Yisro

The More, The Better

Rashi on Shemos 18:1: YISRO He was called YESER (from יִתֵּר “to add”) because he added (it was through him that there was added) a section to the Torah (beginning at Shemos 21ff). There is an obvious question, which I saw asked by HaGaon Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi: Yisro’s complaint that Moshe would not be [...]

By |2021-02-01T19:08:39+02:00January 31st, 2021|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , |0 Comments

לכבות את ההצגות

"וְאֵלֶּה הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים..." (שמות כא:א) חז"ל שמים לב למילה "ואלה...", שבמבט ראשון נראה שהתורה מתחילה נושא חדש העוסק בהלכות שבין אדם לחברו, נפרד לחלוטין מהלכות מזבח - הנושא האחרון בפרשה הקודמת. עם זאת, הקידומת "ו-" מחברת את פרשת השבוע לפרשת השבוע שעבר. המפרשים נותנים הסברים רבים לקשר זה. אני רוצה לשתף אתכם בפירוש אחד. המדרש מספר [...]

By |2020-02-20T16:38:39+02:00February 20th, 2020|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Altar-ed Judgement

21:1 And these are the ordinances… Chazal take note of the word “v’ele” – “and these are…”. The Torah seems to be starting a new subject about the laws between man and his fellow, which are totally disconnected from the laws of ascending the mizbeach – the last topic of last week’s Parsha. However, the [...]

By |2020-02-20T15:12:50+02:00February 20th, 2020|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Yisro 5780

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Yisro 5780 Reminders: Mincha Erev Shabbos at 12:30 and 17:10 Mazel Tov to the Rav and the Rebbetzin of the upcoming wedding of their son Yisroel Mayer to Leah Klein. The Auf Ruf will take place this Shabbos in Jerusalem. Modified Shabbos Schedule: Kabbalas Shabbos led by Ari Goldwag, World Famous singer and [...]

By |2020-02-13T20:23:43+02:00February 13th, 2020|Categories: Announcements, Schedule|Tags: , , |0 Comments

לכבות את ההצגות

"לֹא תַחְמֹד" (שמות כ:יג) באופן כללי אנשים מבינים שאסור לחמוד אחר רכושם של אחרים. הם גם מרגישים קצת מדוכאים שבמקום להסתפק במה שיש להם, מדמיינים לעצמם שמגיע להם דברים של אחרים. אפשר לחשוב שהאיסור הזה הוא פנימי בין האדם לעצמו, ובעל הדבר הנחשק הוא רק האמצעי לחטא. אפשר אפילו לחשוב שמדובר בחטא שבין אדם למקום [...]

By |2020-02-12T22:39:49+02:00February 12th, 2020|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , |0 Comments

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20:13 Thou shalt not covet… In general, people understand that it is prohibited to desire other people’s possessions. People also feel a little bit ashamed of themselves that they are not satisfied with what they have, and have to instead imagine owning things that belong to others. One may think that this prohibition is a [...]

By |2020-02-12T22:36:25+02:00February 12th, 2020|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Mishpatim 5779

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Mishpatim 5779 This issue is sponsored by Ari and Rochel Waldman In memory of Rochel's father Yonah ben Naftali Hertz Zukowsky, Z”l whose Yahrtzeit was the 24th of Shvat.  Sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom Newsletter in memory of a loved one, or for a refuah shelaymah—or any non-commercial purpose! Just 50₪ [...]

By |2019-01-31T18:57:49+02:00January 31st, 2019|Categories: Announcements, Schedule|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Yisro 5779

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Yisro 5779 This issue is sponsored by the Brandt Family of Norfolk, VA In honor of the esteemed Rav, Rav Zachariash shlita Sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom Newsletter in memory of a loved one, or for a refuah shelaymah—or any non-commercial purpose! Just 50₪ per issue. Contact Lev Seltzer for [...]

By |2019-01-24T16:09:01+02:00January 24th, 2019|Categories: Announcements, Schedule|Tags: , , |0 Comments

An ‘Eagle’s Eye’

19:4 …and I carried you on eagles' wings… Rashi quotes Chazal on this verse, telling us that just as an eagle caries its young on its wings and says “Better the arrows should enter me than my child”, so too Hashem protects Klal Yisrael at His own risk. The question is obvious: What risk are [...]

By |2019-01-24T12:00:09+02:00January 24th, 2019|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , |0 Comments

עיני הנשר

"וָאֶשָּׂא אֶתְכֶם עַל-כַּנְפֵי נְשָׁרִים..." (שמות יט:ד) רש"י מביא מחז"ל: "אבל הנשר הזה אינו מתירא אלא מן האדם שמא יזרוק בו חץ לפי שאין עוף אחר פורח על גביו לכך נותנו על כנפיו אומר מוטב יכנס החץ בי ולא בבני אף אני עשיתי כן". והשאלה ברורה: ה' יכול לעשות הכל, א"כ איזה סיכון אישי יש לו [...]

By |2019-01-24T11:58:53+02:00January 24th, 2019|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , |0 Comments

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