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18 07, 2021

There is Prayer, and Then There is Prayer

By |2021-07-22T16:30:20+03:00July 18th, 2021|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , |0 Comments

"I pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying..." (Devarim 3:23) With Tisha B’Av behind us, we have a bittersweet feeling. One the one hand, we feel a closeness to Hashem and a true desire to reunite with Him. At the same time, we feel the pain of separation of so many years. As a [...]

15 07, 2021

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Devarim 5781

By |2021-08-05T14:47:17+03:00July 15th, 2021|Categories: Newsletter|Tags: , |0 Comments

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Devarim 5781 Tisha B'Av Schedule TISHA B'AV  Tisha B'Av begins Motza'ei Shabbos The full schedule is available here. Pirkei Avos meets and ends a little earlier than usual. No 19:00 Mincha on Shabbos. Only one Motza’ei Shabbos Maariv minyon at 20:50 No Mishnayos shiur on Sunday night. Summer Davening Times and [...]

13 07, 2021

דיבור ישר?!

By |2021-07-13T14:27:31+03:00July 13th, 2021|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

"אלה הדברים" (דברים א:א) לְפִי שֶׁהֵן דִּבְרֵי תוֹכָחוֹת וּמָנָה כָאן כָּל הַמְּקוֹמוֹת שֶׁהִכְעִיסוּ לִפְנֵי הַמָּקוֹם בָּהֶן, לְפִיכָךְ סָתַם אֶת הַדְּבָרִים וְהִזְכִּירָם בְּרֶמֶז מִפְּנֵי כְבוֹדָן שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל (עי' ספרי) (רש"י שם) מגיד דיבר פעם בבית כנסת והוכיח את הקהילה על כל החטאים שלהם. הבעל שם טוב, שבמקרה נכח, קם ויצא באמצע הנאום. כשראו זאת, גם שאר [...]

11 07, 2021

Straight Talk?!

By |2021-07-16T14:50:29+03:00July 11th, 2021|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

THESE ARE THE WORDS — Because these are words of reproof and he is enumerating here all the places Bnei Yisrael provoked God to anger, therefore he suppresses all mention of the matters in which they sinned and refers to them only by a mere allusion, hinted to in the names of these places, out [...]

5 07, 2021

נראים חיוביים

By |2021-07-06T19:13:14+03:00July 5th, 2021|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

"הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִכָּ֤ה ה' לִפְנֵי֙ עֲדַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶ֥רֶץ מִקְנֶ֖ה הִ֑וא וְלַֽעֲבָדֶ֖יךָ מִקְנֶֽה" (במדבר לב:ד) לפעמים אנשים נמצאים במצבים שבהם במבט ראשון הם נראים רעים. פעמים רבות, ישנם הסברים מקובלים על הדעת שמה שנראה לעין הוא לא באמת מה שקורה. יש אנשים שמקבלים בקלות את ההסברים החדשים, ובכל זאת ישנם אנשים שלא שמים את חשדותיהם בצד [...]

4 07, 2021

Coming Clean

By |2021-07-05T21:57:26+03:00July 4th, 2021|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

The land that the LORD has conquered for the community of Israel is cattle country, and your servants have cattle. (Bamidbar 32:4) Sometimes people are in situations in which at first glance look bad. Many times, there are reasonable interpretations that what meets the eye is not really what is happening. There are people who [...]

29 06, 2021

מגיע לך

By |2021-06-30T08:06:21+03:00June 29th, 2021|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

“לָכֵ֖ן אֱמֹ֑ר הִנְנִ֨י נֹתֵ֥ן ל֛וֹ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י שָׁלֽוֹם׃” (במדבר כה:יב) המדרש הקפיד לומר לנו שפנחס היה ראוי לקבל שכר על המצווה שעשה. אך האם זה לא כך שתמיד מקבלים שכר על כל מצווה שמקיימים? מדוע חז"ל מצאו צורך להדגיש במיוחד כי לפנחס מגיע שכר? פעם ראיתי תשובה לשאלה זו מהחיד"א, שהסביר ששכר מצווה ניתן בעולם הבא, [...]

28 06, 2021

You Deserve It

By |2021-06-29T19:15:16+03:00June 28th, 2021|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

Therefore, say: Behold, I give to him (Pinchas) My covenant of peace. (Bamidbar 25:12) Hashem said: “It is deserving that Pinchas should get rewarded, therefore I will give him my covenant of peace. (Medrash Rabbah 21:1) The Medrash makes a point of telling us that Pinchas deserved a reward for doing a mitzvah. But doesn’t [...]

24 06, 2021

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Balak 5781

By |2021-06-24T19:39:55+03:00June 24th, 2021|Categories: Newsletter|Tags: , |0 Comments

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Balak 5781 Reminders: Mincha Erev Shabbos at 13:30, 18:00 and 19:34. Shabbos Shiurim with the Rav: The Rav’s shiur on Beis Elokim written by the Mabit takes place this and every Shabbos at about 08:05. The Rav's Pirkei Avos shiur takes place immediately after the 3rd Mincha (approximately 18:25). It is [...]

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