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7 years ago
birkas hatorah more in depth
Parshas Ha’azinu; It’s not Purely Academic! There are two brachos which we say that are from the Torah; the rest are all of Rabbinic origin. These two are birkas ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
The Heavens and the Earth
This parsha starts out with Moses invoking the heavens and the earth. Why does Moses seem to be comparing the heavens and the earth? What, if anything, is their ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
History in general; perspective for repetition of chumash devarim
You’ll notice that throughtout sefer devarim, Moshe repeats the history of the last 40 years and much more to the Bnei Yisrael. The question is why exactly ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
The Ultimate Giver
“Then you shall remember Hashem, your G-d; that it was He Who gave you strength to be successful.” (8:18) R’ Yosef Chaim of Baghdad z”l, ..
Written by Benjie Fine
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7 years ago
Eikev; the little mitzvos that count
The opening of the sedra (and indeed it’s name) brings a rare word to the fore; ekev, as in the pasuk ‘If you shall listen to these commandments…” ..
Written by D FIne
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7 years ago
The Protection of the Mitzvah of Mezuzah
About the mitzvah of mezuzah, which is found in this week’s Torah portion, Eikev, the Talmud relates that Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi once sent a mezuzah as a gift ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
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7 years ago
comparison between israel and egypt
QUANTUM AND NEWTONIAN PHYSICS AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO GOOD AND EVIL The physical world is the mirror of the spiritual world. Most of what I say is based on the writing ..
Written by Adrian Ciffer
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7 years ago
100 brochos a day???
The Posuk in Devarim 10:12 says “And now, O Israel, what does the Lord, your God, demand of you? Only to fear the Lord, your God, to walk in all His ways and to love ..
Written by Benjamin Rose
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7 years ago
The Longest Distance In The World
Have you ever met someone who knew right from wrong but was still a bad person? Sure you have. We all have. And it’s hard to understand sometimes. If they ..
Written by Tal Segal
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7 years ago
shortening “The Longest Distance In The World”
In last week’s dvar Torah on parshat Ekev, we quoted Rav Yisrael Salanter who said: The longest distance in the world is between a person’s mind and their ..
Written by Tal Segal
