You shall have an honest scale, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the Lord your G-d who brought you out of the land of Egypt. (Vayikra 19:36) It always troubled me that the Torah separates what we would classify generally as โstealingโ into several different prohibitions. There is the gazlan [...]
"ืึผืฉืึฐืึทืจึฐืชึผึถึคื ืึถืชึพืึปืงึผึนืชึทืึ ืึฐืึถืชึพืึดืฉืึฐืคึผึธืึทึื ืึฒืฉืึถึจืจ ืึทืขึฒืฉืึถึฅื ืึนืชึธึื ืึธืึธืึธึื ืึธืึทึฃื ืึผึธืึถึื ืึฒื ึดึื ื' " (ืืืงืจื ืื:ื) ืื"ื ืืืืจืื ืื ื ืฉืืืืชื ื ืืฉืืืจ ืขื ืืืื ื ืืฉืืื ืืืชืจ ืืืืขื ืื ืืืฆืืืช, ืืืฆืืืช "ืืืืจื ืืื ืืขืืืจ" ืืื ืจืง ืขื ืฉืืืฉืช ืืืืืื ืืืืืจืื โ ืขืืืื ืืจื, ืืืืื ืขืจืืืช ืืฉืคืืืช ืืืื. ืืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืจืืืฉ ืฉืืื ืจืืฆื ืืืืืข ืืช ืืกืืจืืชื ืืืืืช ืขื [...]
You shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord. (Vayikra 18:5)Chazal tell us that our obligation to stay alive supersedes almost all the other mitzvos, except for the three cardinal sins. What if someone feels he would like to express his [...]
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Every Man: Your father and your mother shall you revere and my Shabbos you shall observe, I am Hashem your G-d. (Vayikra 18:3) This is one of several verses in which the commandment to honor oneโs parents is juxtaposed with the commandment to observe Shabbos. The Chasam Sofer gives several explanations for this juxtaposition, and [...]
"ืึดืืฉื ืึดืึผืึน ืึฐืึธืึดืื ืชึผึดืืจึธืืึผ, ืึฐืึถืช-ืฉืึทืึผึฐืชึนืชึทื ืชึผึดืฉืึฐืึนืจืึผ:ย ืึฒื ึดื, ื' ืึฑืึนืงึตืืึถื" (ืืืงืจื ืื:ื) ืืืื ืืืช ืืืื ืคืจืฉืืืช ืฉืืื ืืืฆืืื ืืช ืืฆืืืช ืืืืื ืื ืืื ืกืืื ืืืฆืืืช ืฉืืืจืช ืฉืืช. ื"ืืชื ืกืืคืจ" ื ืืชื ืืื ืืกืืจืื ืืื, ืืื ื ืจืืฆื ืืืจืืื ืขื ืืื ืืืคืืจืืฉืื ืฉืื. ืืืฉืจ ืื ื ืืืืจืื ืขื ืื ืฉืื ืฉืคืืจืฉืื ืืขืืืืชื ืขื ืืขื ืฆืืืื ืืืืฆื ืืจืืืืชื ืืื, ืงืืจืืื ืืฉื ืื ืืืืืช [...]
Imagine you were the commander-in-chief of an army at a time of war, and you instructed each officer โ from a lowly private to the highest ranking general โ with his specific task for the current military campaign. A certain private successfully completed the task of one his superiors. As he did not do his [...]
ืชืืจ ืืขืฆืื ืฉืืชื ืืจืืื"ื ืืืื ืืืืื, ืืืืจืืช ืืื ืืืืื ืืฆืื - ืืืืืื ืืคืฉืื ืขื ืืจื ืืืืฃ ืืืืืจ โ ืืช ืืืฉืืื ืืกืคืฆืืคืืช ืฉืืื ืืืืฆืข ืืฆืืื ืื ืืืื. ืืืื ืคืฉืื ืืื ืืฉืืื ืืืฆืืื ืืช ืชืคืงืืื ืฉื ืืื ืืืืื ืื ืขืืื. ืืื ืืืืื ืฉืืืงืื ืืขืฉืืช ืืช ืืฉืืืชื, ืืื ืขืฉื ืืช ืชืคืงืืื ืฉื ืงืฆืื ืืืืจ ืืืชืจ, ืืื ืืืื ืืืืฉืคื ืืืืช ืืฉืคื [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Acharei Mos-Kedoshim 5777 You can sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom NewsletterโContact Lev Seltzer for details Reminders: Mincha Friday at 13:30, 17:38 and 19:07 Summer 5777 calendar is available online and printed in shul. Shabbos Shiurim: The Ravโs shiur on Beis Elokim written by the Mabit takes place this and every [...]
The gemora (Nedarim 66b) tells the story of a man from Bavel who married a woman from Eretz Yisrael and had a language problem with her. He asked his wife to make โa couple of beansโ for dinner; she took it literally and made him only two beans. Not wanting this to happen again, the [...]
