1. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. [Ten virgins.] The nation of the Jews delighted mightily in the number ten, both in sacred and civil matters: A synagogue consisted not but of ten at the least: which we have…
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Matthew 24
1. And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple. [To shew him the buildings of the Temple.] “He that never saw the Temple of Herod never saw a fine building. What was it built of? Rabba saith, Of white and green…
Parashat Ki Tavo / פרשת כי־תבוא
Next read in the Diaspora on 05 September 2015. Parashat Ki Tavo is the 50th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. https://www.youtube.com/embed/h8TJ6bubL70?feature=player_embedded Torah Reading: KI TAVO, Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8.Haftara: Isaiah 60:1-22. Our parshah, KI TAVO, puts the seal on Moses’ detailed exposition of the commandments in the Mishneh Torah (=Deuteronomy) —…
Mitzvah of Cancellation
The Mitzvah of Cancellation of Debts at the Conclusion of Shevi’it as it Applies to Women In the previous Halachot we have explained the basic laws of cancellation of debts by Shevi’it in that any debt one is owed and has been incurred by another as a loan and whose time for repayment has already…
Torah Reading: KI SEITZEI
Torah Reading: KI SEITZEI Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19.Haftara: Isaiah 54:1-10. THE HOME AND THE FAMILY The opening mitzvah of the parshah, that of the beautiful captive, takes us directly inside the home, which is where the captive is taken to “grow her hair and nails”. Life in the home and in the family is a central theme…
Parashat Shoftim / פרשת שופטים
Next read in the Diaspora on 22 August 2015. Parashat Shoftim is the 48th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Shoftim 18 Judges and officers shalt thou appoint to thee in all thy cities which the Lord thy God will give thee throughout thy tribes, and they shall judge the people…
VALLEY OF DRY BONES
BS”D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Ezekiel 37-38 Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov EZEKIEL CHAPTER 37 VISION OF THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES “…And He set me down in the midst of the valley, which was full of dry bones” (v 1). Commenting on this vision, RaDaK writes that “the Holy One blessed be He showed…
John 6 study
4. And the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. [And the Passover was nigh.] “It is a tradition. They inquire and discourse about the rites of the Passover, thirty days before the feast.” From the entrance of these thirty days and so onward, this feast was in the eyes and mouth of this…
Moses stressed three times
Moses assured the Israelites that God will give them the conquest of Canaan. He warned them three times lest they presume that their righteousness provided sufficient merit for their success. Moses had already told them that their future success would be guaranteed “because” of their obedience to the commandments. The people of Israel might naturally…
WHAT DOES G-D ASK OF YOU?
In parshas Eikev one of the main focuses of Moses’ reproof is the sin of the Golden Calf. This represents the exact opposite of the relationship with wealth and prosperity that G-d wants in the rectified Land of Israel. The sin of the Golden Calf represents the pursuit of material prosperity and pleasure for their…
Is Fear Of Hashem Something So Insignificant?
MOSHE RABENU KNEW WHO HE WAS Moshe Rabenu asks the Jewish people: “and now Israel what does Hashem your G-d ask of you but to fear Hashem” (Devarim 10:12). The Gemara asks regarding this pasuk: “is yirat Shamayim something so insignificant?” (Brachot 32b), to which the Gemara responds: “yes, for Moshe Rabenu it is something…
The Berachot Before and After an Aliya
The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 139:4; Rules that a person who is called to the Torah for an Aliya recites the Beracha, Asher Bahar Banu before the Torah reading, and the Beracha, Asher Natan Lanu Torato Torat Emet after the reading. Before reciting the first Beracha, he should open the Torah scroll and look at…
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