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Connecting With HaShem
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PARSHA INSIGHTS\THE SAGES OF MUSSAR
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 c ....
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Posted 8/4/2009 12:00 AM |
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Parshas Ve’Eschanan
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We cannot leave Parshas Ve’Eschanan without mention of at least several fundamental insights (English excerpts of the Sefer HaChinuch provided below are from the five volume masterpiece Sefer HaChinuch (Feldheim Publishers)):
1. On ....
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Posted 8/4/2009 12:00 AM |
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Cry and Cry out
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The Navi (Yeshaya 1:3, which we read as part of last week’s Haftora) teaches “Ami Lo Hisbonan--My nation did not consider.”
Rashi adds that the people knew they were acting improperly but “tread with their heels” on this knowledge, and ....
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Posted 7/31/2009 12:00 AM |
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The Severity of Galus
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HaRav Matisyahu Salomon, Shlita, notes that the worst part of our Galus is when Hashem is “Haster Astir” (Devorim 31:18)--completely hides Himself from us. Indeed, what greater tragedy can there be than to be removed from the Source of all li ....
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Posted 7/28/2009 12:00 AM |
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Erev Shabbos--Hilchos Shabbos Series
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This Shabbos, Shabbos Chazon (as we eat meat and drink wine during the Nine Days), we should be especially aware of the Kedushas Shabbos, with the knowledge that as great as the Binyan Bais HaMikdash is--and what it would accomplish for the whole w ....
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Posted 7/26/2009 12:00 AM |
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Solid Tust In HaShem
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PARSHA INSIGHTS\THE SAGES OF MUSSAR
Regarding the prospect of
entering the Land of Israel, the verse (Devarim 1:22) states: "And all of you
approached me and they said, ’Let’s send men in front of us and they will search
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Posted 7/26/2009 12:00 AM |
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Self Improvement
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As the Nine Days have now commenced, we provide the following thoughts for reflection--and action. They involve matters relating to matters both Bain Odom LaMakom and Bain Odom LeChaveiro which are timely to this period:
1. &n ....
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Posted 7/24/2009 12:00 AM |
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Reverse Fortunes
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THE PARABLES OF THE BEN ISH HAI
There was once a ladder - with ten rungs - leaning against the side of the house. Even though each rung was exactly the same dimension and made of the same wood, nevertheless, the top rung felt that ....
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Posted 7/24/2009 12:00 AM |
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Repairing Our Interpersonal Relationships
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As we move closer to the Nine Days, as evidenced by our beginning to wear freshly-laundered garments now, so that they will not be freshly-laundered then, we begin to reflect upon the causes of our most recent Churban, our behavior with our fellow ....
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Posted 7/21/2009 12:00 AM |
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Erev Shabbos Hilchos Shabbos series
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1. A lid is manufactured for hot cups with perforations which make it easy for you to lift a small portion of the lid and sip the hot tea or coffee, without spilling it on yourself, while keeping the drink hot. Based upon th ....
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Posted 7/20/2009 12:00 AM |
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Posted 7/18/2009 12:00 AM |
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Brick by Brick
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As we commence the Second Week of the Three Week period, we may address a fundamental question. Every year, for almost 2,000 years, we have been observing the very same Three Week period, beginning with the calamities that befell us on Shiva ....
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Posted 7/17/2009 12:00 AM |
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Working on Our Middos; Cruelty to Animals
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Chazal (Sanhedrin 90A) teach that four distinguished "Hedyotos"--important personages (as opposed to kings) have no chelek, no portion, in Olam Haba. One of them is the wicked Bila’am, whose character is recorded for posterity in this week’s Parsha ....
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Posted 7/4/2009 12:00 AM |
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Erev Shabbos--Halachos of Shabbos
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Erev Shabbos--Halachos of Shabbos series by reprinting several more summer questions and answers from HaRav Belsky, Shlita:
May children play with toys that make noise on Shabbos?
Many poskim are of the opinion that any child above the ....
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Posted 7/4/2009 12:00 AM |
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The Ninth of Tammuz
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Today is the ninth day of Tammuz. According to the Pesukim in Navi (Melachim II 25:3, Yirmiyah 39:2) today is the day that Nevuchadnetzar’s army, which had been besieging Yerushalayim, actually breached its walls. King Tzidkiyahu and his Anshei Cha ....
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Posted 7/2/2009 12:00 AM |
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Parshas Korach
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We present several questions relating to Parshas Korach, and welcome your thoughts and responses:
a. Korach is not the first person called by this name in the Torah. See Beraishis 36:5 and Rashi there.&n ....
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Posted 6/30/2009 12:00 AM |
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Posted 6/27/2009 12:00 AM |
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Erev Shabbos--Hilchos Shabbos Series
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Erev Shabbos--Hilchos Shabbos Series, this week focusing on some Summer Shabbos Shailos U’Teshuvos from HaRav Belsky, Shlita:
If a family takes on Shabbos early, when does a woman have to light her candles?
Rav Moshe Feinstein ....
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Posted 6/26/2009 12:00 AM |
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Guarding the Palace
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In this week’s Parsha, we find a series of remarkable Mitzvos relating to Shemiras HaMikdash--guarding the Bais HaMikdash. To the unitiated, the concept of a frail human being watching or guarding the House of Hashem, the earthly Abode of the ....
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Posted 6/26/2009 12:00 AM |
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Hidden Goodness
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THE PARABLES OF THE BEN ISH CHAI
There was once a king who brought in
foreign advisors to oversee a special building project in the palace. As soon as
they entered the royal town one of the advisors took sick. In fact, he did n ....
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Posted 6/24/2009 12:00 AM |
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Important Numbers
