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Dvar for Vayakhel/Pekudei (Exodus 35:1-40:38)
Summary: Dvar for Vayakhel/Pekudei (Exodus 35:1-40:38) Shlomo Ressler Parshat Vayakhel explains that the frame of the Tabernacle was constructed of "shittim wood, standing." Why will the Tabernacle stand forever while the Temple has been destroyed? R' Baruch Simon explains that the Temple was largely constructed by the hired labor of Tyrean craftsmen who were working for money, not for the sake of the task itself. 0%
TalmuDigest - Sanhedrin 23 - 29
Summary: TalmuDigest - Sanhedrin 23 - 29 Ohr Somayach - Selecting judges and rejecting them - How refined Jerusalemites chose their company - The brilliance and mutual respect of Talmudic Sages - Can one retract his consent to be judged by an unqualified court - Who is disqualified to serve as a witness because of wrongdoing and how he can be reinstated - The saga of Shavna who rebelled against Chizkiyahu - The status of one with a reputation for sexual immorality - If the testimony of a... 0%
Ethics - Sharing an Umbrella
Summary: Ethics - Sharing an Umbrella Ohr Somayach Question: It was raining rather heavily and I noticed a little elderly man shivering in the downpour, because unlike myself he was not equipped with an umbrella. I very much wanted to protect him from the rain and offered him shelter beneath my umbrella, an offer which he vigorously refused by declaring that he is capable of taking care of himself. If you back this up by actually beginning to close your umbrella, there is a good chance... 0%
Love of the Land - Ashkelon ? Home of the Red Cow
Summary: Home of the Red Cow Ohr Somayach When we read this Shabbat the Maftir of Parshat Parah we recall an historical incident connected with the southern city of Ashkelon. Dama ben Netina, a gentile who lived in Ashkelon, was blessed with the birth in his flock of a rare completely red cow, which was needed by the Jews for the purification process of those spiritually contaminated by contact with the dead. Although he realized that he could ask virtually any price for so rare a ... 0%
Torah Weekly - Parshat Ki Tisa
Summary: Torah Weekly - Parshat Ki Tisa Ohr Somayach OVERVIEW ________ Moshe conducts a census by counting each silver half-shekel donated by all men age twenty and over. The mixed multitude who left Egypt with the Jewish People panic when Moshe's descent seems delayed, and force Aharon to make a golden calf for them to worship. G-d tells Moshe to return to the people immediately, threatening to destroy everyone and build a new nation from Moshe. 0%
Ask! - Off the Mark
Summary: - Off the Mark Ohr Somayach From: Mark Dear Rabbi, I would say I?m from a religious family ? The next day I was also bored, and when I asked the rabbi when the class would end, he wouldn? But to top it off, on the third day you apparently told the rabbi in the middle of class in front of the others, presumably more long-standing students, that the class is boring. 0%
Dvar for Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35)
Summary: Dvar for Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35) Shlomo Ressler Parshat Ki Tisa includes the verse: "And his (Moshe's) attendant, Yehoshua bin Nun, the youth (na'ar) did not leave the tent." Ramban suggests that the word "na'ar" can also be used as a term for a personal assistant of any age, an idiom based on the fact that most personal assistants were young. In this same sense, Yehoshua, despite his age, was still a youth, constantly striving to improve himself and learn as much as... 0%
Dvar for Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10)
Summary: Dvar for Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10) Shlomo Ressler We were all given human traits to help us deal with people, situations, and life in general. As Living Each Week relates, the Baal Shem Tov taught that if a person has an undesirable trait, he/she should direct that trait toward constructive channels. We must heed the same calling, recognize all those personal traits that need "channeling", and convert all those seemingly negative qualities, into positive triumphs. 0%
TalmuDigest - Sanhedrin 16 - 22
Summary: TalmuDigest - Sanhedrin 16 - 22 Ohr Somayach - Judging the head of a tribe in Israel or a false prophet - King David's harp and a decision to make war - Adding on to Yerushalayim or the Beit Hamikdash - Creation of lower courts - Limitations on mitzvah of destroying idol worshipping city - The first Sanhedrin and the Levite redemption of the firstborn - Requirements for creating a court and serving on one - The code names of certain Sages - Rules of the kohen gadol and the king ... 0%
Ethics - To Claim or Not to Claim
Summary: Ethics - To Claim or Not to Claim Ohr Somayach Question: I asked a colleague to take a large sum of money to my bank safety deposit box and he was careless enough to have it stolen while he chatted with a friend. He insists that I make a claim to my insurance company instead of demanding payment from him. Answer: In the second volume of "Pure Money" Dayan Shlomo Cohen, a member of a rabbinical court in Jerusalem, writes that you are not obligated to make a claim to the ... 0%
Israel Forever - Whose War Is It?
Summary: Ohr Somayach Two chapters in the Torah concerning war with Amalek will be read in most places this year one day after the other. In the second one, the victory of the Jewish forces over the Amalekite attackers is followed by a declaration that "G-d maintains a war against Amalek from generation to generation." ===================================== By Rabbi Mendel Weinbach, Dean, Ohr Somayach Institutions (C) 2010 Ohr Somayach International - All rights reserved. 0%
Ask! - Like Purim
Summary: - Like Purim Ohr Somayach From: Jake Dear Rabbi, I seem to recall that Purim is connected in some way to another holiday, maybe like Yom Kipur? Dear Jake, There is in fact a teaching in our sources relating Purim to Yom Kipurim. If Yom Kipurim is like Purim, the implication is that Purim is in some way even greater than the Day of Atonement. 0%
Torah Weekly - Parshat Tetzaveh
Summary: Torah Weekly - Parshat Tetzaveh Ohr Somayach OVERVIEW ________ G-d tells Moshe to command the Jewish People to supply pure olive oil for the menorah in the Mishkan (Tent of Meeting). Of Olives And Oil "And you shall take pure pressed olive oil for illumination" (27:20) The Jewish People are like the olive: Just as the olive only yields its oil after it has been crushed and squeezed, so too the Jewish People reveal their true stature only after suffering oppression. Sources: - ... 0%
TalmuDigest - Sanhedrin 9 - 15
Summary: when and how many judges - The heroic efforts throughout the ages to spare others embarrassment - The requirements for adding a month to the lunar year - The mistake for which King Chizkiyahu prayed for forgiveness - The time schedule for adding an extra month - The semicha of sacrifices and of rabbinic ordination - Rabbi Yehuda ben Bava's heroic effort to preserve semicha - Difference between Eretz Yisrael and Bavel regarding semicha - How many judges needed for ritual of calf beheading in ... 0%
Ethics - Tefillin on the Plane
Summary: Ethics - Tefillin on the Plane Ohr Somayach Question: I am planning to fly in the near future and am taking along my tefillin in my handbag so that I can use them while praying on the plane. Answer: Rabbi Mark Kalish, Agudath Israel's national director of government affairs, advises people like yourself to be aware that many citizens may not be familiar with Jewish prayer rituals and that they might consider explaining the practice to individuals in authority before boarding ... 0%
Ask! - Vivienne?s Visitation
Summary: s Visitation Ohr Somayach From: Jeremy Dear Rabbi, I had a distant, elderly relative from my father? Dear Jeremy, Judaism fully accepts the idea that the deceased, particularly relatives, can visit a person in a dream. According to Judaism, a departed soul is directly and significantly benefited by the lives and deeds of its descendants in this world. 0%
Torah Weekly - Parshat Teruma
Summary: Torah Weekly - Parshat Teruma Ohr Somayach OVERVIEW ________ G-d commands Moshe to build a Mishkan (Sanctuary) and supplies him with detailed instructions. When Moshe told Bezalel, he reversed the order and told him to build an Ark, Kelim and a Mishkan. The Ark was the light of the Mishkan for it contained the Holy Torah, which is the light of the world. 0%
Dvar for Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19)
Summary: To build the Mishkan materials had to be collected, and G-d commanded the Jews to collect several types. After listing the need for metals, wools, hairs, skins, and wood, the Torah tells us that they collected "oil for illumination" and "spices for the anointment oil and incense". Secondly, both the oil and the spices are of the most 'giving' materials used in the Mishkan; The oil was used to light the Menorah, which gives off light to everything around it, and the spices give off a ... 0%
Ethics - The Unanswered Question
Summary: Ethics - The Unanswered Question Ohr Somayach Question: As one who often attends public lectures on Jewish topics, I like to take advantage of the questions and answers session which usually follows the lecture to ask the speaker about something which bothers me. The response sometimes is "I will answer that question in private." Answer: First of all, you must appreciate that the speaker is not trying to brush aside your question but feels that his answer is not for public ... 0%
Israel Forever - Looking at our Roots
Summary: Israel Forever - Looking at our Roots Ohr Somayach "To what extent do we want to adopt the values of foreign societies?" This is the rhetorical question which Israel's Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman posed during a recent symposium entitled "Jewish Law and Israeli Law" held at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzlia. ===================================== By Rabbi Mendel Weinbach, Dean, Ohr Somayach Institutions (C) 2010 Ohr Somayach International - All rights reserved. Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
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