פרשת מצורע / ב’ בניסן תשפ”ב
What happens when you only have ten during davening and one leaves in the middle? We had such a situation and the solution within Jewish Law is that we continue as if we have a minyan to the next major stopping point.
Tag: Torah
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Preparing the Next Generation
פרשת תזריע / כ”ח באדר ב’ תשפ”ב
This week’s Parsha starts with the commandments concerning childbirth. It stresses the necessity of giving a Jewish baby boy a Brit Milah. At the Brit Milah we traditionally say that he is small now, soon he will be big and should be big in Torah and good deeds.
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When to Rescind Permission
ו’ בחשוון תשפ”ב / October 12, 2021
What was the problem between Abraham and Lot. What was the real reason that they separated.
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Holiness in the Center
ה’ בחשוון תשפ”ב / October 11, 2021
Abraham is sent on a holy mission to be at the center of the ancient world. This so that others may learn from him.
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Go For Yourself
ד’ בחשוון תשפ”ב / October 10, 2021
In Parshat Lech Lecha Abraham is told to leave his country, nation & family and to travel for himself. That he, through the Torah, is the master of his fate. As opposed to the theory that we are doomed by our birth, country class, etc.
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Better Rather Than Perfect
ב’ בחשון תשפ”ב / October 8, 2021
The story of the flood starts off saying that Noah was a righteous man in his generation. Why the qualifier? Either he was righteous or not. Here we see why.
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What Was Wrong with the Tower of Babel
כ”ט בתשרי תשפ”ב / October 5, 2021
Why was the generation of the Tower of Babel punished? What was the real problem from God’s point of view.
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Why Noah Was Chosen
כ”ח בתשרי תשפ”ב / October 4, 2021
Unlike ancient cultures which recorded the flood but gave no moral reason for the flood or why the survivor was chosen, the Torah stresses that Noah was chosen because he was righteous.
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Morality From the Bottom Up
ז’ בתשרי תשפ”ב / September 13, 2021
The Torah warns that if our society is immoral then the leaders will be immoral. An immoral leader is symptom of a bad society.
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True Jewish Leadership
ד’ בתשרי תשפ”ב / September 10, 2021
The Torah commands that the king read the Book of Deuteronomy to the people once every seven years. This is more for the king than the people. It is to teach him that even he has to obey the Torah.