1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
|
|
|
|
Parshas Emor
|
|
|
|
In this week’s Parsha, we find that a Pasuk relating to Tzedaka is suddenly placed among the Pesukim describing our Holidays, our Moadim, “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not remove completely the corners of your field; as you reap ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 5/8/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Parsha Pearls |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Birds on the Roof - THE PARABLES OF THE BEN ISH CHAI
|
|
|
|
Once a man asked the following question to his clever child, "Let’s assume that ten birds landed on the roof of our house. Soon four archers approached the house. Each one shot a single arrow and killed one bird - so that now four of the birds ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 5/8/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Thoughts for the Week |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Emor - Anticipation and Opportunity
|
|
|
|
“You shall guard (ushmartem) the Mitzvos and do them…” (Vayikra
22:31) What is meant by guarding the Mitzvos that isn’t included in doing
them?
The Chasam Sofer explains the word guard (ushmartem) to mean
anticipate. We find t ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 5/8/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Parsha Pearls |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Value of a Quarter.
|
|
|
|
Several years ago, a rabbi from out-of-state accepted a call to a community in Houston , Texas. Some weeks after he arrived, he had an occasion to ride the bus from his home to the downtown area. When he sat down, he discovered that the ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 5/4/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Thoughts for the Week |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Global Trust in HaShem
|
|
|
Sefer Mitzvoth HaBitachon
Rav Aba expounded on the verse, "Trust in HaShem forever, for He is HaShem-the strength of the worlds" (Yesheyahu 26:4):
"Trust in HaShem"-all of mankind must strengthen their fai ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 5/1/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Thoughts for the Week |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acharei Mos/Kedoshim
|
|
|
|
Affinity
“and you shall love your fellow as yourself, I am Hashem.”
(Vayikra 19:18)
How can we possibly love another person as much as we love our self?
The Meshech Chochma writes that the meaning of as yourself ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 5/1/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Parsha Pearls |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/28/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Thoughts for the Week |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HIS Gentle Reminders
|
|
|
|
As we move towards Kabbalas HaTorah, we provide the following enlightening words of Chazal (Yalkut Shimoni to Mishlei 4):
"There are 248 Mitzvos Aseh in the Torah and 248 limbs of the body--for each limb reminds and cries out to the person ‘Pe ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/27/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Thoughts for the Week |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ani Hashem Rofecha - IYAR
|
|
|
|
The Sefer Ta’amei HaMinhagim (page 251) writes that our new month of Iyar is tried and tested as a time for refuah, healing, from the ailments and pains that may affect a person. Why is this so? He brings the B’nai Yisaschar, who teaches that most ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/27/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Thoughts for the Week |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HiShamer B’Nega Tzoraas
|
|
|
|
In last week’s Parsha, we find the difference between a Metzorah Musgar, who is someone locked away in order to determine whether he really has a definite Tzoraas affliction, and a Metzora Muchlat, who is someone who definitely has Tzoraas. The per ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/27/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Parsha Pearls |
Comments (1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
V’Ahavta L’Rayacha Komocha
|
|
|
|
In this week’s Parsha, we find the immense Mitzvah of "V’Ahavta L’Rayacha Komocha" (Vayikra 19:18)--you shall love your fellow as yourself. The scope and breadth of this "K’lal Gadol B’Torah--great principle of the Torah" (Shabbos 31A) includes the ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/27/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Parsha Pearls |
Comments (1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Chain of Trust
|
|
|
|
Duties of the Heart/The Gate of Trust in God
One of the most crucial principles of trust in HaShem concerns one’s perception of the diverse causes that affect our lives. The causes that we encounter are manifest through a series of prece ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/24/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Thoughts for the Week |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Erev Shabbos-Hilchos Shabbos Series:
|
|
|
|
The following are excerpted from the outstanding work HaShabbos BeTifarta (Hebrew, Volume 2) by HaRav Avraham Chaim Hadas, Shlita, which contains many Halacha Le’Maaseh Shailos, and outstanding pictures to clarify and remember the Halachos.
a. ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/24/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Hilchos Shabbos |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tazriah Metzora
|
|
|
The Ramban (Vayikra 13, 47) writes that tzora’as is a completely supernatural phenomenon. It occurs only in the
chosen land of Eretz Yisroel, it will befall only the Jewish People - and only when they maintain an elevated
level of spiritual ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/24/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Parsha Pearls |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parshas Tazria Metzora
|
|
|
|
Well for those poor souls who were not able to find the time or energy to cut their hair before Pesach, this year as Rosh Chodesh Iyar falls on Erev Shabbas and Shabbas, according to all minhagim it is permissible on Erev Shabbas, to cut one’s hair ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/24/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Parsha Pearls |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THE PARABLES OF THE BEN ISH CHAI
|
|
|
|
There was once a wealthy man that had two sons. He owned many properties that yielded abundant income. Nevertheless, he wanted his sons to engage in business so that they should have a purpose in their lives. He gave each son $5000 and instructed the ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/23/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Thoughts for the Week |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Aleinu Prayer
|
|
|
|
Today, the 28th day of Nissan, marks the day that Yericho fell to the Hakafos and Shofar blasts (and not to the military prowess) of B’nei Yisroel. It was none other than Yehoshua Bin Nun who composed Aleinu at that time in recognition of Hashe ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/23/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Thoughts for the Week |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Goodness of Empathy - Pirkei Avos
|
|
|
One of the ways to acquire Torah is to help your friend bear his burden of troubles, i.e., to help your friend when he has a problem.
There are two aspects that lead to the fulfillment of helping your friend bear the burden of his t ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/23/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Thoughts for the Week |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parshas Shmini
|
|
|
|
The Trait of Embarrassment
This parsha opens with the final day of the dedication ceremony of the
Tabernacle. Moshe tells Aharon to offer certain sacrifices. “And Moshe said
to Aharon: ‘Go close to the Alter and offer your sin offe ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/17/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Parsha Pearls |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parshas Tzav
|
|
|
|
Why is the Shabbas before Pesach called Shabbas Hagadol ? - Because of
the miracle that happened on that Shabbas, before we went out of Egypt. The
Mishna Brerer explains, that in the year that we went out of Egyp ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 4/4/2009 12:00 AM |
Tell a Friend
| Parsha Pearls |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
Important Numbers
