Due to the continued government-imposed lock-down, it will be difficult for first-borns to take part in a siiyum, which would therefore obligate them to fast until Kiddush at the Seder. To help alleviate this, Ahavas Shalom has packaged a learning program to enable you to complete mesechtas Makos Yerushalmi in just a few minutes of [...]
Rabbi Avrohom Baruch Zachariash takes your Pesach questions via ZOOM MEETING due to the government-imposed lock-down.
Due to the lock-down instituted by the Ministry of Health, this year's sale of chametz will be different than in previous years. Open the sale contract at this address Mechiras_Chometz_2020 Fill out the form online. This is the best way to fill out the form! It is possible to download the form and fill it [...]
Rabbi Avrohom Baruch Zachariash gives chizuk to Kehillas Ahavas Shalom before Shabbos Parshas Vayikra - the first Shabbos on which it is prohibited for Jews in Israel to come together - in any number - in their houses of worship due to the Coronavirus.
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Vayikra 5780 To our sorrow, under the new rules implemented by the State of Israel under the guidance of the Ministry of Health, we are forced to shutter our Beis Medrash. The Beis Medrash will be closed until it is again legal for Jews to pray in their own house of [...]
Chazal tell us that Moshe Rabbeinu did not go into the Ohel Moed until invited to by Hashem Himself. In fact, had he gone in without an invitation, it would be lacking in common sense to the point that we would say about Moshe that “a carcass of an animal is better than an astute [...]
"וַיִּקְרָא אֶל מֹשֶׁה וַיְדַבֵּר ה' " (ויקרא א:א) "מיכן אמרו כל ת"ח שאין בו דעת נבלה טובה הימנו תדע לך שכן צא ולמד ממשה אבי החכמה אבי הנביאים שהוציא ישראל ממצרים ועל ידו נעשו כמה נסים במצרים ונוראות על ים סוף ועלה לשמי מרום והוריד תורה מן השמים ונתעסק במלאכת המשכן ולא נכנס לפני ולפנים [...]
Words of Inspiration before Shabbos Parshas Vayakhel/Pekudei based on the Beis Elokim (below) A good Erev Shabbos to all of you! I would like to share with you some sentiments that I have this Erev Shabbos. If you may have received an email with the script that I am reading from this idea. [...]
“Everyone who is generous of heart brought armband and nose-ring and finger-ring and kumaz. All sorts of gold ornaments. Every man who raised up an offering of gold to Hashem.” (Shemos 35:22) The Torah tells us about offerings given in two venues: first, those generous of heart and then, those people who waved the gold [...]
"וַיָּבֹאוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים, עַל-הַנָּשִׁים; כֹּל נְדִיב לֵב, הֵבִיאוּ חָח וָנֶזֶם וְטַבַּעַת וְכוּמָז כָּל-כְּלִי זָהָב, וְכָל-אִישׁ, אֲשֶׁר הֵנִיף תְּנוּפַת זָהָב לַה" (שמות לה:כב) התורה מספרת לנו על התרומות שניתנו בשני סיבובים: בראשון, אלה שהיו נדיבי לב, ובשני אותם אנשים שהניפו את הזהב לה'. החתם סופר מסביר שההבדל בין השניים נבע מגישות שונות בעבודת ה'. יש סיפור שמסופר [...]
