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3 years agoShelach: Feelings are real, but they aren’t reality
Shelach: Feelings are real, but they aren’t reality “Feelings are real, but they aren’t reality”, I found this quote recently and I think its profound. In Shelach ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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3 years agoShelach – How to see the holiness of Eretz Yisroel
וּמָה הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הוּא יֹשֵׁב בָּהּ הֲטוֹבָה הִוא אִם רָעָה . . .And how is the Land in which they dwell; ..
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3 years agoLight up the world
דַּבֵּר אֶל אַהֲרֹן וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ אֶת הַנֵּרֹת אֶל מוּל פְּנֵי ..
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3 years agoA Peaceful Drink
Naso: An Elixer of Peace This week in Parshas Nasso begins with the laws of Sotah. A Sotah is a woman who was cautioned by her husband to avoid secluding herself ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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3 years agoShavuos: What we really accepted and what they really rejected
When Hashem went to the nations of the world to offer them the Torah, they each asked what was written in it. To each nation, Hashem stated the law which challenged ..
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3 years agoShavuos – Connecting Train
On the festival of Shvuos, when we commemorate the giving of the Torah, we read the vision of the ‘Merkavah’ of the prophet Yechezkel. What exactly is this ‘Merkavah’ ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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3 years agoCelebrating Jewish Freedom
We refer to Pesach as Zman Cheiruseinu – the Time of our Freedom. Much like Succos which we call Zman Simchaseinu – the Time of Our Joy, or Shavuos ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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3 years agoTHE HAGGADAH – THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL OF GRATITUDE
There are numerous lessons that can be derived from the Hagaddah. One of them is brought out by Rav Noach Orlowek Shlita. He points out that the Hagaddah is the single ..
Written by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
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3 years agoThe Rasha: Questionable Questions
As the story goes, Rav Chaim Volozhin (1749 – 1821), founder of the Volozhin Yeshiva, and the progenitor of the modern-day yeshiva, was once approached by a student ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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3 years agoShabbos HaGADOL – How to use this special day
This Shabbos is Shabbos HaGadol. The commentaries question the name of this Shabbos: what made this “gadol” — great? They provide different answers primarily ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
