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A Weekly Byte...From Isralight (Tazria 5768)
Summary: (Shabbat 132a) In other words, the mitzvah of circumcision, and particularly the fulfillment of this mitzvah on the eighth day of the child's life, is so significant, that it even supersedes Shabbat. Indeed, one might suggest that Shabbat is more than just another mitzvah; Shabbat is actually the soul of the Jewish people. However, if one could have prepared before Shabbat, and the only reason we are now forced to desecrate Shabbat, is because we did not prepare ahead of time, then in fact ... 100%
A Weekly Byte...From Isralight (Vayakhel-Pekudei 5766)
Summary: I had been celebrating Shabbat for 15 years and now I am going to break Shabbat, use the phone to call a cab and ride in a car on the holy Shabbat. If my Shabbat were truly a service of G-d then this is not breaking Shabbat rather this is the way G-d wants me to celebrate Shabbat this week. In fact, the pinnacle of all the Shabbat prayers occurs on Shabbat afternoon, at the mincha service, the last prayer of Shabbat. 99.99%
A Weekly Byte...From Isralight (Vayakhel 5768)
Summary: I had been celebrating Shabbat for 15 years and now I am going to break Shabbat, use the phone to call a cab and ride in a car on the holy Shabbat. If my Shabbat were truly a service of G-d then this is not breaking Shabbat rather this is the way G-d wants me to celebrate Shabbat this week. (35:1-3) What does Shabbat have to do with Moshe's desire to comfort the Jewish people after their terrible error in building a golden calf? 99.88%
A Weekly Byte....from Isralight (Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei 5767)
Summary: I had been celebrating Shabbat for 15 years and now I am going to break Shabbat, use the phone to call a cab and ride in a car on the holy Shabbat. If my Shabbat were truly a service of G-d then this is not breaking Shabbat rather this is the way G-d wants me to celebrate Shabbat this week. When I host people at my home for Shabbat or conduct a Shabbat experience at Isralight I find most newcomers are very stressed out about trying to relax. 99.2%
World Mizrachi Parsha Newsletter: Pekudei
Summary: Shabbat is the day which distinguishes between a regular person who behaves according to nature by doing work which he is used to performing to satisfy all his needs and a Jewish person who fulfils the commandment of Shabbat by not performing regular daily tasks on Shabbat. In order for the People of Israel to reach the higher, special level, which is beyond the normal person, - a treasured (chosen) people – G-d's people, they must prove themselves with their uniqueness by fulfilling the ... 99.01%
World Mizrachi Parsha Newsletter: Pekudei
Summary: In order for the People of Israel to reach the higher, special level, which is beyond the normal person, - a treasured (chosen) people – G-d's people, they must prove themselves with their uniqueness by fulfilling the commandment of Shabbat. Fulfilling the commandment of Shabbat acquires the uniqueness of the individual Jewish person as well as the uniqueness of the Jewish people as a nation to the Creator. Therefore, the Maharal explains, (Chidushai Agadot Shabbat 11) on Shabbat the People... 98.49%
A Weekly Byte...From Isralight (Behar-Bechukotai 5769)
Summary: Torah teaches that there is no greater joy in life than to serve G-d. Incredibly, Rashi suggests that the issue is to be "Ameilim Ba'Torah" (26:3 in Rashi) 'To toil over the study of Torah..." (It would be challenging to imagine that the entire Jewish people, such a short time after receiving the Torah at Sinai, completely forgot and neglected an entire tenet of the Torah, though it is certainly possible.) 98.49%
A Weekly Byte...From Isralight (Behar Bechukotai 5766)
Summary: I am not the master of love but I am the servant of love and when I love someone I am serving to make G-d? Torah teaches that there is no greater joy in life than to serve G-d. (It would be challenging to imagine that the entire Jewish people, such a short time after receiving the Torah at Sinai, completely forgot and neglected an entire tenet of the Torah, though it is certainly possible.) 98.33%
A Weekly Byte...From Isralight (Vayakhel-Pekudei 5769)
Summary: Why does the Torah tell us that Moshe gathered the entire Jewish people together to tell them something? The message Moshe needs to share with the entire Jewish people is Shabbat. "Va'yakhel Moshe Et Kol Adat B'nei Yisrael", And Moshe gathered together the entire congregation of Israel". 98.33%
Israel Forever - A Great Shabbat!
Summary: Although every Shabbat can indeed be a great one if properly utilized, the title "Great Shabbat" is traditionally accorded to the Shabbat before Pesach, which is known as "Shabbat Hagadol" (the Great Shabbat). There will be no special Torah reading in the synagogue this Shabbat, only a special haftarah, but this is called the Great Shabbat because of the great miracle that took place on the Shabbat before the Exodus 3319 years ago. It is to be hoped that this Great Shabbat will inspire all ... 98.15%
A Weekly Byte...From Isralight (Ki Tisah 5766)
Summary: From Isralight Rabbi David Aaron, Founder & Dean Rav Binny Freedman, Director Established 1986 SPARKS by Rabbi David Aaron, Founder and Dean of Isralight Shabbat: Rest Assured Keep the Shabbat for it is holy unto you..... It is common knowledge that G-d created the world in six days and on the seventh day He rested. If I live in a world that is the product of intention, if I live in a world that was meant to be, then I live in a meaningful world. 97.94%
A Weekly Byte...From Isralight (Ki Tisa 5769)
Summary: Why did the Jewish people need to experience Moshe's seeming absence? Hashem talks to Moshe all the time, and the Jewish people are constantly aware of Hashem's presence, all around them. Ever wonder why Moshe does not lead the Jewish people into the land of Israel, and even more, why the Torah actually ends before the Jewish people enter the Land? 97.71%
Ask! - Games on Shabbat
Summary: - Games on Shabbat "Ohr Somayach" From: Bradley in Milton, MA Dear Rabbi, Can one play a game like Scrabble, Monopoly or chess on Shabbat? Rabbi Chaim Pinchus Scheinberg was shown an edition of Scrabble which had a flat board, without grooves for the tiles, and was asked if it is permitted to play this game on Shabbat. Rabbi Scheinberg said that even though it is technically permitted to play Monopoly on Shabbat, nevertheless, playing a business-oriented game on Shabbat is not... 97.71%
Morsels of Hebrew Grammar by Dr. Meshullam Klarberg - Parshas Mikeitz
Summary: The Rambam states that the concluding words are lehadlik ner shel Chanukah ('to light the candle of Chanukah') while the Shulchan Aruch states that the wording is lehadlik ner Chanukah ('to light the Chanukah candle'). Why then is it that in lighting the Shabbat candles all agree that the word shel is included, while the Shulchan Aruch states that for Chanukah the wording is lehadlik ner Chanukah? Lighting Shabbat candles is different: it is for the honor and pleasure of Shabbat, not a case... 96.88%
A Weekly Byte...From Isralight (Emor 5768)
Summary: (Leviticus 23:15) "And you shall count for yourselves, from the day after Shabbat, from the day you bring the waved Omer offering, seven complete weeks..." Further, a closer look at the portion begins to uncover other allusions to Shabbat: In discussing the mitzvah of blowing the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah, the Torah tells us: "... When the Jewish people left Egypt, the greatest gift Hashem gave them, was the gift of time. 96.88%
Torah Weekly - Parshat Vayakhel - Pekudei
Summary: Torah Weekly - Parshat Vayakhel - Pekudei "Ohr Somayach" OVERVIEW ________ Vayakhel Moshe Rabbeinu exhorts Bnei Yisrael to keep Shabbat, and requests donations for the materials for making the Mishkan. , kodesh, precedes the word Shabbat; however in Parshat Beshalach (16:23) in a virtually identical expression, the word Shabbat precedes kodesh. the holiness of Shabbat should begin early, whereas in Parshat Beshalach the kodesh comes after the Shabbat, meaning that we should ... 96.88%
A Weekly Byte...From Isralight (Emor 5766)
Summary: Further, a closer look at the portion begins to uncover other allusions to Shabbat: In discussing the mitzvah of blowing the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah, the Torah tells us: ?... s portion, because the theme of this entire Parsha is time, and Shabbat, just like the festivals, is all about time. When the Jewish people left Egypt, the greatest gift Hashem gave them, was the gift of time. 96.54%
Parshiot Vayakhel - Pekudei - Ups and Downs
Description: by Rabbi Raymond Beyda 96.53%
Torah Weekly - Parshat Yitro
Summary: Torah Weekly - Parshat Yitro "Ohr Somayach" CONTENTS: - Overview - Insights ===================================== OVERVIEW ________ Hearing of the miracles G-d performed for Bnei Yisrael, Moshe's father-in-law Yitro arrives with Moshe's wife and sons, reuniting the family in the wilderness. s an almost universal Jewish custom to welcome Shabbat with the beautiful liturgical poem Lecha Dodi. Even while we are still here in this world, restricted by our bodies and living a ... 96.16%
TalmuDigest - Beitzah 14 - 20
Summary: TalmuDigest - Beitzah 14 - 20 "Ohr Somayach" - Grinding salt and spices on Yom Tov - Separating food from shells - Sending gifts of food, clothes and other items - The eiruv tavshilin when Shabbat follows Yom Tov - The balance between Torah study and Simchat Yom Tov - Two approaches to preparing for Shabbat - What happens when one forgets to make an eiruv tavshilin - Prayer text when Shabbat and Yom Tov coincide - Baking and cooking on Yom Tov for the next day - What the eiruv ... Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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