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ื›ื•ื—ืŸ ืฉืœ ืžื™ืœื™ื

ืœึนึฅื ื™ึทื—ึตึ–ืœ ื“ึผึฐื‘ึธืจึ‘ื•ึน ื›ึผึฐื›ื‡ืœึพื”ึทื™ึผึนืฆึตึฅื ืžึดืคึผึดึ–ื™ื• ื™ึทืขึฒืฉื‚ึถึฝื”ืƒ (ื‘ืžื“ื‘ืจ ืœ:ื’) ื”ื’ืžืจื ื‘ื›ืชื•ื‘ื•ืช (ืกื‘:ื‘) ืžืกืคืจืช ืœื ื• ืขืœ ืชืœืžื™ื“ ื—ื›ื ื’ื“ื•ืœ ืฉื‘ืื•ืคืŸ ืงื‘ื•ืข ื—ื–ืจ ืœื‘ื™ืชื• ื‘ื›ืœ ืขืจื‘ ืฉื‘ืช ื‘ืฉืขื” ืžืกื•ื™ืžืช. ืฉื‘ื•ืข ืื—ื“ ื”ื•ื ื”ื™ื” ืฉืงื•ืข ื‘ืœื™ืžื•ื“ื• ื‘ื‘ื™ืช ื”ืžื“ืจืฉ ื•ืœื ื—ื–ืจ ื‘ื–ืžื ื• ื”ืจื’ื™ืœ. ืžื™ืฉื”ื• ืฉืฉื ืœื‘ ืฉื”ื•ื ืœื ื—ื–ืจ ืืžืจ, "ื”ื•ื ื‘ื˜ื— ืžืช ื›ื™ ืื ื”ื™ื” ื‘ื—ื™ื™ื ืœื ื”ื™ื” ืžืคืกืคืก [...]

By |2023-07-11T16:34:15+03:00July 10th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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Strong Words

โ€œโ€ฆhe may not profane his word. He shall do all that he said.โ€ (Bamidbar 30:3) The Gemora in Kesuvos tells us about a big masmid who always came home every Erev Shabbos at a certain time. One week he was lost in thought in the Beis Medrash and missed his appointed time to go home. [...]

By |2023-07-13T22:39:14+03:00July 9th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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You Deserve It

โ€œTherefore tell [him], that I give him My covenant [of] peace. It shall be for him and his descendants after him a covenant of eternal kehunah because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for Bnei Yisroel.โ€ (Bamidbar 25:12-13) The Chofetz Chaim observed that his daughter had an interest in money. He therefore [...]

By |2023-07-06T11:30:29+03:00July 4th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments
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ืžื’ื™ืข ืœื›ื

ืœึธื›ึตึ–ืŸ ืึฑืžึนึ‘ืจ ื”ึดื ึฐื ึดึจื™ ื ึนืชึตึฅืŸ ืœึ›ื•ึน ืึถืชึพื‘ึผึฐืจึดื™ืชึดึ–ื™ ืฉืึธืœึฝื•ึนืืƒ ื•ึฐื”ึธึคื™ึฐืชึธื” ืœึผื•ึนึ™ ื•ึผืœึฐื–ึทืจึฐืขึฃื•ึน ืึทื—ึฒืจึธึ”ื™ื• ื‘ึผึฐืจึดึ–ื™ืช ื›ึผึฐื”ึปื ึผึทึฃืช ืขื•ึนืœึธึ‘ื ืชึผึทึ—ื—ึทืช ืึฒืฉืึถึคืจ ืงึดื ึผึตืึ™ ืœึตึฝืืœึนืงึธึ”ื™ื• ื•ึทื™ึฐื›ึทืคึผึตึ–ืจ ืขึทืœึพื‘ึผึฐื ึตึฅื™ ื™ึดืฉื‚ึฐืจึธืึตึฝืœืƒ (ื‘ืžื“ื‘ืจ ื›ื”: ื™ื‘-ื™ื’) ื”ื—ืคืฅ ื—ื™ื™ื ื”ื‘ื—ื™ืŸ ืฉื‘ืชื• ืžืขื•ื ื™ื™ื ืช ื‘ื›ืกืฃ, ืœื›ืŸ ืžื™ื ื” ืื•ืชื” ื›ื’ื‘ืื™ืช ืฆื“ืงื”, ื›ื™ ืขืœ ื›ืœ ืžื™ื“ื” ืฉื™ืฉ ืœืื“ื, ื™ืฉ ื–ืžืŸ ื•ืžืงื•ื ืฉืืคืฉืจ ืœื”ืฉืชืžืฉ ื‘ื” ื‘ืขื‘ื•ื“ืช ื”'. ืœืžืขืฉื”, ืื“ื ื›ื–ื” ื™ื›ื•ืœ ืœืฉืจืช ืืช [...]

By |2023-07-04T11:55:46+03:00July 4th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Clear View

โ€œAnd Hashem opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Bilam, โ€˜What have I done to you that you have struck me these three times?โ€™โ€ (Bamidbar 22:28) In this weekโ€™s parsha we have an unusual event: Bilamโ€™s donkey speaks to him. This is so supernatural that Chazal tell us that the donkeyโ€™s mouth [...]

By |2023-06-29T16:24:42+03:00June 25th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments
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ื”ืฉืงืคื” ื‘ื”ื™ืจื”

ื•ึทื™ึผึดืคึฐืชึผึทึฅื— ื”' ืึถืชึพืคึผึดึฃื™ ื”ึธืึธืชึ‘ื•ึนืŸ ื•ึทืชึผึนึคืืžึถืจ ืœึฐื‘ึดืœึฐืขึธืึ™ ืžึถื”ึพืขึธืฉื‚ึดึฃื™ืชึดึฝื™ ืœึฐืšึธึ” ื›ึผึดึฃื™ ื”ึดื›ึผึดื™ืชึทึ”ื ึดื™ ื–ึถึ–ื” ืฉืึธืœึนึฅืฉื ืจึฐื’ึธืœึดึฝื™ืืƒ (ื‘ืžื“ื‘ืจ ื›ื‘:ื›ื—) ื‘ืคืจืฉืช ื”ืฉื‘ื•ืข ื™ืฉ ืื™ืจื•ืข ื—ืจื™ื’: ื—ืžื•ืจื• ืฉืœ ื‘ืœืขื ืžื“ื‘ืจ ืืœื™ื•. ื–ื” ื›ืœ ื›ืš ืขืœ ื˜ื‘ืขื™ ืฉื—ื–"ืœ ืืžืจื• ืœื ื• "ืคื™ ื”ืืชื•ืŸ ื”ื•ื ืžืขืฉืจื” ื‘ืคืจืฉืช ื”ืฉื‘ื•ืข ื™ืฉ ืื™ืจื•ืข ื—ืจื™ื’: ืืชื•ื ื• ืฉืœ ื‘ืœืขื ืžื“ื‘ืจืช ืืœื™ื•. ื–ื” ื›ืœ ื›ืš ืขืœ ื˜ื‘ืขื™ ืฉื—ื–"ืœ ืืžืจื• ืœื ื• [...]

By |2023-06-29T12:01:14+03:00June 22nd, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Think About It

โ€œThen came the children of Yisrael, the whole congregation, into the desert of ลปin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh, and Miryam died there, and was buried there.โ€ย  (Bamidbar 20:1) Rashi quotes Chazal on this verse, explaining that the death of Miriam was placed adjacent to the parsha of the red [...]

By |2023-06-22T18:45:22+03:00June 20th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments
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ืชื—ืฉื‘ื• ืขืœ ื–ื”

ื•ึทื™ึผึธื‘ึนึฃืื•ึผ ื‘ึฐื ึตึฝื™ึพื™ึดึ ืฉื‚ึฐืจึธืึตึ ืœ ื›ึผื‡ืœึพื”ึธึจืขึตื“ึธึคื” ืžึดื“ึฐื‘ึผึทืจึพืฆึดืŸึ™ ื‘ึผึทื—ึนึฃื“ึถืฉื ื”ึธึฝืจึดืืฉืึ”ื•ึนืŸ ื•ึทื™ึผึตึฅืฉืึถื‘ ื”ึธืขึธึ–ื ื‘ึผึฐืงึธื“ึตึ‘ืฉื ื•ึทืชึผึธึคืžื‡ืช ืฉืึธืึ™ ืžึดืจึฐื™ึธึ”ื ื•ึทืชึผึดืงึผึธื‘ึตึ–ืจ ืฉืึธึฝืืƒ ย (ื‘ืžื“ื‘ืจ ื›:ื) (ืžื•"ืง ื›ื—) ืœืžื” ื ืกืžื›ื” ืžื™ืชืช ืžืจื™ื ืœืคืจืฉืช ืคืจื” ืื“ื•ืžื”, ืœื•ืžืจ ืœืš ืžื” ืงืจื‘ื ื•ืช ืžื›ืคืจื™ืŸ (ืก"ื ื›ืžื• ืฉืคืจื” ืื“ื•ืžื” ืžื›ืคืจืช) ืืฃ ืžื™ืชืช ืฆื“ื™ืงื™ื ืžื›ืคืจืช (ืจืฉ"ื™ ืฉื) ืื ืžื™ืชืช ืฆื“ื™ืงื™ื ืžื›ืคืจืช, ื”ืฉืืœื” ื”ืžืชื‘ืงืฉืช ื”ื™ื, "ื”ืื ื”ื›ืคืจื” ื”ื–ื• ื‘ืื” ื‘ืœื™ ืžืืžืฆื™ื ืžื”ืžืชื›ืคืจื™ื, [...]

By |2023-06-22T18:12:04+03:00June 20th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments
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ืžืชื—ืช ืœืคื ื™ ื”ืฉื˜ื—

ื•ึฐืึดื ื‘ึผึฐืจึดื™ืึธึžื” ื™ึดื‘ึฐืจึธึฃื ื”' ื•ึผืคึธืฆึฐืชึธึจื” ื”ึธืึฒื“ึธืžึธึคื” ืึถืช ืคึผึดึ™ื™ื”ึธึ™ ื•ึผื‘ึธืœึฐืขึธึคื” ืึนืชึธืึ™ ื•ึฐืึถืช ื›ึผื‡ืœ ืึฒืฉืึถึฃืจ ืœึธื”ึถึ”ื ื•ึฐื™ึธืจึฐื“ึฅื•ึผ ื—ึทื™ึผึดึ–ื™ื ืฉืึฐืึนึ‘ืœึธื” ื•ึดึฝื™ื“ึทืขึฐืชึผึถึ•ื ื›ึผึดึงื™ ื ึดึฝืึฒืฆึ›ื•ึผ ื”ึธืึฒื ึธืฉืึดึฅื™ื ื”ึธืึตึ–ืœึผึถื” ืึถืช ื”'ืƒ (ื‘ืžื“ื‘ืจ ื˜ื–:ื›ื˜-ืœ) ื”' ื”ืžืฆื™ื ืขื•ื ืฉ ื—ื“ืฉ ืœื—ื˜ืื• ืฉืœ ืงืจื—, ืฉืœื ื”ื™ื” ื“ื•ืžื” ืœืฉื•ื ืขื•ื ืฉ ืื—ืจ ืฉื”ื™ื” ืื™ ืคืขื. ื‘ืจื•ืจ ืฉื™ืฉ ืกื™ื‘ื” ืฉื”ื•ื‘ื™ืœื” ืœืขื•ื ืฉ ื›ื–ื”, ืžืœื‘ื“ ื”ื™ื•ืชื• ืื™ืจื•ืข ืžื“ื”ื™ื ืฉืœื ื™ื™ืฉื›ื—. ื”ื™ืœืงื•ื˜ [...]

By |2023-06-15T09:57:40+03:00June 12th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments
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Beneath The Surface

โ€œIf G-d will create a [new] creation and the ground will open its mouth and swallow them along with all of their belongings, and they will go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have angered G-d.โ€ (Bamidbar 16:29-30) Hashem created a punishment for Korachโ€™s sin that was unlike any [...]

By |2023-06-13T16:12:38+03:00June 11th, 2023|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments
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