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ืžื•ื˜ื‘ ืœืฉืื•ืœ ืงื•ื“ื

ื•ึทื™ึผึนึฅืืžึถืจ ื™ึฐื”ื•ึผื“ึธึ–ื” ืึถืœึพืึถื—ึธึ‘ื™ื• ืžึทื”ึพื‘ึผึถึ—ืฆึทืข ื›ึผึดึคื™ ื ึทื”ึฒืจึนื’ึ™ ืึถืชึพืึธื—ึดึ”ื™ื ื•ึผ ื•ึฐื›ึดืกึผึดึ–ื™ื ื•ึผ ืึถืชึพื“ึผึธืžึฝื•ึนืƒ (ื‘ืจืืฉื™ืช ืœื–:ื›ื•) ืœืขืชื™ื ืงืจื•ื‘ื•ืช ืื ืฉื™ื ืขื•ืฉื™ื ื“ื‘ืจื™ื ืฉืœืื—ืจ ืžื›ืŸ ื”ื ืžื˜ื™ื™ื—ื™ื ื›ื“ื™ ืฉืœื ื™ืืฉื™ืžื• ืื•ืชื. ื”ืจื‘ื™ ืžืงื•ืฆืง ืื•ืžืจ ืฉื”ืื—ื™ื ืฉืืœื•: "ื”ืื ื–ื” ื ื›ื•ืŸ ืœื”ืจื•ื’ ืืช ื™ื•ืกืฃ ืื ืื ื—ื ื• ืžืจื’ื™ืฉื™ื ืฉื ืฆื˜ืจืš ืœื”ืกืชื™ืจ ืืช ื–ื”?" ื”ืžืฉืžืขื•ืช ื”ื™ื ืฉืื ืื“ื ืขื•ืฉื” ืืช ื”ื“ื‘ืจ ื”ื ื›ื•ืŸ, ืื™ืŸ ืœื• ืžื” ืœื”ืชื‘ื™ื™ืฉ. ืขืฉืจืช [...]

By |2024-01-06T22:41:14+02:00December 5th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog, ื”ื‘ืœื’ ืฉืœ ื”ืจื‘|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Better Ask First

โ€œYehudah said to his brothers, โ€˜What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?โ€™โ€ (Bereishis 37:26) Often people do things for which they then orchestrate a cover-up so as not to take the blame. The Kotzker Rebbe (Menachem Mendel Morgenstern ofย Kotzkย 1787โ€“1859) says that the brothers were asking: โ€œIs it correct [...]

By |2023-12-07T19:57:50+02:00December 3rd, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Are You Mixed Up?

โ€œI acquired oxen, donkeys, sheep, servants and maidservants. I have sent [these messengers] to tell my master, to find favor in your eyes.โ€ (Bereishis 32:6) What defines the essence of a person? For example, there are some people who speak lashon hara, and we call them โ€œbaalei lashon haraโ€, and there are others who also [...]

By |2023-11-28T19:45:42+02:00November 26th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments
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ื”ืื ืืชื ืžื‘ื•ืœื‘ืœื™ื?

ื•ึทึฝื™ึฐื”ึดื™ึพืœึดื™ึ™ ืฉืึฃื•ึนืจ ื•ึทื—ึฒืžึ”ื•ึนืจ ืฆึนึ–ืืŸ ื•ึฐืขึถึฃื‘ึถื“ ื•ึฐืฉืึดืคึฐื—ึธึ‘ื” ื•ึธึฝืึถืฉืึฐืœึฐื—ึธื”ึ™ ืœึฐื”ึทื’ึผึดึฃื™ื“ ืœึทึฝืื“ึนื ึดึ”ื™ ืœึดืžึฐืฆึนืึพื—ึตึ–ืŸ ื‘ึผึฐืขึตื™ื ึถึฝื™ืšึธืƒ (ื‘ืจืืฉื™ืช ืœื‘:ื•) ืื™ืš ื ื’ื“ื™ืจ ืืช ืžื”ื•ืชื• ืฉืœ ืื“ื? ืœืžืฉืœ, ื™ืฉ ืื ืฉื™ื ืฉืžื“ื‘ืจื™ื ืœืฉื•ืŸ ื”ืจืข, ื•ืื ื—ื ื• ืงื•ืจืื™ื ืœื”ื "ื‘ืขืœื™ ืœืฉื•ืŸ ื”ืจืข", ื•ื™ืฉ ืื—ืจื™ื ืฉืžื“ื‘ืจื™ื ื’ื ืœืฉื•ืŸ ื”ืจืข, ืื‘ืœ ืื ื—ื ื• ืœื ืงื•ืจืื™ื ืœื”ื "ื‘ืขืœื™ ืœืฉื•ืŸ ื”ืจืข". ืžื” ืงื•ื‘ืข ืืช ืงื‘ืœืช ื”'ืชื•ืืจ' ื”ื–ื”? ื‘ื“ืจืš ื›ืœืœ, ืžื™ ืฉืžื“ื‘ืจ [...]

By |2024-01-06T22:41:15+02:00November 26th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog, ื”ื‘ืœื’ ืฉืœ ื”ืจื‘|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Side Effects

Yaakov awoke from his sleep, and said, In truth, Hashem is in this place, and I did not know it. (Bereishis 28:16) RASHI:ย  AND I DID NOT KNOW ITโ€” for had I known it I would not have slept in as holy a place as this. In last weekโ€™s parsha, as Yaakov tries to impersonate [...]

By |2023-11-23T16:36:17+02:00November 19th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments
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ืชื•ืคืขื•ืช ืœื•ื•ืื™

ื•ึทื™ึผึดื™ืงึทึฃืฅ ื™ึทืขึฒืงึนื‘ึฎ ืžึดืฉืึผึฐื ึธืชื•ึนึ’ ื•ึทื™ึผึนึ•ืืžึถืจ ืึธื›ึตืŸึ™ ื™ึตึฃืฉื ื™ึฐื”ึนื•ึธึ”ื” ื‘ึผึทืžึผึธืงึ–ื•ึนื ื”ึทื–ึผึถึ‘ื” ื•ึฐืึธื ึนื›ึดึ–ื™ ืœึนึฅื ื™ึธื“ึธึฝืขึฐืชึผึดื™ืƒ (ื‘ืจืืฉื™ืช ื›ื—:ื˜ื–) ื•ืื ื›ื™ ืœื ื™ื“ืขืชื™. ืฉืึถืึดื ื™ึธื“ึทืขึฐืชึผึดื™, ืœึนื ื™ึธืฉืึทื ึฐืชึผึดื™ ื‘ึผึฐืžึธืงื•ึนื ืงึธื“ื•ึนืฉื ื›ึผึธื–ึถื”: (ืจืฉ"ื™ ืฉื) ื‘ืคืจืฉืช ื”ืฉื‘ื•ืข ืฉืขื‘ืจ, ื›ืฉื™ืขืงื‘ ืžื ืกื” ืœื”ืชื—ื–ื•ืช ืœืื—ื™ื• ืขืฉื•, ื™ืฆื—ืง ืงื•ืœื˜ ื”ื‘ื“ืœื™ื ื‘ื”ืชื ื”ื’ื•ืชื•. ื‘ืžืงื•ื ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ื’ืก, ื”ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืจ ืฉืœื• ื”ื™ื” ืขื“ื™ืŸ ื•ืืฃ ื”ื–ื›ื™ืจ ืืช ื”'. ื–ื” ื’ืจื ืœื™ืฆื—ืง ืœืชื”ื•ืช, "ืžื™ ื–ื” [...]

By |2024-01-06T22:41:15+02:00November 19th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog, ื”ื‘ืœื’ ืฉืœ ื”ืจื‘|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Sometimes Nothing is Something!

โ€œYitzchok said to themโ€ฆYou hate meโ€ฆThey saidโ€ฆLet there now be an oath between usโ€ฆWe did nothing but good to you, and sent you away in peaceโ€ฆthey each swore to the other...Yitzchok sent them away and they left in peace.โ€ (Bereishis 26:27-33) This is indeed a very odd conversation. Yitzchak certainly had good reason to say [...]

By |2023-11-13T18:32:41+02:00November 12th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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ื”ืฉืœื•ื ื”ื•ื ื”ื’ืžื•ืœ ื”ื˜ื•ื‘ ื‘ื™ื•ืชืจ

"ื•ึทื™ึนึผืืžึถืจ ืึฒืœึตื”ึถื ื™ึดืฆึฐื—ึธืง, ืžึทื“ึผื•ึผืขึท ื‘ึธึผืืชึถื ืึตืœึธื™; ื•ึฐืึทืชึถึผื ืฉึฐื‚ื ึตืืชึถื ืึนืชึดื™, ื•ึทืชึฐึผืฉึทืืœึฐึผื—ื•ึผื ึดื™ ืžึตืึดืชึฐึผื›ึถื.ย  ื•ึทื™ึนึผืืžึฐืจื•ึผ ... ย ืชึฐึผื”ึดื™ ื ึธื ืึธืœึธื” ื‘ึตึผื™ื ื•ึนืชึตื™ื ื•ึผ, ื‘ึตึผื™ื ึตื™ื ื•ึผ ื•ึผื‘ึตื™ื ึถืšึธ ... ื•ึฐื›ึทืึฒืฉึถืืจ ืขึธืฉึดื‚ื™ื ื•ึผ ืขึดืžึฐึผืšึธ ืจึทืง-ื˜ื•ึนื‘, ื•ึทื ึฐึผืฉึทืืœึตึผื—ึฒืšึธ ื‘ึฐึผืฉึธืืœื•ึนื ... ื•ึทื™ึดึผืฉึธึผืื‘ึฐืขื•ึผ ืึดื™ืฉื ืœึฐืึธื—ึดื™ื•; ื•ึทื™ึฐืฉึทืืœึฐึผื—ึตื ื™ึดืฆึฐื—ึธืง, ื•ึทื™ึตึผืœึฐื›ื•ึผ ืžึตืึดืชึผื•ึน ื‘ึฐึผืฉึธืืœื•ึนื." (ื‘ืจืืฉื™ืช ื›ื•:ื›ื–-ืœื) ื–ื• ืื›ืŸ ืฉื™ื—ื” ืžืื•ื“ ืžื•ื–ืจื”. ืœื™ืฆื—ืง ื‘ื”ื—ืœื˜ ื”ื™ื™ืชื” ืกื™ื‘ื” ื˜ื•ื‘ื” ืœื•ืžืจ ืฉืื‘ื™ืžืœืš ืœื ืฉืœื— ืื•ืชื• ื‘ืฉืœื•ื. ืื‘ื™ืžืœืš ื”ืชื ื”ื’ [...]

By |2024-01-06T22:41:16+02:00November 12th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog, ื”ื‘ืœื’ ืฉืœ ื”ืจื‘|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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Familiarity Breeds Contempt

โ€œBut when food was set before him, he said, โ€˜I will not eat until I have told my tale.โ€™ He said, โ€˜Speak, then.โ€™โ€ (Bereishis 24:33) Was there a particular reason that Eliezer had to speak before eating? The gemora (Sanhedrin 52b) tells us, โ€œHow does an am haaretz perceive a talmid chacham? Initially the talmid [...]

By |2023-11-09T12:46:02+02:00November 6th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments
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ื”ื™ื›ืจื•ืช ืžื•ืœื™ื“ื” ื‘ื•ื–

[ื•ึทื™ึผื•ึผืฉื‚ึทึคื] ืœึฐืคึธื ึธื™ื•ึ™ ืœึถืึฑื›ึนึ”ืœ ื•ึทื™ึผึนึ™ืืžึถืจึ™ ืœึนึฃื ืึนื›ึทึ”ืœ ืขึทึฅื“ ืึดืึพื“ึผึดื‘ึผึทึ–ืจึฐืชึผึดื™ ื“ึผึฐื‘ึธืจึธึ‘ื™ ื•ึทื™ึผึนึ–ืืžึถืจ ื“ึผึทื‘ึผึตึฝืจืƒ (ื‘ืจืืฉื™ืช ื›ื“:ืœื’) ื”ืื ื”ื™ื™ืชื” ืกื™ื‘ื” ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ืช ืฉืืœื™ืขื–ืจ ืจืฆื” ืœื“ื‘ืจ ืœืคื ื™ ืฉื™ืื›ืœ? ื”ื’ืžืจื (ืกื ื”ื“ืจื™ืŸ ืœื‘:ื‘) ืื•ืžืจืช: " ืœืžื” ืชืœืžื™ื“ ื—ื›ื ื“ื•ืžื” ืœืคื ื™ ืขื ื”ืืจืฅ ื‘ืชื—ืœื” ื“ื•ืžื” ืœืงื™ืชื•ืŸ (ื›ืœื™) ืฉืœ ื–ื”ื‘ ืกื™ืคืจ ื”ื™ืžื ื• ื“ื•ืžื” ืœืงื™ืชื•ืŸ ืฉืœ ื›ืกืฃ ื ื”ื ื” ืžืžื ื• ื“ื•ืžื” ืœืงื™ืชื•ืŸ ืฉืœ ื—ืจืฉ ื›ื™ื•ืŸ ืฉื ืฉื‘ืจ ืฉื•ื‘ [...]

By |2024-01-06T22:41:17+02:00November 6th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog, ื”ื‘ืœื’ ืฉืœ ื”ืจื‘|Tags: , |0 Comments
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