“I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever;…
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Erev Pesach Which Coincides With Shabbat
We have mentioned that this year, 5781, Erev Pesach will coincide with Shabbat. We shall now discuss what one may eat for this coming Shabbat’s meals. The Shabbat Night MealOne may eat Chametz for the Shabbat night meal, for the time when Chametz becomes prohibited has not yet arrived. It is likewise permissible to eat…
ADV Parsha Tzav
The Rishonim say that the connection between Parshas צו and Pesach, is that in Parshas Tzav, we learn of the mitzvah of הגלת כלים. All the flour offerings throughout the year, except the קרבן תודה (ten out of forty loaves), which was not a חיוב, and the שתי הלחם on שבועות were of matza- לא…
Shabbat HaGadol
Shabbat HaGadol (“Great Shabbat” שבת הגדול) is the Shabbat immediately before Passover. The first Shabbat HaGadol took place in Egypt on 10 Nisan five days before the Israelite Exodus. On that day, the Israelites were given their first commandment which applied only to that Shabbat, “On the tenth day of this month (Nisan)… each man…
DIVREY YA’AKOV Lesson 18
C loseness to H ashemC hapter E ighteenT he P rohibition of H aughtiness In the Nefesh Hachaim in the additional chapters betweensha’ar 3 and sha’ar 4, he writes [adapted], “You the reader, hereis your guidance, with Hashem’s help, in the ways of truth, toshow you the way that you should safely go. You will…
Expanding our understanding
The word bina is related to the word livnot, meaning “to build”, for this is the essential quality of bina. The abstract, non-dimensional, incomprehensible point that represents chochma is expanded and built into a three-dimensional structure, sometimes compared to the physical dimensions of length, breadth, and depth. In the context of sefirot they signify three aspects of bina, each with its own unique relationship…
ADV Parashat Vayikra
ויקרא בס”ד Parshas ויקרא is referred to as תורת כהנים, the most difficult of the five חומשים. The months of Elul and Adar are sister months, both the last months of the year- אלול is ר”ת איש לרעהו ומתנות לאביונים, where in Adar, we’re involved with performing this mitzvah. In Elul we read of מחיית…
LESSON THREE: MARK AND LUKE
“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of G-d. Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the…
Parashat Vayikra / פרשת ויקרא
Torah Reading: Parashat Vayikra Leviticus 1:1-5:26 AND G-D SPOKE TO HIM FROM THE TENT OF MEETING The last five pariahs of the Book of Exodus explained the form of the Sanctuary and its vessels, and Exodus concluded with an account of how the completed Sanctuary was finally erected by Moses on the 1st of Nissan,…
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch – Chapter 140: The Order of the Four Parshiyos
1The Shabbos before Rosh Chodesh Adar that is closest to the month of Nisan, is [called] Shabbos, Parashas Shekalim. If Rosh Chodesh occurs on Shabbos, then that Shabbos is Parashas Shekalim. We take out three sifrei Torah. We call six persons to the first seifer Torah, for the reading of the weekly portion. In the…
DIVREY YA’AKOV Lesson 17
C h a p t e r S e v e n t e e nThe Great Benefits for the Entire JewishNation Resulting from every Individual’sCautiousness in Areas of Sanctity andModesty (Tzniut )Part 1 In areas of sanctity and modesty, halachic detail is broughtat length in halachic and ethical works, as well as the greatobligation…
Parasha Vayakhel/Pekudei
The Gathering Netzarim Emunah Chumash Commentary 91 Rashbam on Exodus 34:34 יסיר את המסוה, whenever Moses had to convey HaShem’s instructions to the people he still did not cover his forehead with the cloth he had removed in order to communicate with HaShem. Once he concluded conveying HaShem’s words he would again cover his forehead….
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