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The 28th of Shevat is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Menachem Nachum Twersky (ben Yochanon) of Chernoby...
The 29th of Shevat is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Chananya Yom Tov Lipa (ben Yekusiel Yehuda) Teitel...
Human prayer is the service of the spirit. Although people do not realize it, it involves the...
Thoughts that disturb your prayers can be an atonement for your sins. When you are not suspic...
The 1st of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yitzchak Meir (ben Avrohom Yehoshua Heschel) of Zinko...
The question was raised as to why there are different customs regarding the order of prayer, ...
Listening to a musical melody on instruments played by a pious musician for the sake of heave...
The 1st of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yitzchak Meir of Zinkov, son of the Apta Rav (1855). ...
It is written, “These are the histories of the heaven and the earth when they were created - ...
The 14th of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yitzchok (ben Nosson) Sternhartz of Tulchin of Bresl...
When we see the element of corporeality in something or, heaven forbid, of evil, then we are ...
The divine soul of man is transmitted and descends to this world to be clothed in a human bod...
The 12th of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Shmuel (ben Yeshaya) Halevi Horowitz (1972). Born in...
One should make strenuous efforts to attain joy in any way possible, searching within himself...
The 29th of Shevat is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Reuven (ben Yaakov Chaim) Horowitz of Zamotzva (18...
Our Sages teach us that God constricted His Divine Presence between the two staves that were ...
This paragraph is sung by Mordechai and Esther as they reflect on the Purim story: “Give ...
I suspect that the Jews who heard of Haman’s decree did not celebrate God’s kindness, or perc...
The “Servant of God” who is singing the Hallel sees life as a series of challenges to grow as...
The Chasid Ya’avetz introduces this paragraph by explaining it as the praise of Israel when t...
The Chasid Ya’avetz continues his commentary on Hallel by pointing out that the Children of I...
According to the Chasid Ya’avetz, the key verse of the Adar Hallel is, “The heavens are God’s...
Table Talk Series II: Behaalotecha |
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![]() Perspective “At the image of God does he gaze,” (Numbers 12:8) “Yabit.” In Lech Lecha, when God says to Abraham, “Gaze, now, toward the Heavens,” Rashi explains that God lifted Abraham above the stars so that he could look down from that perspective. Rashi defines “Habeit,” as looking down from a high place. How would Rashi explain how Moses gazed upon the image of God? A Position Earned “Gather to Me seventy men from the elders of Israel.” (Numbers 11:16) Those who were the foremen who allowed themselves to be beaten by the Egyptians rather than inflict punishment on their brethren. (See Exodus 5:14) For being willing to suffer to protect their fellow Jews, they deserved to be elevated to high positions. (Rashi) In last week’s portion, “They were the leaders of the tribes,” (Numbers 7:2) Rashi explains that the twelve Princes earned their position because they had been the Jewish foremen in Egypt and had been beaten because of the Jews. Examine the differences between the two Rashis and discuss the why some of the foremen were chosen as Princes and some as Elders. |