Tag: Torah
HaMoshiach Confirms and Expounds the Law of Moses
Matthew 5:17 HaMoshiach Confirms and Expounds the Law of Moses. Matt. 5, 17-37. Good works Yeshua has just urged. He now proceeds to give a definition of good works from the Law. He makes clear His position with regard to the Law: V.17. Think not that I am come to destroy the Law and the…
Judaism
Jewish Mysticism, by J. Abelson; London: G. Bell and Sons [1913] http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/jm/index.htm The Babylonian Talmud in Selection, by Leo Auerbach; New York: Philosophical Library [1944] http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/bata/index.htm The Duties of the Heart, by Rabbi Bachye, tr. by Edwin Collins; London, John Murray (Wisdom of the East) [1909] http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/doth/index.htm The Wisdom of Israel, by Edwin Collins; London,…
Haftorah – Parshas Vayeitzei
Parshas Vayeitzei Hoshea 12:13 – 14:10 This week’s haftorah is devoted to the Jewish nation’s severe plunge into idolatry. The Judean kingdom ultimately succumbed to the rampant practices of the Samaritan kingdom and engaged itself in foreign worship. This abhorrent conduct traced back to the days of Yeravam ben N’vat, the first Samaritan king. Shlomo…
Haftorah – Parshas Bereishis
Parshas Bereishis Yeshaya 42:5 – 43:10 We introduce the year’s Haftora reading with a penetrating message defining our awesome role in this world. Rashi quotes the Sages’ Aggadic interpretation of the Torah’s opening word, “Breishis” to mean, “For the sake of the choice”. Based on references from the books of Yirmiyahu and Mishle, the Sages…
Hoshana Rabbah
The following events occurred on Hoshana Rabbah: Hoshanah Rabbah – the Great Rejoicing. The last and greatest day of the feast. Gateway to Judaism Pg.342 A burnt offering of seven young bulls, two rams and fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect. Bamidbar (Numbers) 29:32 Ritual of the water libation is performed. day…
Dvar Torah – Sukkos
D’var Torah Sukkos Miraculously the Streak Continues By Rabbi Label Lam For a seven day period you shall dwell in booths. Every resident among the Israelites shall live in booths, in order that your generations should know that I had the Children of Israel live in booths when I took them out of the Land…
Maharal
Chapter 3: Mishna 6: Part 2 This idea (that one who is intimately connected to G-d escapes the limitations and control imposed upon him by physical systems) is embodied in the statement of Rabbi Yossi (Tr. Avodah Zarah 5a): “The Jewish people accepted the Torah [only] so that the Angel of Death, other nation[s], and…
G-d Striking Back, Part I
Pirkei Avos G-d Striking Back, Part I Chapter 5, Mishna 11(a) By Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld “Pestilence comes to the world for death penalties mentioned in the Torah which are not in the hands of the courts [to administer] and for [the forbidden use of] Sabbatical year produce. The sword comes to the world for the…
Maimonides, Laws of De’os
The Way of the Wise Chapter 5, Law 1(a) “Just as a wise man is distinct in his wisdom and his character traits, and he stands apart from others regarding them, so too he must be distinct in his deeds, in his eating, in his drinking, in his marital relations, in his going to the…
The 13 Rules
Math 5:18 Truly I say to you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, in no way shall one yod or one stroke pass away from the Torah until all comes to pass. Why? let”s look at the 13 rules of hermeneutic derivation, which requires that one needs to infer to the halachah from…
Maharal – Chapter 3: Mishna 6: Part 1
Chapter 3: Mishna 6: Part 1 Rabbi Nechunia ben HaKannah says: Anyone who subjects himself to (imposes upon himself)the burden of Torah has the burden of the government (bureaucracy) and the burden of livelihood removed from him. And anyone who releases himself from the burden of Torah has the burdens of government and of livelihood…
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