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12 07, 2018

Trivial Pursuit

By |2018-07-12T17:17:34+03:00July 12th, 2018|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

The Medrash Tanchuma (#5) tells us that there are gifts a person may have, some of which remain with him for a long period of time, and some of which wither away after an unexpectedly short period of time. The Medrash tells us that there were two people – one Jewish and one Gentile – [...]

12 07, 2018

עיסוקים קלי ערך

By |2018-07-12T17:12:20+03:00July 12th, 2018|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

המדרש תנחומא (5#) מספר לנו כי מהנכסים של בני אדם, חלק עשוי להישאר איתם למשך תקופה ארוכה, וחלק עשוי להיעלם לאחר זמן קצר באופן בלתי צפוי. המדרש מספר לנו שהיו שני אנשים בהיסטוריה שהיו עשירים להפליא - אחד יהודי ואחד גוי - ושניהם, הם ועושרם חדלו להתקיים: קורח היה היהודי והמן היה הגוי. למה זה [...]

5 07, 2018

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Pinchas 5778

By |2018-07-05T16:31:04+03:00July 5th, 2018|Categories: Announcements, Schedule|Tags: , |0 Comments

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Pinchas 5778 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 Seltzer for details Reminders: Mincha Erev Shabbos at 13:30, 18:00 (early) and 19:34. Shabbos Shiurim: The Rav’s shiur on Beis Elokim written [...]

5 07, 2018

Genuine

By |2018-07-05T13:26:24+03:00July 5th, 2018|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

Rashi to 25:11 Rashi says that the Torah traces the lineage of Pinchas back to Aharon Hakohen, because the other tribes were humiliating him saying “Did you see the son of Puti, whose grandfather fattened calves for idolatry, yet he killed the prince of a tribe of Israel?” Rashi tells us that after the act [...]

5 07, 2018

אמיתי

By |2018-07-05T13:23:36+03:00July 5th, 2018|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

"פינחס בן אלעזר בן אהרן הכהן" (כ"ה:י"א) רש"י: - "לפי שהיו השבטים מבזים אותו 'הראיתם בן פוטי זה שפיטם אבי אמו עגלים לע"א והרג נשיא שבט מישראל' לפיכך בא הכתוב ויחסו אחר אהרן" רש"י מסביר לנו שאחרי שפנחס הרג את זמרי וכזבי, היו כאלו שחשו שזה לא היה מתאים לו לעשות זאת. לכן, התורה מפרטת [...]

29 06, 2018

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Balak 5778

By |2018-06-29T07:45:24+03:00June 29th, 2018|Categories: Announcements, Schedule|Tags: , |0 Comments

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Balak 5778 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 Seltzer for details Reminders: Mincha Erev Shabbos at 13:30, 18:01 (early) and 19:34. Shabbos Shiurim: The Rav is away, and so he [...]

29 06, 2018

Idyllic Sleep

By |2018-06-29T07:25:59+03:00June 29th, 2018|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

לֹא יִשְׁכַּב עַד-יֹאכַל טֶרֶף (במדבר 23:24) …he does not lie down until he consumes his prey… Rashi explains this pasuk that the prey that he consumes are the harmful forces which come to damage him. Those forces may be either physical or spiritual, yet when he lies down after reciting kriyas shema, he entrusts his [...]

29 06, 2018

שינה מושלמת

By |2018-06-29T07:19:36+03:00June 29th, 2018|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

לֹא יִשְׁכַּב עַד-יֹאכַל טֶרֶף (במדבר כג:כד) רש"י שם: "לא ישכב. בַּלַּיְלָה עַל מִטָּתוֹ עַד שֶׁהוּא אוֹכֵל וּמְחַבֵּל כָּל מַזִּיק הַבָּא לְטָרְפוֹ, כֵּיצַד? קוֹרֵא אֶת אֶת שְׁמַע עַל מִטָּתוֹ וּמַפְקִיד רוּחוֹ בְּיַד הַמָּקוֹם, בָּא מַחֲנֶה וְגַיָּס לְהַזִּיקָם, הַקָּבָּ"ה שׁוֹמְרָם וְנִלְחָם מִלְחֲמוֹתָם וּמַפִּילָם חֲלָלִים" קריאת שמע על המטה היא פנינה של הצהרה המצהיר מי אנחנו ובמה אנחנו מאמינים. [...]

21 06, 2018

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Chukas 5778

By |2018-06-21T17:11:55+03:00June 21st, 2018|Categories: Announcements, Schedule|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Chukas 5778 This issue is sponsored by the Seltzer and Pogrow families in honor of the engagement of Mordechai Seltzer to Chanala Pogrow 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 Seltzer [...]

21 06, 2018

You Have To Stick It Out

By |2018-06-21T16:44:51+03:00June 21st, 2018|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , |0 Comments

There are many explanations given as to what went wrong at “Mei Meriva”. Rav Shimshon Refoel Hirsch points out that Moshe was asked to take the stick – that “wonderous stick” with which he performed many miracles – with him, when he want to speak to the rock. Typically, this stick was used to perform [...]

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