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Kinder Torah by Simcha Groffman - Parshas Behar-Bechukosai
Summary: Kinder Torah by Simcha Groffman - Parshas Behar-Bechukosai Shema Yisrael Torah Network Onaas Devarim "Class, I would like to begin today's mussar lesson by telling you a story." "The gemora teaches us that onaas devarim is worse than onaas mommon (wronging someone in monetary matters). Onaas mommon damages a person's property; onaas devarim damages his body. 0%
Beloved Children by Rabbi Yisrael Pesach Feinhandler - Parshas Behar-Bechukosai
Summary: Show That You Care About Your Children Just as the wealthy man wants his children to be happy, so does every parent. Do Not Teach the Teacher A parent should always cooperate with the child's teacher. After the Teacher's Report After conversing with the teacher, tell your child what the teacher had to say. 0%
Bigdei Kehuna by Yehuda Katz - Parshas Behar-Bechukosai
Summary: Bigdei Kehuna by Yehuda Katz - Parshas Behar-Bechukosai Shema Yisrael Torah Network I (G-d) will remember My covenant with Jacob and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham(26:42) A question can be asked as follows: Why is the order of the forefathers in reverse order,it should start with Abraham and end with Jacob? (END of Quote) These very 3 things represent the the forefathers: Torah------------Jacob Prayer----------Isaac Kindness...... 0%
A Weekly Byte...From Isralight (Emor 5769)
Summary: Why not just count the first day till Shavuot, and the second day till Shavuot, etc.? What is the meaning of counting the days of the Omer , an offering that by the time we are counting the last day of the Omer had been offered seven weeks earlier? (Leviticus 23:15) "And you shall count for yourselves, from the day after Shabbat, from the day you bring the waved Omer offering, seven complete weeks..." 0%
TalmuDigest - Bava Metzia 16 - 22
Summary: TalmuDigest - Bava Metzia 16 - 22 "Ohr Somayach" Bava Metzia 16 - 22 by Rabbi Mendel Weinbach http://ohr.edu/yhiy/article.php/3898 - When the robber of a field who sold it to another purchases it from its original owner - Selling a field which one has not yet purchased - Which lost financial documents are returned to owner - How someone achieves status of a confirmed liar - The force of obligations imposed by rabbinical court - Source for a widow from eirusin collecting ketubah ... 0%
Ethics - The Tefillin Dilemma
Summary: Ethics - The Tefillin Dilemma "Ohr Somayach" Question: An outreach activist in Israel asked a Jew whom he was unsuccessful in convincing to become fully observant why he was so careful to put on tefillin. He told him that the tefillin he wears were worn by his grandfather, who inherited them from previous generations during the Holocaust at the risk of his life, so that by wearing them he connected with his forebears. The Jew was told that tefillin such as those he owned, ... 0%
Love of the Land - Tel Dan and the Kinneret Sources
Summary: Love of the Land - Tel Dan and the Kinneret Sources "Ohr Somayach" In a year with little rainfall one of the main concerns of the Israeli public is the water level of Lake Kinneret. One of the main sources for this major reservoir is the spring called Tel Dan, which is located at the base of Mount Hermon. To its west is the Hatzbani River and to its east is the Banias River, which together with the Tel Dan spring feed the Kinneret. 0%
Israel Forever - Second Chance
Summary: Israel Forever - Second Chance "Ohr Somayach" Why should we be left out? This was the day 3320 years ago when those Jews were given a second chance to offer the sacrifice that was forever called Pesach Sheini (a second Paschal sacrifice). ===================================== By Rabbi Mendel Weinbach, Dean, Ohr Somayach Institutions (C) 2009 Ohr Somayach International - All rights reserved. 0%
Ask! - Vatik in Judaism
Summary: - Vatik in Judaism "Ohr Somayach" From: Josh in PA Dear Rabbi, I have heard of the term ? The Talmud discusses the time period for reciting the morning Shema, commenting that the ideal time, which was the time that the meticulous men of old would recite it, is just before sunrise so that their silent amida prayer would commence with the rising sun. in Jewish terms means age-old, dedicated and consistent and of expert knowledge. 0%
Torah Weekly - Parshat Emor
Summary: Torah Weekly - Parshat Emor "Ohr Somayach" OVERVIEW ________ The kohanim are commanded to avoid contact with corpses in order to maintain a high standard of ritual purity. Terumah, a produce tithe given to the kohanim, may be eaten only by kohanim and their household. - Sources: Rabbi Moshe Feinstein in Derash Moshe as heard from Rabbi C. Z. Senter ===================================== Written and compiled by Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair (C) 2009 Ohr Somayach International - ... 0%
Morsels of Hebrew Grammar by Dr. Meshullam Klarberg - Parshas Emor
Summary: * * * * Silent Alef and Pronounced Alef ladoshem (the tetragrammaton - four letter name - with prefix Lamed read as Shem Adnut Levit. 8:10) (the small 'a' indicates the Chataf Patach under the Alef) (Masorah Psalms 136; Amos 4) It follows that elsewhere the Alef of adon will be silent in those positions where it would normally take a Chataf Patach after one of the prefixes Bet, Chaf or Lamed. R' Shabbetai Sofer explains that laadon has a Chataf Patach under the Alef because of semichut (... 0%
Chasidic Insights by Zvi Akiva Fleisher - Parshas Emor
Summary: Chasidic Insights by Zvi Akiva Fleisher - Parshas Emor Shema Yisrael Torah Network Ch. (Rabbi Chaim of Tchernovitz in B'eir Mayim Chaim) Alternatively, to require the great people to cast their spiritual glow, "l'hazhir," upon the people of smaller stature. (Rabbi Chaim Mayer of Viznitz in Imrei Chaim) Alternatively, to require those who consider themselves as great people to diminish their stature in their own eyes. 0%
Beloved Children by Rabbi Yisrael Pesach Feinhandler - Parshas Emor
Summary: A sack of gold coins was brought to the beis midrash as a present for the rabbis, and Rabbi Ami, the kohen gadol got up and grabbed the sack for himself. According to the opinion that Rabbi Ami took the money for himself because of his high stature, Rabbi Ami's deed is an important lesson in self-esteem. Call Your Child a Tzaddik Giving your children a feeling of self-confidence and self-esteem is an important part of educating them. 0%
Kinder Torah by Simcha Groffman - Parshas Emor
Summary: Kinder Torah by Simcha Groffman - Parshas Emor Shema Yisrael Torah Network Happy Thoughts "You shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of the citron tree, the branches of date palms, twigs of a myrtle tree, and brook willows, and you shall rejoice before Hashem your God for seven days" (Vayikra 23:40). The holy days of Succos are times of great simcha to Klal Yisrael. The world was void of Torah until Rebbe Akiva came to the south of the land of ... 0%
ShulWeek
Summary: ShulWeek "Rabbi Baruch Lederman" DVAR TORAH - Achrei / Kedoshim by Rabbi Baruch Lederman "Holy shall you be for I am holy." With great sincerity and heartache, the Jewish men told the Rebbe that they felt guilty for having eaten non-kosher food throughout their time in the camps. "Surely the reason you felt you had to eat the food was because of the commandment "And you shall live by them [the commandments] (Leviticus 18:5)," said the Rebbe. 0%
A Weekly Byte...From Isralight (Acharei Mot - Kedoshim 5769)
Summary: According to the Torah, the ultimate goal of life is holiness. Sherry's morality is a step toward holiness and is included within holiness, but holiness is much greater. (Eventually, every year on Yom Kippur, this will form the central focus of the Yom Kippur service, when the Kohen Gadol, the High Priest, brings these goats before the entrance to the Temple in Jerusalem.) 0%
Morsels of Hebrew Grammar by Dr. Meshullam Klarberg - Parshas Acharei Mos/Kedoshim
Summary: Morsels of Hebrew Grammar by Dr. Meshullam Klarberg - Parshas Acharei Mos/Kedoshim Shema Yisrael Torah Network Parashat Acharei-Kedoshim from 5762 When do the letters Bet, Gimmel, Dalet, Kaf, Peh, Tav (Begad Kefat) receive a Dagesh? We have learnt that the letters Yud, Heh, Vav, Aleph (Yehu) 'which come at the end of a word, influence and soften the letters Begad Kefat which follow them at the beginning of the following word.' The first part of the rule 'every ... 0%
Chasidic Insights by Zvi Akiva Fleisher - Parshas Acharei Mos/Kedoshim
Summary: Chasidic Insights by Zvi Akiva Fleisher - Parshas Acharei Mos/Kedoshim Shema Yisrael Torah Network CHASIDIC INSIGHTS PARSHAS ACHA'REI MOSE 5769 (from 5763) BS"D Ch. (Rabbi Avrohom Chaim of Zlotshov in Pri Chaim on Pikei Ovos 4:4 in the name of the Holy Baal Shem Tov) Ch. First make sure that "lo sisno es ochicho bilvo'vecho" before embarking on "hochei'ach tochiach es ami'secho." 0%
Beloved Children by Rabbi Yisrael Pesach Feinhandler - Parshas Acharei Mos/Kedoshim
Summary: Early one morning, when Rabbi Medini came to the beis midrash, the housemaid, who had been cleaning the beis midrash, ran screaming hysterically into the street, claiming that Rabbi Chizkiyahu Medini had tried to seduce her. 3) G-d said to Israel, "Since you were holy for Me even before I had created you, you shall be holy as I am Myself, as it is written, 'You shall be holy, since I am holy.'"( Recognizing Holiness Makes You Holy "You shall be holy, since I am holy." 0%
Bigdei Kehuna by Yehuda Katz - Parshas Acharei Mos/Kedoshim
Summary: Bigdei Kehuna by Yehuda Katz - Parshas Acharei Mos/Kedoshim Shema Yisrael Torah Network Every man: Your mother and father shall you revere..........................."( 19:3) To honor one's father and mother is the 5th commandment of the 10 commandments. For example, the 1st corresponds to the 6th and the 2nd to the seventh, and so on.Therefore, the 5th commandment, to honor one's parents, parallels the 10th commandment, not to covet.This means that the 5th ... Page 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
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