Harav Avrohom Baruch Zacharish gives over the first class in the Arba Minim Buyer's Guide on "Esrogim" Recorded live at Beis Medrash Ahavas Shalom in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl4fjo_Rn1w&feature=youtu.be
Harav Avrohom Baruch Zacharish gives over the first class in the Arba Minim Buyer's Guide on "Esrogim" Recorded live at Beis Medrash Ahavas Shalom in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel https://vimeo.com/233220421
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Ki Savo 5777 You can sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom Newsletter—Contact Lev Seltzer for details Reminders: Mincha Friday at 13:30, 17:16 and 18:39 Next week is the last “Early Shabbos” of the season! 3rd Shabbos Mincha is now 17:35, and will change every week for the next few weeks. Shabbos [...]
Cursed be he that dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say: Amen. (Devarim 27:16) The Torah tells us that one is obligated to honor one’s parents, and to treat them royally. This sounds as if we are only obligated to perform actions which are necessary to give our parents what [...]
אָרוּר, מַקְלֶה אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ; וְאָמַר כָּל-הָעָם, אָמֵן (דברים כז:טז) התורה מספרת לנו שאנחנו מחויבים לכבד את ההורים שלנו ולטפל בהם בצורה חיובית. זה נשמע כאילו אנחנו מחויבים רק לבצע פעולות שהן חיוניות כדי לתת להורים שלנו מה שהם צריכים. מסופר על קבוצת צעירים שמתו בערך באותו זמן, והם השאירו את נשותיהם אלמנות וילדיהם יתומים. צרוף [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Ki Seitzei 5777 This issue is sponsored by Lev Seltzer in honor of his daughter’s 20th Birthday Happy Birthday Kayla Esther! You can sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom Newsletter—Contact Lev Seltzer for details Reminders: Mincha Friday at 13:30, 17:24 and 18:48 3rd Shabbos Mincha is now 17:45, and will change [...]
You shall surely send away the mother and take the young for yourself, so that it will be good for you and will prolong your days. (Devarim 22:7) The mitzvah of shiluach hakan is a mitzvah that many people find difficult to understand and therefore simply accept it as a chok – a commandment that [...]
"שַׁלֵּחַ תְּשַׁלַּח אֶת-הָאֵם, וְאֶת-הַבָּנִים תִּקַּח-לָךְ, לְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ, וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ יָמִים." (דברים כב:ז) שילוח הקן היא מצווה שאנשים רבים מתקשים להבין, ולכן הם פשוט מקבלים את זה כ'חק'– מצווה שלא נראה שיש יש לה הסבר הגיוני. המגיד מקוזניץ, באמצעות דרוש, מציע הסבר מלא השראה, במיוחד בתקופה זו של השנה. כאשר ילדים גדלים, לעתים קרובות יש להם [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Shoftim 5777 This issue is sponsored by Stephen Seltzer in memory of his Father Milton Seltzer (Mordechai Ben Eliyahu Nata HaLevi) whose 29th yahrzeit is the 11th of Elul. You can sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom Newsletter—Contact Lev Seltzer for details Reminders: Mincha Friday at 13:30, 17:31 and 18:57 3rd [...]
19:4 … and hated him not in time past; As Rosh Chodesh Elul is behind us and we look for inspiration for the upcoming yomim nora’im, we might be surprised to find “major” inspiration by focusing on the small things. We find such an example with the drastic consequences in this week’s parsha: The Torah [...]
