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Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ולא אבה ה’ אלקיך לשמוע אל בלעם ויהפוך ה’ אלקיך לך את הקללה לברכה (פרק כג פסוק ו) Moshe describes Hashem’s love of the Jews by reminding them of when בלעם wanted to curse them and “Hashem did not want to listen, and he
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In this week’s פרשה, which contains the largest selection of מצוות, commandments (more than 10% of the 613); there are many that deal with one’s responsibility to another and to Klal Yisroel at large. Chazal teach us that in ספר דברים, Deuteronomy, according to
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum שופטים ושוטרים תתן לך בכל שעריך ושפטו את העם משפט צדק (פרק טז פסוק יח) The Parsha begins with the מצוה of appointing judges. The פסוק says that “Judges, you should place for yourself in all your gates, and they should judge the nation
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier The month of אלול is an acronym for “אני לדודי ודודי לי”, “I am for my beloved and my beloved is for Me.” חז”ל are teaching us that it is a propitious time, that Hashem’s ‘fatherly’ connection to His children, כלל ישראל, can be
Print PDF By Rabbi Shimmy Sternfield (שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תָּחֹג לַד’ אֱלֹקֶיךָ בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר ד’” (פרק ט”ז, פסוק ט”ו” “A seven-day period shall you celebrate to Hashem, your G-d, in the place that He will choose.”When the Torah discusses the יָמִים טוֹבִים of פֶּסַח and שָׁבוּעוֹת, the Torah describes the
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In דברים, י”ד:א, Deuteronomy 14:1, it states, “You are children of Hashem, your G-d, you shall not cut yourselves, nor make a bald patch between your eyes for the dead.” The Torah prohibits one to make a permanent scar on oneself due to one’s
Print PDF By Rabbi Shimmy Sternfield “וְהָיָה עֵקֶב תִּשְׁמְעוּן אֵת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים הָאֵלֶּה וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם” (פרק ז’, פסוק י”ב) “It shall be, in exchange for that which you will listen to these laws, and you will guard and keep them…” This week’s פָּרָשָׁה begins with a long list of blessings
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In פרשת עקב, Deuteronomy 10:12, it states, “And now, Israel, what does G-d, your G-d, require from you? Only, to fear G-d (to stand in awe and trepidation of Him) your G-d, to walk in all His ways to love Him, and to serve
Print PDF By Rabbi Shimmy Sternfield וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת ד’ אֱלֹקֶיךָ בְּכָל לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכָל מְאֹדֶךָ” (פרק ו’, פסוק ה’)” “You shall love Hashem, your G-d, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your resources.”The גְמָרָא relates, that, when the Romans brought רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא out to
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In this week’s portion, פרשת ואתחנן, we are introduced to the מצוה of “ואהבת את ה’ אלקיך”, “and you should love Hashem your G-d” – your G-d written in the singular! In chapter 7:8, the Torah states, “Rather, because of Hashem’s love for you…”.
