Avos uBanim – 2023-12-02
Avos uBanim followed by Tehillim due to the War and ice cream to all participants! December 2, 2023
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12, 2023
Better Ask First
“Yehudah said to his brothers, ‘What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?’” (Bereishis 37:26) Often people do things for which they then orchestrate a cover-up so as not to take the blame. The Kotzker Rebbe (Menachem Mendel Morgenstern of Kotzk 1787–1859) says that the brothers were asking: “Is it correct [...]
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11, 2023
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Vayishlach 5784
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Vayishlach 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, 16:21 [...]
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11, 2023
Are You Mixed Up?
“I acquired oxen, donkeys, sheep, servants and maidservants. I have sent [these messengers] to tell my master, to find favor in your eyes.” (Bereishis 32:6) What defines the essence of a person? For example, there are some people who speak lashon hara, and we call them “baalei lashon hara”, and there are others who also [...]
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11, 2023
האם אתם מבולבלים?
וַֽיְהִי־לִי֙ שׁ֣וֹר וַחֲמ֔וֹר צֹ֖אן וְעֶ֣בֶד וְשִׁפְחָ֑ה וָֽאֶשְׁלְחָה֙ לְהַגִּ֣יד לַֽאדֹנִ֔י לִמְצֹא־חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ (בראשית לב:ו) איך נגדיר את מהותו של אדם? למשל, יש אנשים שמדברים לשון הרע, ואנחנו קוראים להם "בעלי לשון הרע", ויש אחרים שמדברים גם לשון הרע, אבל אנחנו לא קוראים להם "בעלי לשון הרע". מה קובע את קבלת ה'תואר' הזה? בדרך כלל, מי שמדבר [...]
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11, 2023
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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Avos uBanim – 2023-11-18
Avos uBanim followed by Tehillim due to the War and ice cream to all participants! November 18, 2023 [...]