All posts in: Inspiration
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7 years ago
Don’t Mention it : Pesachim 3a
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: A person should never emit a coarse expression from his mouth, for the Torah added eight letters so as not to mention a coarse expression, ..
Written by Howard Jackson
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7 years ago
lets Hold on to our tree of life!
Every time we take out the Torah we repeat a beautifull pasuk thats found in Mishle 3;18 “She a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
Teshuva: Al Chet
A prime feature of the Yom Kippur service is recitation of the 44 mistakes known as “Al Chet.” That’s a long list. What does it all really mean? ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
Hiding the truth from Yourself
Parshas Bo sees G-d telling Moses that “at midnight” he will kill the firstborn, whereas when he related this to Pharoah, Moses said “around midnight” ..
Written by Moshe Kormornick
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7 years ago
The Torah is a lightbulb ?!?!?
I was recently with a good friend of mine who was challenged on the spot to make a dvar Torah about a light bulb. Within moments he spoke passionately about the beauty ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
One who seeks Repentance’
talking about the brachah in the amidah for “desires teshuvah-…harotze biteshuva)” – the 4th one; kabbalistically there are 7 heavens, with ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
Being a Mensch is the key
Being a mensch is number one! ‘veeleh hamishpatim asher tasim lifneihem’. Lifneihem=before them. Q: Before what? A: (Alshich) – Before all those laws you just ..
Written by Jonny Caller
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7 years ago
Push Little Fly, Push
One time a foreign dignitary was sent by the Emperor to visit the Bais HaMikdosh and report on what he saw there. The Kohanim showed him around and he was very impressed. ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
Do you stand out?
Hashem commands us to be a ‘goy kadosh’, a holy nation (Sh’mot 19:3-6). We get a lot of guidance in how to be holy, such as commands to separate ourselves ..
Written by Jody Jacobs
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7 years ago
Asher Yatzar
In the Brocho Asher Yatzer, why do we repeat the words Nekavim (Openings) and Chalulim (Cavities)? First we should look at why we say the brocho in the first place! ..
Written by BEN ROSE
