Preparations for Shavuos We are in the last week of Sefirah, doing the last preparations for Shavuos. Shavuos 2010 Shavuos this year, Shavuos 2010, falls on Tuesday evening from sunset May 18, until nightfall on the 19th. Shavuos is a full fledged Chag, Jewish Holiday. Parshas Yisro The Torah tells us that on Rosh...
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Passover Seder Before leaving Passover this year, I request one more word about the Passover Seder. Shabbos HaGadol I often go the Shabbos HaGadol drasha of Rav Yitzchak Rubin Shlita in Har Nof. A number of years ago he made a point which went deeply into my heart and really serves as an introduction...
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The Seventh Day of Passover On the seventh day of Passover we celebrate the miracles that happened at Yam Suf, at the crossing of the Red Sea, the conclusion of Yetzias Mitzraim, the exodus from Egypt. These miracles indeed happened on the seventh day of Pesach then, when the Jewish people actually left Mitzraim....
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Parshas Trumah This past Shabbos the Torah Reading was Parshas Trumah. Jewish Bible: The Torah As I’ve written previously, the Jewish Bible is called the Torah. Each week there is a Torah reading in synagogue, when the section which Jews learned all week with Torah commentary is read. Then at the Shabbos meal the...
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Parshas Mishpatim Last Shabbos we read Parshas Mishpatim. Jewish Bible: The Torah As I’ve written previously, the Jewish Bible is called the Torah. Each week there is a Torah reading in synagogue, when the section which Jews learned all week with Torah commentary is read. Then at the Shabbos meal the father says a...
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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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