Avos uBanim – 2023-11-25
Avos uBanim followed by Tehillim due to the War and ice cream to all participants! November 25, 2023 [...]
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11, 2023
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Vayeitzei 5784
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Vayeitzei 5784 Shula Bas Zalman Aryeh on her 3rd Yahrzreit 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, 16:22 [...]
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11, 2023
Side Effects
Yaakov awoke from his sleep, and said, In truth, Hashem is in this place, and I did not know it. (Bereishis 28:16) RASHI: AND I DID NOT KNOW IT— for had I known it I would not have slept in as holy a place as this. In last week’s parsha, as Yaakov tries to impersonate [...]
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11, 2023
תופעות לוואי
וַיִּיקַ֣ץ יַעֲקֹב֮ מִשְּׁנָתוֹ֒ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אָכֵן֙ יֵ֣שׁ יְהֹוָ֔ה בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְאָנֹכִ֖י לֹ֥א יָדָֽעְתִּי׃ (בראשית כח:טז) ואנכי לא ידעתי. שֶׁאִם יָדַעְתִּי, לֹא יָשַׁנְתִּי בְּמָקוֹם קָדוֹשׁ כָּזֶה: (רש"י שם) בפרשת השבוע שעבר, כשיעקב מנסה להתחזות לאחיו עשו, יצחק קולט הבדלים בהתנהגותו. במקום להיות גס, הדיבור שלו היה עדין ואף הזכיר את ה'. זה גרם ליצחק לתהות, "מי זה [...]
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11, 2023
Avos uBanim – 2023-11-18
Avos uBanim followed by Tehillim due to the War and ice cream to all participants! November 18, 2023 [...]
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11, 2023
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Toldos 5784
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Toldos 5784 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 07:50 [...]
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11, 2023
Sometimes Nothing is Something!
“Yitzchok said to them…You hate me…They said…Let there now be an oath between us…We did nothing but good to you, and sent you away in peace…they each swore to the other...Yitzchok sent them away and they left in peace.” (Bereishis 26:27-33) This is indeed a very odd conversation. Yitzchak certainly had good reason to say [...]
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11, 2023
השלום הוא הגמול הטוב ביותר
"וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם יִצְחָק, מַדּוּעַ בָּאתֶם אֵלָי; וְאַתֶּם שְׂנֵאתֶם אֹתִי, וַתְּשַׁלְּחוּנִי מֵאִתְּכֶם. וַיֹּאמְרוּ ... תְּהִי נָא אָלָה בֵּינוֹתֵינוּ, בֵּינֵינוּ וּבֵינֶךָ ... וְכַאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂינוּ עִמְּךָ רַק-טוֹב, וַנְּשַׁלֵּחֲךָ בְּשָׁלוֹם ... וַיִּשָּׁבְעוּ אִישׁ לְאָחִיו; וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם יִצְחָק, וַיֵּלְכוּ מֵאִתּוֹ בְּשָׁלוֹם." (בראשית כו:כז-לא) זו אכן שיחה מאוד מוזרה. ליצחק בהחלט הייתה סיבה טובה לומר שאבימלך לא שלח אותו בשלום. אבימלך התנהג [...]
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11, 2023
Avos uBanim – 2023-11-11
Avos uBanim followed by Tehillim due to the War and ice cream to all participants! November 11, 2023 [...]
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11, 2023
Familiarity Breeds Contempt
“But when food was set before him, he said, ‘I will not eat until I have told my tale.’ He said, ‘Speak, then.’” (Bereishis 24:33) Was there a particular reason that Eliezer had to speak before eating? The gemora (Sanhedrin 52b) tells us, “How does an am haaretz perceive a talmid chacham? Initially the talmid [...]