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Summary: ShulWeek "Rabbi Baruch Lederman" DVAR TORAH: Bo by Rabbi Baruch Lederman Moshe accomplished his great mission. One day Choni Hamaagel was walking and he saw a man planting a carob tree. Choni Hamaagel approached the youth and asked, "Who planted this tree?" 0%
TalmuDigest - Arachin 16 - 22
Summary: TalmuDigest - Arachin 16 - 22 Ohr Somayach -- Arachin 16 - 22 ------------------------------------------------ by Rabbi Mendel Weinbach http://ohr.edu/5036 - Lashon hara, its consequences and the atonement for it - The obligation of giving reproof to a sinner - The bright side of suffering - Differences between rich and poor in regard to payment of arachin and vows - The ages of the people about whom arachin is made - The exact definition of month and year regarding arachin and ... 0%
Ethics - Joining In on a Siyum
Summary: Ethics - Joining In on a Siyum Ohr Somayach Question: A friend of mine who is a serious student of Talmud invited me to a mesiba (party) that he is making in honor of his having completed an entire mesechta (Tractate) of the Babylonian Talmud. Answer: The Talmud (Mesechta Sabbat 118b) relates that the Sage Abaye made a mesiba for all the students in his yeshiva when even only one of them completed a mesechta. This is why we celebrate on Simchat Torah upon completion of an ... 0%
Love of the Land - Eretz Avoteinu - The Land of our Fathers
Summary: Love of the Land - Eretz Avoteinu - The Land of our Fathers Ohr Somayach In the original version of the national anthem of the Zionist Movement and the State of Israel there appeared a phrase about "Hatikvah", the hope of Jews to "return to the land of our fathers". The first is when he receives a Divine command "to return to the land of your fathers" (Bereishet 31:3), and the second is when Yaakov blessed his grandchildren and informed their father Yosef of the gift his tribe ... 0%
Ask! - Shabbat Games
Summary: - Shabbat Games Ohr Somayach May one play a game like Scrabble? Nevertheless, the Rabbi said that technically it is permitted, but playing a business-oriented game on Shabbat is not conducive to a proper attitude about Shabbat. Some of the poskim note, though, that in order to distinguish between Shabbat and a regular weekday, some people had a special Chess set made of silver just for Shabbat play. 0%
Torah Weekly - Parshat Bo
Summary: Torah Weekly - Parshat Bo Ohr Somayach OVERVIEW _________ Pharaoh finally sends Bnei Yisrael out of Egypt. Pharaoh, his heart hardened by G-d, commands his army to pursue, whereupon the waters crash down upon the Egyptian army. When the Jews again complain about a lack of water, Moshe miraculously produces water from a rock. 0%
Bigdei Kehuna by Yehuda Katz - Parshas Bo
Summary: Bigdei Kehuna by Yehuda Katz - Parshas Bo Shema Yisrael Torah Network And they (Israelites) emptied Egypt. (12:36) The Israelites were commanded by G-d to request treasures from the Egyptians so that could leave Egypt with wealth as promised to Abraham. The Egyptian's hidden treasures were in greater quantity than their outward treasures since the "power of blessing"is found only in that which is out of sight. 0%
Dvar for Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16)
Summary: Dvar for Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16) "Short, practical, relevant Weekly Dvar" Parshat Bo contains the very first commandment the Jews received as a nation; the Mitzvah to have a first Rosh Chodesh (new month), and to mark the beginning of every month thereafter (Exodus 12:2). What makes this commandment so important for it to be the very first commandment for the Jews? Also, when describing the first month that the Jews need to acknowledge, the Torah fails to name... 0%
Israel Forever - The Fourth Cup
Summary: Israel Forever - The Fourth Cup Ohr Somayach On Pesach eve at our Seder we drink four cups of wine. It is to be hoped that they will learn to appreciate the security which is provided by the religious community's dedication to Torah which makes us worthy of enjoying Israel forever. ===================================== By Rabbi Mendel Weinbach, Dean, Ohr Somayach Institutions (C) 2011 Ohr Somayach International - All rights reserved. 0%
Ethics - Where There?s a Will
Summary: s a Will Ohr Somayach Question: Is there any way, according to Torah law, to determine during my lifetime who should inherit what I leave behind, and is it proper to do so? Answer: Torah law is very specific about the rules of inheritance and the priorities it assigns differ in many ways from that of civil law. The only way one can determine his own priorities according to Torah law is to make a gift during his lifetime of what he wishes to bequeath to a particular recipient. 0%
TalmuDigest - Arachin 9 - 15
Summary: TalmuDigest - Arachin 9 - 15 Ohr Somayach - Fixing the length of months in the lunar year - The varying length of the lunar year - The instruments used for music in the Beit Hamikdash - The days of the year in which full Hallel is said - Why no Hallel is said on Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Purim - The failure of improvements in the Beit Hamikdash - Who played the instruments for the song which accompanied the sacrifices - Simcha and gladheartedness - When Levites switch roles ... 0%
Love of the Land - The Land That Has Everything
Summary: Love of the Land - The Land That Has Everything Ohr Somayach Eretz Yisrael is described as a land "in which nothing is missing" (Devarim 8:9). This outstanding feature of Eretz Yisrael is hinted at again when the Torah prohibits the eating of the fruit of a tree in the first three years of its life. This rule, we are told, applies to "every food-producing tree whose fruit must be shunned as orlah" (Vayirka 19:23). There seems to be a redundancy here, notes the Talmudic Sage ... 0%
Beloved Children by Rabbi Yisrael Pesach Feinhandler - Parshas Va'era
Summary: Then G-d said, "Darkness shall come, which is separated from light, and punish Egypt, who wished to destroy a nation that is separated from the other nations." Fitting Punishment for Egypt "Something that is created from the dust shall come and punish Egypt that wanted to destroy a nation that was compared to dust." Separating Jews from Gentiles "Darkness shall come, which is separated from light, and punish Egypt, who wished to destroy a nation that is separated from the other nations." 0%
Bigdei Kehuna by Yehuda Katz - Parshas Va'era
Summary: Bigdei Kehuna by Yehuda Katz - Parshas Va'era Shema Yisrael Torah Network Aand fire burning amidst the hail......." We can, Bezrat Hashem, learn a very powerfull lesson from the plague of burning hail. There are many Mitzvot of the Torah that require us to change our natural characteristics. 0%
Ask! - Bad Jew
Summary: - Bad Jew Ohr Somayach Dear Rabbi, Am I a bad Jew if I eat bacon, don? Rabbi Nachman Bulman, zatzal, once related that in Polandin the early 20th century, a few Jewish students were allowed to attend medical school. Familiar with the problem in Jewish law of dissecting Jewish bodies, the students approached the foremost Halachic authority of the time, Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzensky. 0%
Torah Weekly - Parshat Vaera
Summary: Torah Weekly - Parshat Vaera Ohr Somayach OVERVIEW _________ G-d tells Moshe to inform the Jewish People that He is going to take them out of Egypt. Although Aharon shows Pharaoh a sign by turning a staff into a snake, Pharaoh's magicians copy the sign, emboldening Pharaoh to refuse the request. However, despite Moshe's offers to end the plagues if Pharaoh will let the Jewish People leave, Pharaoh continues to harden his heart and refuses. 0%
Dvar for Vaeira (Exodus 6:2-9:35)
Summary: Dvar for Vaeira (Exodus 6:2-9:35) "Short, practical, relevant Weekly Dvar" Reading the story of how the Jews became enslaved to Egypt in Parshat Vaeira, and having the benefit of knowing how the story ends, we can wonder why the Egyptians were punished for enslaving the Jews, when we know that the Jews needed to be enslaved, either as part of the decree, or as the process of becoming a cohesive nation.
The Ramchal explains that the answer lies in the ... 0%
TalmuDigest - Arachin 2 - 8
Summary: TalmuDigest - Arachin 2 - 8 Ohr Somayach TALMUDIGEST - For the week ending 14 January 2012 / 18 Tevet 5772 - from Ohr Somayach | www.ohr.edu -- Arachin 2 - 8 ------------------------------------------------ by Rabbi Mendel Weinbach http://ohr.edu/5016 - The difference between arachin and nedarim and who can do either of them - Mitzvot which all are obligated in - The situation of kohanim wearing tefillin while dressed in their priestly garments - If kohanim are obligated in ... 0%
Ethics - Eastern Jewish Time
Summary: Ethics - Eastern Jewish Time Ohr Somayach Question: I am in a quandary as to when to arrive at wedding halls since I have learned from experience that there is a vast gap between the time indicated on the invitation and the actual start of the chupa. Answer: This problem has arisen so often that some people have wryly suggested that the word bediyuk written in Hebrew after the scheduled hour of the chupa, which literally means "exactly", is really an acronym for the Yiddish ... 0%
Ask! - Wrongly Religious?
Summary: Ohr Somayach Dear Rabbi, Is it acceptable that a Jewish man or woman become religiously observant because of their desire to marry someone they know that is already observant? In a case you describe where the motive is for another person, the observant person, if interested, should try his or her best to guide the other toward genuine belief and observance. The famous Rabbi Akiva was initially an illiterate hired hand of a wealthy estate owner whose daughter Rachel saw that ... Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
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