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A Land that Grows Immorality
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The Shmuz Pinchas 5776
“Yisrael settled in Shittim and the people began to act promiscuously with the daughters of Moav.” — Bemidbar 25:1
Balak, the king of Moav, saw the supernatural success the Jews experienced when they ....
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Posted 7/29/2016 3:56 PM |
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The Extent of Hashem’s Mercy
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HASHEM opened the mouth of the she-donkey and she said to Bila'am, "what have I done to you that you have struck me these three times?" - Bamidbar 22:28. The Storyline: The story of Bila’am, the gentile prophet,
is most peculiar. It begins w ....
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Posted 7/21/2016 3:49 PM |
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Posted 7/21/2016 3:33 PM |
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The Extent of Reward
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Chukas 5776
The Extent of Reward
HASHEM said to Moshe, “Do not fear him, for into your hands have I given him, his entire people, and his land; you shall do to him as you did to Sichon, king of Amori, who dwells in Cheshbon.” ....
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Posted 7/15/2016 3:01 PM |
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The Darkness of Physicality
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“And Korach, son of Yizhar, son of Kehas, son of Levi, and Dasan and Aviram, sons of Eliav, together with Ohn, son of Peles, sons of Reuvain.” – Bamidbar 16:1
Korach was not chosen for a position as head of his shevet. He felt entitl ....
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Posted 7/8/2016 3:08 PM |
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Posted 7/8/2016 2:58 PM |
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Two Kinds of Fear
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
One of the most powerful addresses I ever heard was given by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, on this week’s parsha: the story of the spies. For me, it was nothing less than life-chan ....
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Posted 7/1/2016 3:08 PM |
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Posted 6/24/2016 2:46 PM |
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From Despair to Hope
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
There have been times when one passage in today’s parsha was for me little less than life-saving. No leadership position is easy. Leading Jews is harder still. And spiritual leadership can be hardest of them a ....
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Posted 6/24/2016 2:24 PM |
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I Never Do Anything Wrong
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The Shmuz on the Parsha
R’ Ben Tzion Shafier
I Never Do Anything Wrong
Parshas Nasoh
“Speak to the Bnai Yisrael and say to them: any man whose wife shall go astray and commit treachery against him. . . ” — Bamidbar 5: ....
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Posted 6/17/2016 6:39 PM |
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The Blessing of Love
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
At 176 verses, Naso is the longest of the parshiyot. Yet one of its most moving passages, and the one that has had the greatest impact over the course of history, is very short indeed and is known by almost ev ....
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Posted 6/17/2016 5:47 PM |
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Posted 6/16/2016 7:35 PM |
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Parshas Bamidbar 5776 Erev Shavuos
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QUESTION:
What is meant by derech eretz kodmah l'Torah, that derech eretz is before the Torah?
ANSWER:
Somebody told me that he couldn't find that statement; it's a Midrash Rabah in Vayikra. And it states, der ....
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Posted 6/10/2016 12:23 PM |
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The Sound of Silence
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Bamidbar is usually read on the Shabbat before Shavuot. So the sages connected the two. Shavuot is the time of the giving of the Torah. Bamibar means, “In the desert.” What then is the connection between the d ....
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Posted 6/10/2016 12:08 PM |
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The Power of a Tzibbur - The Shmuz on the Parsha
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R’ Ben Tzion Shafier
The Power of a Tzibbur
Parshas Bechokosai
“If you go in my ways and follow my statutes…Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and they will fall from your swor ....
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Posted 6/3/2016 5:11 PM |
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The Shmuz on the Parsha -Everybody is doing it
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R’ Ben Tzion Shafier
Everybody is doing it
Parshas BeHar
“You shall sound a broken blast on the shofar, in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month; on the Day of Atonement you shall sound the Shofar throughout you ....
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Posted 5/27/2016 5:14 PM |
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Family Feeling
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
I argued in Covenant and Conversation Kedoshim that Judaism is more than an ethnicity. It is a call to holiness. In one sense, however, there is an important ethnic dimension to Judaism.
It is ....
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Posted 5/27/2016 4:43 PM |
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Posted 5/26/2016 1:52 PM |
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Sefiras Ha’Omer- Why We Count, What We Count
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The Shmuz on the Parsha
R’ Ben Tzion Shafier
Parshas Emor
“And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the rest day, from the day when you bring the Omer of the waving — seven weeks, they shall be com ....
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Posted 5/20/2016 3:56 PM |
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Holy Times
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By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
The parsha of Emor contains a chapter dedicated to the festivals of the Jewish year. There are five such passages in the Torah. Two, both in the book of Exodus (Ex. 23:14-17; 34:18, 22-23), are very brief. T ....
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Posted 5/20/2016 2:35 PM |
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