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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.

The Power Of Belief

The Power Of Belief The Medrash tells us that immediately after Yom Kippur we are supposed to be in a festive mode and that we are to eat with simcha because we can be certain that the process of teshuva was successful. Obviously we understand that there is no guarantee, and there have been many [...]

By |2018-03-25T22:10:55+03:00October 10th, 2016|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: |0 Comments

Empowerment by G-d is Truly Humbling

Rabbeinu Yona in Shaarei Teshuva (paragraphs 24 and 25) discusses the components necessary for teshuva (repentance): One must have hachna’a (submissiveness) and shiflus (humility), and must serve Hashem “b’tznaya” (modesty) - and then he explains this in detail. The question is, what does modesty have to do with repentance? When the gemora explains what “acts [...]

By |2018-03-25T22:10:58+03:00October 6th, 2016|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: |0 Comments

You Are Standing

You Are Standing today (Devarim 29:9) Chazal ask why is it necessary to mention the obvious that “you are standing here today…”? They answer that being that Klal Yisrael just heard the awesome responsibility of their obligation to keep the mitzvos, Moshe Rabbeinu pointed out “Don’t worry! You are doing fine and you will be [...]

By |2016-09-29T15:33:17+03:00September 29th, 2016|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

אַתֶּם נִצָּבִים הַיּוֹם 

אַתֶּם נִצָּבִים הַיּוֹם (דְּבָרִים כט:ט) מפני מה הוצרך משה רבינו להצהיר לבני ישראל את המובן מאליו, שהם עומדים היום מול הקב"ה ? עונים חז"ל, שמטרתו היתה לחזק אותם בפרט לאור המשימה הכבירה שעכשיו קיבלו (שמירת כל המצוות). בעמדינו לפני יום הדין, יש מאיתנו שחשים באימת הדין וגודל האחריות המוצבת מולינו. אולי בהכרה זו, אנו נעצרים, קפואים [...]

By |2016-09-29T15:28:04+03:00September 29th, 2016|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

First Things First

The Medrash Tanchuma says that Moshe Rabbeinu saw that bikurim would cease to be brought because of the chorbon Beis Hamikdash, and therefore he instituted davening Shacharis, Mincha and Maariv. The obvious question is: What is the connection between bikurim and davening?! There are those who answer as the Mishneh Berurah states: Tefillah must be [...]

By |2016-09-22T21:23:11+03:00September 22nd, 2016|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , |0 Comments

…אבל לפני שנתחיל

במדרש תנחומא מצאנו רעיון מענין. מובא שם שמשה רבינו צפה ברוח הקודש שעתיד בית המקדש להיחרב, וכתוצאה מכך ייפסקו הביכורים. לשם כך, אומר המדרש, תיקן משה רבינו את שלשת התפילות של היום. אפילו אם נשים בצד את הגמרא בברכות שמתלבטת גם למקורם של התפילות – ומסיקה שנתקנו כנגד הקרבנות שבטלו עם החורבן. השאלה, בכל זאת [...]

By |2016-09-22T21:22:22+03:00September 22nd, 2016|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , |0 Comments

A Punch in the Stomach vs. Punch in the Stomach

...a Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of Hashem...because of the fact that they did not greet you with bread and water on the road when you were leaving Egypt; and because he hired against you Bilaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Aram-naharaim, to curse you. (Devarim 23:4-5) The Dubno Maggid asks [...]

By |2018-03-25T22:11:05+03:00September 15th, 2016|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

שיקולים בתקציב

לֹא-יָבֹא עַמּוֹנִי וּמוֹאָבִי, בִּקְהַל ה'...עַל-דְּבַר אֲשֶׁר לֹא-קִדְּמוּ אֶתְכֶם, בַּלֶּחֶם וּבַמַּיִם, בַּדֶּרֶךְ, בְּצֵאתְכֶם מִמִּצְרָיִם; וַאֲשֶׁר שָׂכַר עָלֶיךָ אֶת-בִּלְעָם בֶּן-בְּעוֹר, מִפְּתוֹר אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם--לְקַלְלֶךָּ.  (דברים כג:ד-ה) הפסוק מביא שתי סיבות לסירוב קבלתם של מואבים ועמונים לתוך קהל ד'. המגיד מדובנא שואל את הקושיה המתבקשת על שני חסרונות אלו. למה מתחיל הפסוק עם "חטא" טריוויאלי, לכאורה, של חוסר דרך [...]

By |2016-09-15T17:34:31+03:00September 15th, 2016|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

Unquestionable Faith, Unquestionable Uncertainty

תָּמִים תִּהְיֶה, עִם ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ (דברים יח:יג) Thou shalt be whole-hearted with the LORD thy G-d (Devarim 18:13) The Torah demands of us to have simple faith in what HaKadosh Baruch Hu does. We live in a time when people find it difficult to trust one another in all matters of life; trusting Hashem is [...]

By |2018-03-25T22:11:07+03:00September 8th, 2016|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

Reliving Our History

When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying: 'What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? (Devarim 6:20) Rav Shamshon Rafael Hirsch explains the word “eidos” as ”mitzvos that are testimonies,” meaning that they signify to us something about our relationship with Hashem, [...]

By |2016-08-17T11:30:09+03:00August 17th, 2016|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments
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