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About Rav Avrohom Baruch Zachariash

Rav Avrohom Baruch Zachariash has been the Rav of Ahavas Shalom since 2003. He currently lives in Jerusalem, but spends most Shabboses with his Kehilla in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel.

ื‘ื™ืฆื•ืข ืžื•ืฉืœื

ื›ึผึฐื›ึนืœ ืึฒืฉืึถืจึพืฆึดื•ึผึธื” ื”' ืึถืชึพืžึนืฉืึถื” ื›ึผึตืŸ ืขึธืฉื‚ื•ึผ ื‘ึผึฐื ึตื™ ื™ึดืฉื‚ึฐืจึธืึตืœ ืึตืช ื›ึผื‡ืœึพื”ึธืขึฒื‘ึนื“ึธื”ืƒ ื•ึทื™ึผึทืจึฐื ืžึนืฉืึถื” ืึถืชึพื›ึผื‡ืœึพื”ึทืžึผึฐืœึธืื›ึธื” ื•ึฐื”ึดื ึผึตื” ืขึธืฉื‚ื•ึผ ืึนืชึธื”ึผ ื›ึผึทืึฒืฉืึถืจ ืฆึดื•ึผึธื” ื”' ื›ึผึตืŸ ืขึธืฉื‚ื•ึผ ื•ึทื™ึฐื‘ึธืจึถืšึฐ ืึนืชึธื ืžึนืฉืึถื”ืƒ (ืฉืžื•ืช ืœื˜:ืžื‘-ืžื’) ื›ืืฉืจ ืื ื• ืžื“ื‘ืจื™ื ืขืœ ื‘ื™ืฆื•ืข ื“ื‘ืจื™ื, ื™ืฉ ืฉืชื™ ืžื™ืœื™ื ืฉื ืจืื•ืช ื›ืžื™ืœื™ื ื ืจื“ืคื•ืช: "ืžืœืื›ื”" ื•"ืขื‘ื•ื“ื”". ืื ื• ืžื‘ื™ื ื™ื ืฉืœื›ืœ ืžื™ืœื” ื™ืฉ ืžืฉืžืขื•ืช ืื—ืจืช ื•ื™ืฉ ืกื™ื‘ื•ืช ืœื”ืฉืชืžืฉ ื‘ืื—ืช ืžื”ืŸ ื‘ืžืงื•ื ื”ืฉื ื™ื™ื”. ื“ื•ื’ืžื” [...]

ื›ื•ื—ื” ืฉืœ ื ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืช ื”ืœื‘

ื•ึทื™ึผึนืืžึฐืจื•ึผึ™ ืึถืœึพืžึนืฉืึถึฃื” ืœึผึตืืžึนึ”ืจ ืžึทืจึฐื‘ึผึดึฅื™ื ื”ึธืขึธึ–ื ืœึฐื”ึธื‘ึดึ‘ื™ื ืžึดื“ึผึตึคื™ ื”ึธึฝืขึฒื‘ึนื“ึธื”ึ™ ืœึทืžึผึฐืœึธืื›ึธึ”ื” ืึฒืฉืึถืจึพืฆึดื•ึผึธึฅื” ื™ึฐืงึนื•ึธึ–ืง ืœึทืขึฒืฉื‚ึนึฅืช ืึนืชึธึฝื”ึผ (ืฉืžื•ืช ืœื•:ื”) ื”ืจื‘ื” ืคืขืžื™ื ืฉื•ืืœื™ื ืื•ืชื™ ืื ื›ื“ืื™ ืœืชืจื•ื ืœืฆื“ืงื” ืžืกื•ื™ืžืช. ื›ื“ื™ ืœืงื‘ืœ ืืช ื”ื”ื—ืœื˜ื” ื”ื ื›ื•ื ื”, ืื ื™ ืฆืจื™ืš ืœื”ืกืชื›ืœ ืขืœ ืžืกืคืจ ื’ื•ืจืžื™ื. ืœืžืฉืœ, ืื ืœืชื•ืจื ื™ืฉ ืจืง ืกื›ื•ื ื›ืกืฃ ืงื˜ืŸ, ื™ื™ืชื›ืŸ ืฉืืจื’ื•ืŸ ื”ืฆื“ืงื” ืจืื•ื™, ืื‘ืœ ืœื ื™ื•ืฉืคืข ืžืชืจื•ืžืชื• ื‘ืื•ืคืŸ ืžืฉืžืขื•ืชื™, ื‘ืขื•ื“ ืฉื™ื›ื•ืœ [...]

The Power of Giving

โ€œAnd they said to Moshe as follows, โ€˜The people are bringing more than enough for the labor of the work that Hashem has commanded them to performโ€™โ€ (Shemos 36:5) I am often asked if it is worthwhile to donate to a particular charity. To determine the right response, I have to look at several factors. [...]

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Passing it Forward

โ€œThe Children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout the ages as a covenant for all time.โ€ (Shemos 31:16) The Jews who came to America before the Second World War firmly believed that they would continue to be religious Jews on this foreign soil. Many of them were even moser nefesh for [...]

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ืœื”ืขื‘ื™ืจ ืืช ื–ื” ื”ืœืื”

ื•ึฐืฉืึธืžึฐืจื•ึผ ื‘ึฐื ึตื™ึพื™ึดืฉื‚ึฐืจึธืึตืœ ืึถืชึพื”ึทืฉืึผึทื‘ึผึธืช ืœึทืขึฒืฉื‚ื•ึนืช ืึถืชึพื”ึทืฉืึผึทื‘ึผึธืช ืœึฐื“ึนืจึนืชึธื ื‘ึผึฐืจึดื™ืช ืขื•ึนืœึธื (ืฉืžื•ืช ืœื:ื˜ื–) ื”ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ื ืฉื”ื’ื™ืขื• ืœืืžืจื™ืงื” ืœืคื ื™ ืžืœื—ืžืช ื”ืขื•ืœื ื”ืฉื ื™ื™ื” ื”ืืžื™ื ื• ืžืื•ื“ ืฉื”ื ื™ืžืฉื™ื›ื• ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ืฉื•ืžืจื™ ืชื•ืจื” ื•ืžืฆื•ื•ืช, ืืคื™ืœื• ื‘ืืจืฅ ื–ืจื” ื–ื•. ืจื‘ื™ื ืžื”ื ืืคื™ืœื• ืžืกืจื• ื ืคืฉื ื‘ืฉื‘ื™ืœ ืฉืžื™ืจืช ืฉื‘ืช ื•ื›ื•' ื•ื‘ื›ืœ ื–ืืช ื”ืชืจื—ืงื• ื™ืœื“ื™ื”ื ืžื”ื™ื™ื“ื™ืฉืงื™ื™ื˜. ืžื” ื”ื™ื™ืชื” ื˜ืขื•ืช ื”ื”ื•ืจื™ื? ืžืคื•ืจืกื ืžื” ืฉื”ืจื‘ ืžืฉื” ืคื™ื™ื ืฉื˜ื™ื™ืŸ ืืžืจ, ืฉื”ืื‘ ื”ืžืฉืคื—ื” [...]

ืœื—ื‘ืจ ืืช ื”ืœื‘ ืœืžื•ื—

ื•ึฐื ึธืฉื‚ึธึฃื ืึทึ ื”ึฒืจึนืŸ ืึถืชึพืฉืึฐืžึจื•ึนืช ื‘ึผึฐื ึตึฝื™ึพื™ึดืฉื‚ึฐืจึธืึตึœืœ ื‘ึผึฐื—ึนึงืฉืึถืŸ ื”ึทืžึผึดืฉืึฐืคึผึธึ›ื˜ ืขึทืœึพืœึดื‘ึผึ–ื•ึน ื‘ึผึฐื‘ึนืึฃื•ึน ืึถืœึพื”ึทืงึผึนึ‘ื“ึถืฉื ืœึฐื–ึดื›ึผึธืจึนึฅืŸ ืœึดืคึฐื ึตึฝื™ึพื™ึฐืงึนื•ึธึ–ืง ืชึผึธืžึดึฝื™ื“ (ืฉืžื•ืช ื›ื—:ื›ื˜) ืฉื ื™ ื‘ื’ื“ื™ ื›ื”ืŸ ื”ื’ื“ื•ืœ ืฉื”ืชื•ืจื” ืžื“ื‘ืจืช ืขืœื™ื”ื ื”ื›ื™ ื”ืจื‘ื” ื”ื ื”ื—ื•ืฉืŸ ื•ื”ืฆื™ืฅ. ืœืžื” ื“ื•ื•ืงื ืฉื ื™ ื‘ื’ื“ื™ื ื”ืืœื•? ื”ืจื‘ ื™ื•ืกืฃ ื‘ืขืจ ืกื•ืœื•ื‘ื™ื™ืฆ'ื™ืง (ืžืฆื•ื˜ื˜ ื‘ืขืœื•ืŸ ื”ืคืจื“ืก), ื”ืกืคื™ื“ ืขืœ ื”ืจื‘ ื—ื™ื™ื ืขื•ื–ืจ ื’ืจื•ื“ื–ื™ื ืกืงื™. ื”ื•ื ืืžืจ ืฉื™ืฉ ื›ืžื” ืจื‘ื ื™ื ืฉื™ืฉ ืœื”ื ื”ืจื‘ื” ื”ืœื›ื” ื‘ืจืืฉ, ืื‘ืœ [...]

Using Your Brain

โ€œAharon carried the names of Bnei Yisrael on the breastplate on his heart, when he came into the Holy place, as a remembrance in front of Hashem forever.โ€ (Shemos 28:29) The two pieces of the Kohein Gadolโ€™s clothing that the Torah speaks the most about are the Choshen (breastplate) and the Tzitz (headplate). Why does [...]

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On Fire

โ€œYou shall make a Menorah of pure goldโ€ฆโ€ (Shemos 25:31) Chazal tell us that Moshe Rabbeinu had difficulty understanding how to make the Menorah. Because of this, Hashem told Moshe to throw the gold into the fire and the Menorah came out ready-made (Rashi ibid). Chazal also tell us that when giving the mitzvah of [...]

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ื‘ื•ืขืจื™ื

ื•ึฐืขึธืฉื‚ึดื™ืชึธ ืžึฐื ึนืจึทืช ื–ึธื”ึธื‘ ื˜ึธื”ื•ึนืจ...(ืฉืžื•ืช ื›ื”:ืœื) ื—ื–"ืœ ืžืกืคืจื™ื ืœื ื• ืฉืžืฉื” ืจื‘ื™ื ื• ื”ืชืงืฉื” ืœื”ื‘ื™ืŸ ืื™ืš ืขื•ืฉื™ื ืืช ื”ืžื ื•ืจื”. ื‘ื’ืœืœ ื–ื” ืืžืจ ื”' ืœืžืฉื” "ื”ืฉืœืš ืืช ื”ื›ื›ืจ ืœืื•ืจ ื•ื”ื™ื ื ืขืฉื™ืช ืžืืœื™ื”" (ืจืฉ"ื™ ืฉื). ืขื•ื“ ืžืกืคืจื™ื ืœื ื• ื—ื–"ืœ ื›ื™ ื‘ืขืช ืžืชืŸ ืžืฆื•ื•ืช ืžื—ืฆื™ืช ื”ืฉืงืœ, "ื”ืจืื” ืœื• ื›ืžื™ืŸ ืžื˜ื‘ืข ืฉืœ ืืฉ" (ืจืฉ"ื™ ืœ:ื™ื’). ืžื“ื•ืข ืžื›ืœ ื”ื›ืœื™ื ื‘ืžืฉื›ืŸ ื”ื™ื™ืชื” ื”ืžื ื•ืจื” ื–ื• [...]

The Right Approach

โ€œThese are the guidelines that you shall set before themโ€ (Shemos 21:1) In Parshas Beshalach, there is a reference to the mitzvos which were given to bnei Yisrael in Mara. One of those mitzvos was the mitzvah of judging peopleโ€™s monetary disputes in a court (dinim). Here, right after accepting the Torah, we seemingly are [...]

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