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Reliving Our History

When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying: 'What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? (Devarim 6:20) Rav Shamshon Rafael Hirsch explains the word “eidos” as ”mitzvos that are testimonies,” meaning that they signify to us something about our relationship with Hashem, [...]

By |2016-08-17T11:30:09+03:00August 17th, 2016|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments

More Than Fair

There is an expression in English “Finders keepers, losers weepers.” The point of this saying is that Civil Law defines what is right and what is wrong. There seems to be no reason to justify giving something back when you don’t have to. Yet in this week’s parsha, the Torah tells us: וְעָשִׂיתָ הַיָּשָׁר וְהַטּוֹב (דברים [...]

By |2018-03-25T22:15:05+03:00July 31st, 2015|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: |0 Comments

מעבר להוגן

ישנו ביטוי באנגלית “Finders keepers, losers weepers.” או בקיצור, "מצאת, הרווחת". המסר של משפט עממי זה הינו שלכאורה אין שום סיבה לוותר על משהו ש"מגיע לך" מפאת היותך מוחזק בו. אבל וויתור זה הינו בדיוק מה שמתואר בפרשתינו: וְעָשִׂיתָ הַיָּשָׁר וְהַטּוֹב (דברים ו:יח) רב שמשון רפאל הירש מסביר שבפסוק זה הקב"ה דורש מאיתנו להתנהג ברמה אחת [...]

By |2015-07-31T09:18:56+03:00July 31st, 2015|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: |0 Comments

The Gift of Twice

The Torah narrates the giving of the 10 commandments twice. Once in this week’s parsha and once in parshas Yisro. There are many explanations as to why it needs to be reiterated (aside from the discussions as to the changing of the wording). Regardless of the approach taken to explain the disparity, we come to [...]

By |2014-10-27T11:59:10+02:00August 8th, 2014|Categories: Rav's Blog|Tags: , |0 Comments
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