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7 years ago
Where’s My Reward?
Where’s My Reward? The Midrash Tehillim says that the Giants Og and Sichon were more formidable adversaries than Pharaoh and his army. Moshe had battled Sichon ..
Written by R Shaul Yonatan Tawil
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7 years ago
Using the enemy
The pasuk (6:5) commands that you shall love HaShem with all your hearts (be’chol levavcha), which Rashi reveals refers to loving HaShem with both your inclinations; ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
Heart-warming
Va’eschanan contains, amongst other treasures, the first paragraph of the Shema. In it (6:6) we are commanded that ‘these words that I command you shall be on your ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
Which sin banned Moshe from the Land?
Pasuk 37 of the first perek of Devarim requires much explanation. In fact, it seems to turn parshas Chukas, the sin of the spies, and Moshe’s hitting of the rock ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
And he’s missed it!
When reading through Moshe recapping the judicial reform that we are told about in parshas Yisro, one cannot help but noting a glaring omission ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
Parashas Mattos/Masei – Know where you came from…
Parashas Mattos/Masei – Know where you came from… This week we have the final sedra in the book of Bamidbar which also happens to be a double sedra, and the longest ..
Written by Daniel Sandground
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7 years ago
I speak therefore I am!
I speak, therefore I am! The Gemara Baba Metzia (58b) tells us that when Rav Dimi arrived to Babylon from Eretz Yisrael, Abaye asked him: “About what are they ..
Written by R Shaul Yonatan Tawil
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7 years ago
Does Torah Study Refine a Person’s Character?
A rabbi once visited the illustrious Rabbi Kanievsky, who was called “the Steipler,” and he told him that he was looking for a shidduch for his granddaughter. ..
Written by From Daf Yomi Review
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7 years ago
Present acquisition
The Netziv delivers a wonderful halachic explanation of pasuk 53 of perek 33. The pasuk reads ‘you will/shall inherit the Land and dwell in it, for I (HaShem) ..
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