirat halashon and just think about how other people insult and cause pain with their words. It is easy to remember times when we have been i ....
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A Wellspring of Strength
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PIRKEI AVOS/ETHICS OF THE FATHERS _______5:23 Yehudah ben Tema said: Be bold as a leopard; light as an eagle; swift as a deer; and strong as a lion to carry out the will of your Father in Heaven. This passage reveals ....
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Tehillim Thought of the Day [Psalm 106:48]
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21st of Cheshvan, November 19, 2008
When we bless Hashem, we are acknowledging His gifts to us across all time. "Blessed be Hashem, the G-D of Israel, from all the past to all the future, and let all the people say ....
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Tehillim Thought of the Day [Psalm 97:1]
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22nd of Cheshvan, November 20, 2008
Psalm 97 begins with a promise: "Once the Lord reigns, the earth will rejoice, and the multitudes of islands will be glad (Psalm 97:1)." With the advent of Hashem’s kingdom and t ....
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Hilchos Shabbos - Parshas Chayei Sarah
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We continue with our Erev Shabbos--Halachos of Shabbos Series:
1. How can one benefit his Parnassah even on Shabbos? The Mishne Berura (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 185: Seif Katan 1) brings from the Sefer HaChinuch (Mitzvah 430) that one who i ....
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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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