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Ethics - Warning the Buyer
Summary: Ethics - Warning the Buyer "Ohr Somayach" Question: Someone is interested in purchasing the apartment in which I live. I have been very forthright in informing him about any of the minor shortcomings of my home but have been hesitant in letting him know that one of the reasons for my selling is that the immediate neighbors are very difficult to live with. Answer: In Pirkei Avot we are advised to avoid bad neighbors. 0%
Israel Forever - Surviving the Lean Years
Summary: Israel Forever - Surviving the Lean Years "Ohr Somayach" As Israel and the entire world brace themselves for surviving the current financial crisis, it is worthwhile reflecting on what we learn in this week's Torah portion about the "seven lean years" which were destined for Egypt after seven years of prosperity. Even if we cannot aspire to the spiritual power of a patriarch we can do our utmost to improve our ways and find favor in the eyes of Heaven so that we can survive ... 0%
Eshtaol Echoes of Shimshon
Summary: Eshtaol Echoes of Shimshon "Ohr Somayach" A little over a mile west of Shimshon Junction is Eshtaol. The junction's name echoes what is written (Shoftim 13:25) about the great judge and warrior: "The spirit of G-d began to move in him in the camp of Dan, between Tzorah and Eshtaol." There is a tradition that Dan, the son of the Patriarch Yaakov, from whom Shimshon was descended, is buried in Eshtaol. 0%
The Weekly Daf - Bava Kama 2 - 8
Summary: The Weekly Daf - Bava Kama 2 - 8 "Ohr Somayach" A MAN IS A MAN, AWAKE OR ASLEEP _______________________________ Should you suggest that just as there are different categories in regard to damages caused by a man's property due to his negligence so too are there two categories of damages caused by man himself, those caused while he is awake and those caused while he's asleep, we are taught otherwise by the Mishna which declares: "Man is always responsible for his actions, whether... 0%
TalmuDigest - Bava Kama 2 - 8
Summary: TalmuDigest - Bava Kama 2 - 8 "Ohr Somayach" THE POOR RICH MAN _________________ How is it possible for a man who owns property to be entitled to receive money from the tithe reserved for the poor? The rule is that if one owns two hundred zuz he is not considered poor and is not entitled to any of the agricultural gifts that the Torah awards to the poor. Unlike the truly poor man who lacks even the potential to own 200 zuz and can therefore receive in one gift even a thousand ... 0%
Ask! - In the Light of the Slivery Moon
Summary: - In the Light of the Slivery Moon "Ohr Somayach" Dear Rabbi, Where does the halacha for kiddush levana (blessing for the New Moon) come from and have there been any Torah authorities who were opposed to it? We are not worshipping the moon; we are praising G-d for His marvelous creations, including the miracle of the moon? So too, after blessing G-d for the moon and its light, you benefit from the moon? 0%
Torah Weekly - Parshat Mikeitz
Summary: Pharaoh's wine chamberlain remembers that Yosef accurately interpreted his dream while in prison. Pharaoh gives Yosef an Egyptian name, Tsafnat Panayach, and selects Osnat, Yosef's ex-master's daughter, as Yosef's wife. Yosef instructs his servants to replace the money in the sacks, and to put his goblet inside Binyamin's sack. 0%
Morsels of Hebrew Grammar by Dr. Meshullam Klarberg - Parshas Mikeitz
Summary: vatipa'em rucho (Gen. 41:8) (the verb is in the Nif'al form) Onkelos translates umtarfa ruchehh 'his spirit was disturbed'and Rashi writes 'it jingled like a bell.' There are no distinct meanings of the various conjugations, as can be seen in the discussion of the meanings of Nif'al, Hitpa'el and other conjugations in Sefer Hadikduk leRamchal (Shaar 2, Chelek 2, Perek 4). Generally the Aramaic conjugation Itpa'el is used as the translation of Nif'al and during the period when Aramaic was the ... 0%
Chasidic Insights by Zvi Akiva Fleisher - Parshas Mikeitz
Summary: Chasidic Insights by Zvi Akiva Fleisher - Parshas Mikeitz Shema Yisrael Torah Network CHASIDIC INSIGHTS PARSHAS MI'KEITZ 5769 (from 5763) BS"D Ch. (Rabbi Avrohom of Stretin in Degel Macha'neh Yehudoh) Ch. (Rabbi Yaakov Yehudoh of Nad'r'zin in B'oho'lei Tzadikim) Ch. 0%
Kinder Torah by Simcha Groffman - Parshas Mikeitz
Summary: Kinder Torah by Simcha Groffman - Parshas Mikeitz Shema Yisrael Torah Network I'm Thinking about You "Abba, I am so inspired by these parshios about the life of Yosef HaTsaddik." "Yosef learned Torah from his father Yaakov Avinu. (41:49 and Rashi) What happen to the grain that others, besides Yosef, stored up in Mitzrayim? 0%
Beloved Children by Rabbi Yisrael Pesach Feinhandler - Parshas Mikeitz
Summary: Beloved Children by Rabbi Yisrael Pesach Feinhandler - Parshas Mikeitz Shema Yisrael Torah Network Imagination and Reality in Children And Yoseph was the ruler over the land. Rabbi Yehudah the son of Rabbi Simon said, "Yoseph knew that his brothers were descending to Egypt. The reason Yoseph put guards at all the gates yet he closed all the silos but one, was that Yoseph knew that all his brothers were coming from Israel. 0%
Bigdei Kehuna by Yehuda Katz - Parshas Mikeitz
Summary: Bigdei Kehuna by Yehuda Katz - Parshas Mikeitz Shema Yisrael Torah Network And Israel their father said to them: ………………and carry down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and ladanum, nuts, and almond." The Sforno wants to understand the reason why such an"unusual" gift was suggested by Jacob.The following is the answer given by the Sforno:" If one brings a gift to a greedy man, it must be of great quantity to satisfy his excessive ... 0%
Miketz - Forethoughts And Afterthoughts
Summary: Miketz - Forethoughts And Afterthoughts mail@JewishAmerica.com Miketz (Genesis 41-44) 41:45 And Pharaoh called his [Yosef? s] name Tzafnas Paneach and he gave him Osnas, daughter of Poti-Phera priest of On, for a wife. The story I heard was that this very young, handsome, and very eligible newly appointed viceroy of Egypt named Tzafnas Paneach (Yosef) was constantly accosted by young women wherever he went. 0%
ShulWeek - Chanukah
Summary: ShulWeek - Chanukah "Rabbi Baruch Lederman" SHULWEEK DVAR TORAH: Chanukah Chanukah came to Bergen Belsen. As soon as the Rabbi of Bluzhov had finished the ceremony of kindling the lights, Zamiechkowski elbowed his way to the Rabbi and said, ? I turned my head in order to ask the Rabbi of Zaner and other distinguished Rabbis who were standing near me if indeed I might recite the blessing. 0%
A Weekly Byte...From Isralight (Vayeshev 5769)
Summary: However, some characters are serving the author directly, as direct expressions of himself in the world he created. I can't wait to serve the author, because the more I serve the author, the more the author's presence permeates my very being, and the more I discover that I am actually a spark of the author. And in that moment, when his brother is so there, that he becomes even more important to Yehudah than Yehudah himself, Yehudah finally becomes all that Yehudah can be. 0%
Morsels of Hebrew Grammar by Dr. Meshullam Klarberg - Parshas Vayeishev
Summary: avel she'ola (Gen. 37:35) Rashi explains that according to the peshat ('plain meaning') it means 'grave.' R' Yosef Bonfil the Sefaradi (who was encouraged by the Nagid of Egypt's Jews, R' David ben Yehoshua ben Avraham ben David ben Avraham ben Rambam to write a commentary on R' A. ibn Ezra's commentary - Encyclopaedia Judaica), explains this passage as follows: Quoting or paraphrasing R' A. ibn Ezra he says 'anyone who says she'ol means "hell" is in error'. This means Jerome, who translated... 0%
Chasidic Insights by Zvi Akiva Fleisher - Parshas Vayeishev
Summary: Chasidic Insights by Zvi Akiva Fleisher - Parshas Vayeishev Shema Yisrael Torah Network CHASIDIC INSIGHTS PARSHAS VA'YEISHEV 5769 (from 5763) BS"D Ch. 39, v. 1: "V'Yoseif hurad Mitzroymoh" - And Yoseif was to master over Egypt, from the word form "r'dioh," as in "v'yirdu" (Breishis 1:26). (Rabbi Moshe Dovid of Veislitz in Migdal Dovid) Ch. 39, v. 2: "Va'y'hi Hashem es Yoseif" - Yoseif always cleaved to Hashem, whether in the circumstance of "ish matzliach," ... 0%
Kinder Torah by Simcha Groffman - Parshas Vayeishev
Summary: Kinder Torah by Simcha Groffman - Parshas Vayeishev Shema Yisrael Torah Network Bein Adam Li'chaveyro "Class, the subject of today's shiur is the sin of 'mechiras Yosef' (the sale of Yosef into slavery). Rav Meir Simcha explains that every time an aveyra (sin) bein adam li'chaveyro (between man and his fellow man) is committed in Klal Yisrael, Hashem recalls the aveyra of 'mechiras Yosef.'" Let us first begin with understanding the concept of aveyros bein adam li... 0%
Beloved Children by Rabbi Yisrael Pesach Feinhandler - Parshas Vayeishev
Summary: Yoseph Is Punished for Misjudging His Brothers For all these ways in which Yoseph slandered his brothers, he was himself punished. Why Yaakov Loved Yoseph Why did Yaakov love Yoseph more than all his children? Because of Yoseph's similar appearance, Yaakov understood that Yoseph's spiritual challenges would parallel his own. 0%
Bigdei Kehuna by Yehuda Katz - Parshas Vayeishev
Summary: Bigdei Kehuna by Yehuda Katz - Parshas Vayeishev Shema Yisrael Torah Network And Joseph was of beautiful form, and fair to look upon." (39:6) After being purchased by Potifar, Joseph proved to be very advantageous to his master and his master prospered. Immediately Potifars wife had begun a campaign to persuade Joseph to commit adultery with her......... Page   28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37  
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