Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Vayeishev 5777 Sponsor an issue of the newsletter – contact Lev Seltzer for details Reminders: Mincha Friday at 12:30 and 16:26 The Rav and Rebbetzin are away this Shabbos. Therefore, none of the Rav’s Shiurim will take place. Davening times are different due to Chanukah. Please look at the schedule carefully. On [...]
Recognize, if you please, who are this signet, this wrap, and this staff (Bereishis 38:25) Rashi: From this they (our Rabbis) said, “It is better for a person to be cast into a fiery furnace than to embarrass his fellow in public.” Reb Leib Chasman, the mashgiach of Chevron Yeshiva, asks “Why do Chazal use the word [...]
...וַתֹּאמֶר, הַכֶּר נָא לְמִי הַחֹתֶמֶת וְהַפְּתִילִים וְהַמַּטֶּה, הָאֵלֶּה. (בראשית לח:כה)רש״י: מכאן אמרו נוח לו לאדם שיפילוהו לכבשן האש ואל ילבין פני חבירו ברבים רבי לייב חסמן, המשגיח של ישיבת חברון, שואל "למה חז"ל השתמשו בביטוי " נוח לו לאדם וכו' "? לכאורה, היה עדיף לומר ישירות , "אסור לאדם להלבין פני חברו"? השבוע, פנה אלי בן [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Vayishlach 5777 Sponsor an issue of the newsletter – contact Lev Seltzer for details Reminders: Mincha Friday at 12:30 and 16:23 Shabbos Shiurim: The Rav’s shiur on Beis Elokim written by the Mabit takes place this and every Shabbos at about 07:50 The Rav’s shiur on Pele Yoetz at 15:40 Weeday Shiurim: [...]
...עִם-לָבָן גַּרְתִּי...וַיְהִי-לִי שׁוֹר וַחֲמוֹר, צֹאן וְעֶבֶד וְשִׁפְחָה... (בְּרֵאשִׁית לב:ה-ו) רש"י מציין שיעקב אמר "יש לי שור וחמור..." כדי להראות לעשו שהברכות בהן אביהם יצחק ברך את יעקב לא התגשמו. הברכה של יצחק הייתה "מטל השמים ומשמני הארץ" אבל במקום הדברים האלו, רכשתי דברים גשמיים כגון שוורים וחמורים. ההבנה הפשוטה היא שיעקב אמר לעשיו "אל תקנא [...]
> ...עִם-לָבָן גַּרְתִּי...וַיְהִי-לִי שׁוֹר וַחֲמוֹר, צֹאן וְעֶבֶד וְשִׁפְחָה... (בְּרֵאשִׁית לב:ה-ו) ...I have dwelled with Laban...And I have oxen, and donkeys and flocks, and men-servants and maid-servants…(Bereishis 32:5-6) Rashi comments that Yaakov said “I have oxen, donkeys...” to show Esav that the brochos that their father Yitzchak gave to Yaakov have not been fulfilled. As Yitzchak’s brocho was [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Vayeitzei 5777 Sponsor an issue of the newsletter – contact Lev Seltzer for details Reminders: Mincha Friday at 12:30 and 16:21 MAZEL TOV to the NYSSEN FAMILY on the Bar Mitzvah of Avishay. The Kehilla is invited to the Bar Mitzvah in our Beis Medrash this Shabbos, followed by a Kiddush. Shabbos [...]
וַיַּעֲבֹד יַעֲקֹב בְּרָחֵל, שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים; וַיִּהְיוּ בְעֵינָיו כְּיָמִים אֲחָדִים, בְּאַהֲבָתוֹ אֹתָהּ. (בְּרֵאשִׁית כט:כ) And Jacob worked seven years for Rochel; and they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her. (Bereishis 29:20) The Torah tells us that the seven year wait until he could marry Rochel seemed as if [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Toldos 5777 This issue is sponsored by Lev Seltzer in memory of his son Yitzchak Meir on the occasion of his 6th Yahrzeit (30 Cheshvan) Sponsor an issue of the newsletter – contact Lev Seltzer for details Reminders: Mincha Friday at 12:30 and 16:21 CORRECTED CALENDAR: Due to a technical error, ending [...]
The story is told about a Shul board meeting held to discuss whether their Rabbi was fit to continue in his position. It seems that the Rabbi was forever studying, and the members of the board concluded that his knowledge must be inadequate, and it was therefore beneath the shul’s dignity to employ a rabbi [...]
