Saul said to Samuel, โI did wrong to transgress Hashemโs command and your instructions; but I was afraid of the troops and I yielded to them.โ (Shmuel I 15:24) In the Haftara of Parshas Zachor, King Shaul retained some of the spoils of Amalek in order to bring offerings and glorify Hashemโs name. While Shmuel [...]
"ื ึถืคึถืฉื ืึผึดื ืชึผึถืึฐืึธื ืึผึดืฉืึฐืึธืึธื ืึดืึผึธื ืึดืฆึฐืึนืช ื' " (ืืืงืจื ื:ื) ืึฐืึธืึฐ ืึทืึผึธืชืึผื ืึทืชึฐืึดืืึผึท, ื ึถืคึถืฉื ืึผึดื ืชึผึถืึฐืึธื ืึผึดืฉืึฐืึธืึธื ืึดืึผึธื ืึดืฆึฐืึนืช ื'. ืึทืืึผ ืึผึดืฉืึฐืึธืึธื. ืึฐืึทืึผึถืึฐืึธ, ืฉืึถืึผึธื ืึทืืึนืึตื ืึผึดืฉืึฐืึธืึธื, ืึผึฐืึดืึผืึผ ืขืึนืึตืจ ืขึทื ืึดืฆึฐืึนืช ื'. )ืืืจืฉ ืชื ืืืื ย ืืืงืจื ืื') ืืขืืชืื ืงืจืืืืช ืืฉืืชื ืขื ืืืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืืฉืืื. ืืืืื ืืืืื, ืืื ื ืขื ืฉ ืืืจืช ืื ืืืงืืช; ืืืืืื ืืฉืืื, ืืืื [...]
Therefore, the verse (Vayikra 4:2) wonders, โWhen a soul sins by mistake against any of the Lord's commandments?โ What is the significance of โby mistake [against any of the Lord's commandments]?โ [It is] to teach you that when anyone sins by mistake, [it is as if] one transgresses [intentionally] against the Lord's commandments. (Midrash Tanchuma [...]
Chazal tell us that Moshe Rabbeinu did not go into the Ohel Moed until invited to by Hashem Himself. In fact, had he gone in without an invitation, it would be lacking in common sense to the point that we would say about Moshe that โa carcass of an animal is better than an astute [...]
"ืึทืึดึผืงึฐืจึธื ืึถื ืึนืฉึถืื ืึทืึฐืึทืึตึผืจ ื' " (ืืืงืจื ื:ื) "ืืืื ืืืจื ืื ืช"ื ืฉืืื ืื ืืขืช ื ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ื ืชืืข ืื ืฉืื ืฆื ืืืื ืืืฉื ืืื ืืืืื ืืื ืื ืืืืื ืฉืืืฆืื ืืฉืจืื ืืืฆืจืื ืืขื ืืื ื ืขืฉื ืืื ื ืกืื ืืืฆืจืื ืื ืืจืืืช ืขื ืื ืกืืฃ ืืขืื ืืฉืื ืืจืื ืืืืจืื ืชืืจื ืื ืืฉืืื ืื ืชืขืกืง ืืืืืืช ืืืฉืื ืืื ื ืื ืก ืืคื ื ืืืคื ืื [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Vayikra (Zachor & Purim) 5779 Sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom Newsletter in memory of a loved one, or for a refuah shelaymahโor any non-commercial purpose! Just 50โช per issue. Contact Lev Seltzer for details Reminders: Thursday Night Live! 21:15 TONIGHT Torah & Cholent (BYOB) Speaker: Rabbi Rafi Brodie. Mincha Erev [...]
In this weekโs parsha the Torah discusses the ashum talui, which is an offering that is brought in cases where one has a doubt about what he did. An ashum is also brought if someone took hekdesh unintentionally or someone falsely denied owing money and made a false oath attesting to this. Rav Samson Raphael [...]
ืืคืจืฉืช ืืฉืืืข ืขืืกืงืช ืืชืืจื ืืขื ืืื ืงืจืื ืืฉื ืชืืื, ืฉืืื ืืงืจืื ืฉืื ื ืืืืืื ืืืงืจืื ืฉืืื ืืฉ ืกืคืง ืืืื ืืืื. ืืฉื ืชืืื ืืงืจืื ืื ืื ืฉืืขื ืืืงืืฉ ืืฉืืื ืื ืื ืฉืืืืืฉ ืฉืืื ืืืื ืืกืฃ ืื ืฉืืข ืืฉืงืจ ืขื ืื. ืืจื ืฉืืฉืื ืจืคืื ืืืจืฉ ื ืืกื ืืืฆืื ืงืฉืจ ืืื ืืืงืจืื ืืฉืื ืื ืืืื. ืืืืืื, ืืื ืฉืืืขื ืืืงืืฉ. ืืืื ืืืืชื ืืืืื ืงืจืื [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Tzav (HaGadol) 5778 Nissan 5778 Calendar This issue is sponsored by the Kaufman family to commemorate the first Yahrzeit of ืฉืืื ืืืกืฃ ืื ืืฆืืง ืืืืืืง Sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom Newsletter in memory of a loved one, or for a refuah shelaymahโor any non-commercial purpose! Just 50โช per issue. Contact [...]
Shabbos Newsletter Parshas Vayikra (HaChodesh) 5778 Sponsor an issue of the Ahavas Shalom Newsletter in memory of a loved one, or for a refuah shelaymahโor any non-commercial purpose! Just 50โช per issue. Contact Lev Seltzer for details Reminders: Mincha Erev Shabbos at 12:30, 17:33 Shabbos Shiurim: The Ravโs shiur on Beis Elokim written by the [...]
