Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Mishpatim 5776 Reminders: Mincha Friday night at 12:30 and 17:02. Rav Zachariash has returned and all his shiurim will resume, including his Pele Yoetz Shiur at 16:20. Kiddush after Shabbos davening in honor of Yitzchak Reichenberg. Come by and say “Thank you” to him for all he has done for Ahavas Shalom. [...]
Vayichan, Chazal tell us, the reason the Torah uses the singular term, is because they were as one person with one heart (ish Echad blev Echad). On a simple level, the Torah is teaching us the wholesomeness of Klal Yisrael at the time of kabalas hatorah: We had a singular vision to accept and to [...]
״ויחן שם ישראל כנגד ההר״ [שמות יט:ב] ידועים דברי חז״ל שהשימוש בלשון יחיד ("ויחן" במקום "ויחנו") מבטא את האחדות ששררה בקרב כלל ישראל בזמן מתן תורה (״כאיש אחד בלב אחד״). ברמה הפשוטה, לכידות זו הוותה הבעה מאוחדת של רצונם של כל כלל ישראל לקבל את התורה מתוך כוונה להגשים את רצון השם. לאף אחד לא [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Yisro 5776 Reminders: Mincha Friday night at 12:30 and 16:56. Special Kollel Bet Zvi Shabbos: Friday night drasha from Rabbi Menachem Horowitz, senior tutor in Bet Zvi, before Maariv. Shabbos morning drasha from Rabbi Akiva Teichtal, Rosh Kollel Bet Zvi. Shiur from Rabbi Ari Waldman, Bet Tzvi senior tutor, before Mincha at [...]
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Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Beshalach 5776 Reminders: Mincha Friday night at 12:30 and 16:49. No Pele Yoetz shiur HOWEVER: Rabbi Avrohom Willig will give a shiur at 16:10 to 16:25, followed by Mincha Sefarim sale continues at Ahavas Shalom. BIG SALE: All books 1 shekel! White-sticker books: 2 for 1 shekel! MELAVEH MALKAH 2016. Honoring Mr. [...]
The gemora in Brochos (4:b) asks “who is a person who will get Olam Haba?” and answers “the one who is somech geula l’tefillah.” Rabbeinu Yona is puzzled how could it be for such a relatively small procedure—just to place the tefillah next to the geula—a person can receive a portion in The World To [...]
הגמרא במסכת ברכות (ד:) שואלת "איזהו בן עולם הבא?" התשובה הניתנת על ידי הגמרא היא, "הסומך גאולה לתפילה". רבינו יונה מתמיה על תשובה זו, היתכן שבשביל מעשה כזה פשוט – אמירת שתי חלקים מהתפילה בסמיכות זה לזה – בן אדם יקצור שכר כזה גדול?! תשובתו הראשונה של רבינו יונה מתמקדת במובן של הסמיכות המתבקשת. אם [...]
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I was in class playing a game—not “tag” but similar—with my friends when I took out my 5x5x5 Rubik’s cube, and “Moshe” knocked it out of my hand and a piece cracked off! The Rebbe said that because we were playing a “tag” game he was not sure if “Moshe” was responsible to pay. I [...]
