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Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum בט נא השמימה וספר הכוכבים אם תוכל לספור…כה יהיה זרעך (פרק טו פסוק ה) Hashem tells Avraham to look up at the stars and attempt to count them. He then tells him, just as you cannot count the stars, so will be your children,
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier, Rosh Kollel Every day in תפלת שחרית we quote the פסוק from נחמיה: “ומצאת את לבבו נאמן לפניך, And You (Hashem) found his (Avrohom Avinu’s) heart faithful to You.” HaRav Yeruchem Levovitz defines this trait of אברהם אבינו, our patriarch Avrohom as a “בר
By Rabbi Shloime Lindenbaum Print PDF אלה תולדות נח נח איש צדיק (פרק ו פסוק ט) ויחל נח איש האדמה (פרק ט פסוק כ) Our Parsha begins with referring to Noach as a איש צדיק – a righteous man, and towards the enddescribes him as being a איש האדמה –
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier, Rosh Kollel In בראשית א’:כט-ל, Genesis Chapter 1:29-30, it states: Hashem said, “I have given you (humankind) all herbage yielding fruit… And to every beast… and bird… and all that moves on the earth… every green herb for food.” The Ramban teaches, “Hashem did
PRINT PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier One of the most abrupt changes in the spirit of the Jewish calendar is the change of mood from solemnity upon ending Yom Kippur to joy when entering the Succos Festival. Succos, according to the Torah, is the time of one’s greatest rejoicing. Every
Print PDF Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum למען ספות הרוה את הצמאה (פרק כט פסוק יח) The Torah condemns a person who feels confident ignoring Hashem’s directives and following their own desires and whims. The פסוק ends off with an interesting phrase which the Ramban explains to mean, literally, “this will add
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In the weekday שמונה עשרה, we beseech Hashem: סלח לנו אבינו כי חטאנו מחל לנו מלכנו כי פשענו כי מוחל וסולח אתה, “Forgive us, our Father for we have erred, pardon us (it means not to even harbor resentment) our King for (though) we
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum אתם נצבים היום כלכם (פרק כט פסוק ט) Before creating a ברית, a covenant, between Hashem and כלל ישראל, that we will always be His nation and that he will reward us and punish us accordingly, Moshe tells us “You are all standing here
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier The גמרה יומה פ”ו, Talmud Tractate Yuma 68b with regard to תשובה, repentance asks: What are the circumstances that demonstrate that one had completely and honestly repented? רב יהודה taught, if one has the opportunity to sin with the same woman (who he had
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum הסכת ושמע ישראל היום הזה נהיית לעם לה’ אלקיך (פרק כז פסוק ט) The Torah describes the scene of הר גריזים והר עיבל where the curses are delivered, warning the Jews to stay loyal to Hashem and His Torah in all aspects of life.
