Parsha Ki Sisa – Likutei Shoshanim Torah on the Parsha of Ki Sisa from Likutei Shoshanim. (BR: Please see my introduction HERE. Adapted from “Sefer Likutei Shoshanim” by HaAdmor HaRishon Me-Savran (Savaran), HaRav Moshe Tzvi Me-Savran Towards the end of this week’s Parsha the Torah states, “Vayemahair Moshe Vayikod Artza Vayishtachu” (Shemos 34:8), translated...
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Parsha Ki Sisa Likutei Shoshanim
Parshas Tetzaveh – Savran
Parshas Tetzaveh – Savran As an introduction to this Divrei Torah on Parshas Tetzaveh – Savran, please see my introduction to all of these Torahs Here. Divrei Torah Adapted From The Words of Today’s Savraner Rebbe At the beginning of this week’s Parsha the Ba’al Haturim writes the following: Moshe is not mentioned in...
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Parsha Tetzaveh Likutei Shoshanim
Parsha Tetzaveh Adapted from “Sefer Likutei Shoshanim” by HaAdmor HaRishon MeSavran (Savaran), HaRav Moshe Tzvi MeSavran (BR: Please see my introduction Here.) The first posuk in this week’s Parsha Tetzaveh reads: “VeAtah” “Tetzaveh” “Es” “Bnei Yisroel” “VeYikchu Elecha Shemen Zayis” “Zach” “Kasis LeMaor” “LeHaalos” “Ner Tamid”. Someone who wishes to purify (Zach) and raise...
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Savran
Savran Savran, or sometimes spelled Savaran, is a chassidic dynasty going back to the “Saba Kadisha” Rebbe Moshe Tzvi from Savran. I quote here from en.wikipedia.org: Moshe Zvi of Savran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Moshe Zvi Giterman of Savran (1775-1837), the Savraner Rebbe, was an influential Hasidic Rebbe in Ukraine whose following numbered...
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My Targeted Keywords
My Targeted Keywords As I wrote in a previous post, I’ve started to notice that people are finding this website on my targeted keywords, that is, those keywords that I actually targeted through the use of category names, post names, and tags. Also I’ve had some pleasant surprises to find myself indexed on combinations...
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Ki Sisa
Parshas Ki Sisa On last Shabbos we read the Parsha of Ki Sisa. Luchos Shenios On the verse “p’sal lecha”, where the Aibishter tells Moshe Rabbeinu to prepare the Luchos Shenios, the second set of Tablets for the Ten Commandments, (seeing that Moshe broke the first ones), Rashi brings from the Medrash Tanchuma an...
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Parshas Beshalach – Shabbos Shira
Parshas Beshalach – Shabbos Shira The main theme of Parshas Beshalach is Kriyas Yam Suf and the Shiras HaYam, the splitting of the Sea and the Song that the Jewish people sang to the A’lmighty afterwards. That’s why this Shabbos is called Shabbos Shira. I wrote a post after Pesach last year describing what...
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Chanukah and Parshas Vayaishev
Chanukah and Parshas Vayaishev On the Shabbos before Chanukah it often comes out that we read Parshas Vayaishev. There are many connections drawn between Chanukah and Parshas Vayaishev. Avodas Hashem The Bach writes in his commentary on the Tur at the beginning of Hilchos Chanukah, that the principle gezaira for which we were thrown...
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The Parsha of Toldos
The Parsha of Toldos The Parsha of Toldos begins with the verse, “These are the descendants of Yitzchak ben Avraham, Avraham fathered Yitzchak.” Rashi is bothered by the obvious question that the second half of the verse is redundant. Rashi answers from Chazal two answers, 1) the Torah comes to tell us that it...
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More on Pesach Sheni
More on Pesach Sheni I wrote an article about Pesach Sheni last week, here is the link. I received a comment from David in the UK. I copy it here: “The source for the Majority / Minority that you mention- I have not learned. Regarding Fulfilling the Pesach in Iyyar- Divrey Ha Yamin Bet...
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The Parsha of Toldos Cont.
The Parsha of Toldos Cont. This is a continuation from the post The Parsha of Toldos, to view it please click here. In Rashi’s second pshat on the first posuk, he says that the added words were necessary to be written because of the laitzainai hador. All the years I always wondered, who are these laitzainai...
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