Metzora

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โ€œand the Kohen shall returnโ€ฆ" (Vayikra 14:39) The Ramban tells us, based on Chazal, that there are aspects of tzaraas which are supernatural. The Tiferes Shlomo, in explaining some of the aspects, brings up an idea that I feel that people are not aware of. When people become infirm and go to the doctor to [...]

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Tazria/Metzora 5783

Shabbos Newsletter Tazria/Metzorai 5783 Sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom Newsletter in memory of a loved one, or for a refuah shelaymahโ€”or any non-commercial purpose! Just 50โ‚ชย per issue. Contactย lev@ahavasshalom.orgย for more information. Davening Times and Reminders: Mincha Erev Shabbos:ย 13:30, 17:31, 18:57 Candle Lighting: 18:35/18:55 Beis Elokim shiurย with the Rav 08:05 [...]

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Kedoshim 5782

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Kedoshim 5782 This issue is sponsored in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Mordechai Rubenstein Sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom Newsletter in memory of a loved one, or for a refuah shelaymahโ€”or any non-commercial purpose! Just 50โ‚ชย per issue. Contactย lev@ahavasshalom.orgย for more information. Davening Times and [...]

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Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Metzora 5782

Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Metzora 5782 This issue is sponsored for a refuah shelayma for ืฉืžื•ืืœ ื‘ืŸ ืจื—ืœ Sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom Newsletter in memory of a loved one, or for a refuah shelaymahโ€”or any non-commercial purpose! Just 50โ‚ชย per issue. Contactย lev@ahavasshalom.orgย for more information. Davening Times and Reminders: [...]

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Refraining is Gaining

Rav Yishaya, a disciple of the famous Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa, fasted for 85 days because he could not understand a certain paradoxical tradition. He asked, how could it be that if dogs are called โ€œbrazen creaturesโ€ in Tanach [Isaiah 56:11], that yet it is taught that in the World-to-Come, dogs will lead in singing [...]

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ืœืกื•ืจ ืžืจืข โ€“ ืขื•ืฉื” ื˜ื•ื‘

ื™ืœืงื•ื˜ ืฉืžืขื•ื ื™ ืชื•ืจื” ืคืจืฉืช ื‘ื ืจืžื– ืงืคื– "ืจื‘ื™ ื™ืฉืขื™ื” ืชืœืžื™ื“ื• ืฉืœ ืจ' ื—ื ื™ื ื ื‘ืŸ ื“ื•ืกื ื”ื™ื” ืžืชืขื ื” ืฉืžื•ื ื™ื [ื•ื—ืžืฉ] ืชืขื ื™ื•ืช ืืžืจ ื›ืœื‘ื™ื ืฉื›ืชื•ื‘ ื‘ื”ื "ื•ื”ื›ืœื‘ื™ื ืขื–ื™ ื ืคืฉ" (ื™ืฉืขื™ื” ื ื•:ื™ื) ื™ื–ื›ื• ืœื•ืžืจ ืฉื™ืจื” ื–ื• "ื‘ื•ืื• ื ืฉืชื—ื•ื” ื•ื ื›ืจืขื” ื ื‘ืจื›ื” ืœืคื ื™ ื”' ืขื•ืฉื ื•" (ืชื”ื™ืœื™ื ืฆื”:ื•) ื›ื•ืœื ื• ืžื›ื™ืจื™ื ืืช ื”ืจืขื™ื•ืŸ ืฉืื“ื ืฉืžืงืคื™ื“ ืฉืœื ืœื“ื‘ืจ ืœืฉื•ืŸ ื”ืจืข, ื™ืฆื™ืœ ืืช ืขืฆืžื• [...]

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Be Care-Full

And the diseased man in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall grow long, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. (Vayikra 13:45) And the diseased man in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and [...]

ืœืฉื™ื ืœื‘ ืœื›ืœ ืœื‘

"ื•ึฐื”ึทืฆึผึธืจึœื•ึผืขึท ืึฒืฉืึถืจึพื‘ึผึฃื•ึน ื”ึทื ึผึถึ—ื’ึทืข ื‘ึผึฐื’ึธื“ึธึžื™ื• ื™ึดื”ึฐื™ึคื•ึผ ืคึฐืจึปืžึดื™ืึ™ ื•ึฐืจึนืืฉืื•ึนึ™ ื™ึดื”ึฐื™ึถึฃื” ืคึธืจึ”ื•ึผืขึท ื•ึฐืขึทืœึพืฉื‚ึธืคึธึ–ื ื™ึทืขึฐื˜ึถึ‘ื” ื•ึฐื˜ึธืžึตึฅื ื€ ื˜ึธืžึตึ–ื ื™ึดืงึฐืจึธึฝื" (ื•ื™ืงืจื ื™ื’:ืžื”) ืื ื™ ื–ื•ื›ืจ ืฉื›ืฉื”ื™ื™ืชื™ ื‘ื—ื•ืจ ื‘ื™ืฉื™ื‘ื”, ืฉืžืขืชื™ ืขืœ ืื ืฉื™ื ืฉื”ื™ื• ืžื’ื™ืขื™ื ืœื”ื’ืื•ืŸ ื”ืกื˜ื™ื™ืคืœืจ ื›ื“ื™ ืœื‘ืงืฉ ืžืžื ื• ืœื”ืชืคืœืœ ืขื‘ื•ืจื. ื”ืกื˜ื™ื™ืคืœืจ ื”ื™ื” ื ืื ื— ืฉืื ืฉื™ื ืืœื• ืœืขื•ืœื ืœื ืžืขื“ื›ื ื™ื ืื•ืชื• ืขืœ ืžืฆื‘ื, ื•ืœื›ืŸ ื”ื•ื ืžืžืฉื™ืš ืœื”ืชืคืœืœ ืขื‘ื•ืจ ืื ืฉื™ื ืฉืื•ืœื™ ื›ื‘ืจ ื”ืชืื•ืฉืฉื•, ืื• [...]

Straight Thinking

โ€œAnd if he loses his hair on the side toward his face, he is bald at the front. He is clean. He is a man afflicted with tzara'ath; he is unclean. The kohen shall surely pronounce him unclean; his lesion is on his head.โ€ (Leviticus 13:41 & 13:44) Chazal teach us that Tzaraโ€™as does not [...]

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