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  • Parsahs Hazinu, derush 1, “The testimony of heaven and earth”
    2024/10/01

    Parsahs Hazinu, derush 1, “The testimony of heaven and earth”

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    10 分
  • Parshat Nitzavim,Survivable curses, Derush 1.
    2024/09/23

    Parshas Nitzovim, Survivable curses, Derush 1.

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    9 分
  • When adultery turns into idolatry
    9 分
  • The beis hamikdash, and the gift of Eretz yisrael, part 2
    21 分
  • The beis hamikdash, and the gift of Eretz yisrael, part 1
    2024/09/20

    The Beit Hamikdash, or Holy Temple, was a beautiful and impressive structure that served as a central place of worship for the Jewish people. The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the holiest site in Judaism and is where two Beit Hamikdash structures once stood.

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    12 分
  • THE KOHEN'S PRAYER DIRUSH 2
    2024/09/20

    The Priestly Blessing, also known as Birkat Kohanim in Hebrew, is a sacred Jewish prayer that is recited in synagogues. It is a central passage in the Bible, appearing in Numbers 6:23–27. The blessing is made up of three verses, with three words in the first verse, five in the second, and seven in the third.

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    15 分
  • Parshas ki savo, Bikkurim, the first fruits of the seven species
    2024/09/15

    Rav Shimshon Chaim Nachmani lived more than 250 years ago. A respected rav and talmid chacham in Italy, he studied under the father-in- law of the Ramchal and was referred to by the Chida as a “chasida kadisha,” a holy chassid.

    Rav Nachmani was blessed with one son, who passed away in his father’s lifetime. Realizing that he would not be leaving a child to inherit him, Rav Nachmani left, instead, a legacy of Torah thoughts – Sefer Zera Shimshon on the Torah.

    And he left a paragraph in the sefer’s Introduction which would be changing lives centuries later.

    “Please study my sefer,” he writes, entreating those reading his words. “Reward is great for those who do kindness graciously, and you shall have much peace from Heaven. Your eyes shall see children and children’s children, like olive shoots around your table. Your homes will be full of all the good. Wealth and honor will not cease from your descendants…”

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    15 分
  • Avshalom's uprising and the war of Gog and Magog
    2024/09/12

    Our parashah discusses the laws of a ben soreir u'moreh, a "rebellious and

    wayward son," who is punished for his errant behavior (Devarim 21:18-21). In this derush, Zera Shimshon focuses on Avshalom, the rebellious son of David HaMelech, to whom the Sages point as a classic example ben soreir u'moreh (see Midrash Tanchuma, Ki Seitzei ).

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    14 分