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29 11, 2015

Kallah in the Kitchen

By |2022-02-02T09:04:14+02:00November 29th, 2015|Categories: Fighting Terror with Chesed|0 Comments

Two hours before Shabbos I went to say Mazel Tov to my neighbor whose daughter just got married, but to my surprise I found the new Kallah in the kitchen struggling to prepare food for her own sheva brochos! Her mother was unavailable to cook due to a family emergency. I immediately asked her what [...]

9 09, 2025

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Ki Savo 5785

By |2025-09-11T11:53:10+03:00September 9th, 2025|Categories: Newsletter|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Ki Savo 5785 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@ahavasshalom.org for more information. Davening Times and Reminders: Mincha Erev Shabbos: 13:30, 17:11 & 18:34 Candle Lighting: 18:12/18:32 Beis Elokim shiur with the [...]

9 09, 2025

Essence-tial

By |2025-09-09T19:32:09+03:00September 9th, 2025|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , |0 Comments

“…and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.” (Devarim 26:5) I once heard the following from one of the mashgichim of Beis Medrash Gevoha of Lakewood: During Magid at the Seder we say gadol atzum – to teach us that the Jewish people were exceptionally strong, as highlighted in the above verse. He explained [...]

9 09, 2025

משמעות המהות

By |2025-09-09T19:32:09+03:00September 9th, 2025|Categories: הבלג של הרב|Tags: , , |0 Comments

"...וַיְהִי־שָׁם לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל עָצוּם וָרָב" (דברים כו:ה) שמעתי פעם מאחד המפקחים של בית מדרש גבוה בלייקווד: במהלך המגיד בליל הסדר, אנו אומרים "גדול עצום" כדי ללמד שהעם היהודי היה חזק במיוחד, כפי שמודגש בפסוק לעיל. הוא הסביר שבכל תקופה, היהודים הצטיינו במה שהיה נחשב בעיני החברה – בין אם זה היה באגרוף בתחילת המאה ה-20, [...]

1 09, 2025

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Ki Seitzei 5785

By |2025-09-09T19:20:33+03:00September 1st, 2025|Categories: Newsletter|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Ki Seitzei 5785 Yair Ben Tzion Lasker on completing his first Mesechta Gemara of Avoda Zara! 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@ahavasshalom.org for more information. Davening Times [...]

1 09, 2025

רשמים ראשוניים

By |2025-09-01T18:16:48+03:00September 1st, 2025|Categories: הבלג של הרב|Tags: , , |0 Comments

“וְרָאִיתָ בַּשִּׁבְיָה אֵשֶׁת יְפַת־תֹּאַר וְחָשַׁקְתָּ בָהּ וְלָקַחְתָּ לְךָ לְאִשָּׁה” (דברים כא:יא) אני רוצה לשתף בסיפור שקרה לפני שנים עם אחד מבני. במהלך טיול ביער, הוא מצא ערימת כובעים, ככל הנראה הושארו שם על ידי מחנה ששהה במקום לאחרונה. הוא הביא את הכובעים הביתה ושאל אותי מה לעשות איתם. הסברתי שבמקרה כזה אפשר להניח שיש “ייאוש” [...]

1 09, 2025

First Impressions

By |2025-09-01T18:16:48+03:00September 1st, 2025|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , |0 Comments

“…and you see among the captives a beautiful woman and you desire her and would like to take her as your wife…” (Devarim 21:11) I would like to share an incident from years ago involving one of my children. While walking in a forest, he found a stack of caps, that was obviously left there [...]

27 08, 2025

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Shoftim 5785

By |2025-09-01T18:16:17+03:00August 27th, 2025|Categories: Newsletter|Tags: , |0 Comments

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Shoftim 5785 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@ahavasshalom.org for more information. Davening Times and Reminders: Mincha Erev Shabbos: 13:30, 17:26 & 18:52 Candle Lighting: 18:30/18:50 Beis Elokim shiur with the Rav [...]

26 08, 2025

Money Manners

By |2025-08-27T20:29:34+03:00August 26th, 2025|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

“…for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous (in judgement).” (Devarim 16:19) The following story, which I heard in my youth, illustrates the above Pasuk: The Shach (Shabbsai ben Meir HaKohen 1621–1662) was involved in a din Torah with another man. Though a great talmid chacham, the Shach felt it [...]

26 08, 2025

ישרות בענייני כסף

By |2025-08-27T20:31:02+03:00August 26th, 2025|Categories: הבלג של הרב|Tags: , |0 Comments

כִּי הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר עֵינֵי חֲכָמִים וִֽיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִם (דברים טז:יט) הסיפור הבא, ששמעתי בילדותי, ממחיש את הפסוק הנ"ל: הש"ך היה מעורב בדין תורה עם אדם אחר. למרות היותו תלמיד חכם גדול, הש"ך חש כי הדבר הנכון הוא לפנות לבית דין. הצד השני, שחשש מהטיה מקומית בשל השם טוב של הש"ך כצדיק, ביקש לקיים את הדיון [...]

17 08, 2025

This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land

By |2025-08-19T21:36:43+03:00August 17th, 2025|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

"and you shall dwell in their land": A story happened where Rebbe Elazar Ben Shamua and Rebbe Yochanan Hasandler were traveling abroad to learn Torah from Rebbe Yehuda Ben Biseira. They arrived at tzaydan, where they remembered Eretz Yisrael. Whereupon they raised their eyes and wept and rent their garments, and recited this verse: "You [...]

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