“He [Moshe] was along the way, at the hotel, Hashem confronted him, and wanted to kill him.” (Bereishis 4:24) Moshe Rabbeinu accepts Hashem’s proposal that he should be the one to take Bnei Yisrael out of Egypt. On the way down to Egypt, he almost gets killed because he did not perform a bris milah [...]
הִקָּבְצוּ וְשִׁמְעוּ בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב וְשִׁמְעוּ אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲבִיכֶם׃ (בראשית מט:ב) שמעתי פעם הסבר מדהים מנואם מפורסם מדוע יש כל כך הרבה זרמים שונים של יהדות מקורית? ליטאים, חסידים, ספרדים, תימנים ועוד! אם מסירים את ה"תבלין", כולם זהים לחלוטין. ההבדלים בין כל אחד מהזרמים הללו הם באמת די קטנים כשמסתכלים על המכלול של מה שיהודי שומר תורה [...]
"Assemble and hearken, O sons of Jacob; Hearken to Israel your father." (Bereishis 49:2) I once heard an amazing explanation from a world-renowned speaker on why there are so many different strands of original Judaism? Litvaks. Chasidim. Sefardim. Teimanim. And more! If you take away the ‘spice’, they are all exactly the same. The differences [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Vayechi 5785 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@ahavasshalom.org for more information. Davening Times and Reminders: Mincha Erev Shabbos: 12:30 & 16:25 Note earlier time for second mincha due to [...]
"...וַיִּפֹּל (יוֹסֵף) עַל־צַוָּארָיו וַיֵּבְךְּ עַל־צַוָּארָיו עוֹד" (בראשית מו:כט) אֲבָל יַעֲקֹב לֹא נָפַל עַל צַוְּארֵי יוֹסֵף וְלֹא נְשָׁקוֹ, וְאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ, שֶׁהָיָה קוֹרֵא אֶת שְׁמַע: (רש"י שם) כששואלים אדם כמה מעצמו הוא מוכן לתת לעבודת ה', לאנשים שונים יהיו תשובות שונות. לדעתי מה שאנו אומרים בשמע מלמד אותנו את התשובה הנכונה, "ובכל נפשך" – להיות מוכנים אפילו [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Vayigash 5785 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@ahavasshalom.org for more information. Davening Times and Reminders:Mincha Erev Shabbos: 12:30 & 16:33Candle Lighting: 16:11/16:31Beis Elokim shiur with the Rav 07:50Shabbos morning davening: 8:00Shabbos Afternoon Mincha [...]
“…(Yosef) fell on his (Yaakov’s) neck, he wept on his neck a good while.” (Bereishis 46:29) RASHI: “Yaakcov, however, did not fall upon Joseph’s neck nor did he kiss him. Our Rabbis say: the reason was that he was reciting the Shema.” When a person is asked how much of himself he is willing to [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Mikeitz 5785 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@ahavasshalom.org for more information. Davening Times and Reminders: Mincha Erev Shabbos: 12:30 & 16:25 Candle Lighting: 16:03/16:23 Beis Elokim shiur with the Rav [...]
And Joseph said to Pharaoh, “…Pharaoh has been told what God is about to do…Pharaoh has been shown what God is about to do.” (41:25 & 41:28) Rabbi Shlomo Kluger (1785–June 9, 1869) points out that it is human nature to always want to be the first to tell over good news, but to shy [...]
