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| Confessing to God - Tzav |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Our sages teach us that in the absence of the holy Temple, prayer serves act as a substitute for ritual sacrifices. As such, the principles... |
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| Eating in Holiness - Shemini |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| How can this be? How does eating the additional hot dog or donut literally knock a person down the rungs of the spiritual ladder... |
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| Meeting the Tzaddik - Tazria |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| God doesn't punish; He educates us, leads us on the right path, and helps us attain our necessary tikkun, or soul correction, so that we'll be worthy vessels... |
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| Never Despair! Metzora |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Never in all of history has there been such a widespread Jewish spiritual rebirth and thirst for Torah as in the present... |
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| Hashem Takes Pride in Every Jew |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Parshat Acharei Mot - The task of the "designated man" is tremendously important, namely, to lead the scapegoat to the desert. The entire... |
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| Parshat Korach |
| By Breslev Israel staff |
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| Korach incites a mutiny challenging Moses' leadership and the granting of the kehunah ("priesthood") to Aharon (Aaron), accompanied by... |
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| Parshat Chukat |
| By Breslev Israel staff |
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| Moshe (Moses) is taught the laws of the Para Aduma (Red Heifer), whose ashes purify a person who has been contaminated by contact... |
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| Parshat Balak |
| By Breslev Israel staff |
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| Balak, the King of Moab, summons the prophet Balaam to curse the people of Israel. On the way, Balaam is berated by his... |
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| Parshat Pinchas |
| By Breslev Israel staff |
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| Aharon's (Aaron) grandson, Pinchas, is rewarded for his act of zealotry in killing the Shimonite prince Zimri and the Midianite princess.. |
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| Parshat Mattot Masei |
| By Breslev Israel staff |
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| Moshe (Moses) conveys the laws governing the annulment of vows to the heads of the tribes of Israel.War is waged against Midian... |
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| What's in a Name - Mikeitz |
| By Jacob Rupp |
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| In the fabled world of the American celebrity, the rich and famous are known to spend money on everything from clothes suited for royalty... |
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| Sorry Seems to Be... - Vayigash |
| By Jacob Rupp |
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| Little is more absolute than human infallibility. God created the world in a way that all of life hinges on man’s free will... |
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| Where's Your Head? - Vayechi |
| By Jacob Rupp |
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| Everyone has their own approach to learning. Some prop their eyes open with toothpicks and study until the wee hours of the night... |
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| Light My Fire - Shemot |
| By Jacob Rupp |
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| What can we learn from the burning bush? If you live in sunny California or in the Arab Middle East, it may sound like an intriguing political... |
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| The Grounds for a Perfect Relationship |
| By Jacob Rupp |
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| Parshat Vaeira - A lot of Jews ask themselves, "What is Judaism? Is it a people or a religion? Is it a reason to schlep to synagogue twice a year? |
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| A Shabbos Gathering - Vayakhel |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| If so, then beginning with the mitzvah to build the Mishkan just after returning from G-d with atonement for the golden calf would have hammered... |
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| On Account of the Mishkan - Pekudei |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| Very often, simple words in the Chumash have a much deeper meaning than normal. This is often the case with the word "eileh," which translates as... |
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| Parshat Metzora |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| One must be zealous in his or her avodas-Hashem (service of G-d), and be willing to withstand social pressures to "bend" with the "winds of change" when... |
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| The Process of Redemption - Acharei Mot |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| For those who don't know, Samae"l is the angel whose job it is to try to obstruct us from doing mitzvos, so that we can have the chance to overcome him and... |
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| Holy Mitzvah! - Kedoshim |
| By Rabbi Pinchas Winston |
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| We don't eat for eating's sake, and we don't indulge in other pleasures for their own sake either. We use the physical world as means to... |
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| Parsha Gems - Toldot |
| By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum |
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| The history of mankind has indeed been the history of the clash of cultures and civilizations... |
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| Breath of Faith - Vayeitzei |
| By Rebbetzin Rena Silber |
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| Breathing in is about receiving from Hashem His decision, made every second, that we are necessary in His scheme of life. Breathing out, we give over to... |
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| Parsha Gems - Vayeitzei |
| By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum |
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| The place that Yaakov "hit" while on his way to Padan Aram was none other than the spot... |
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| Concealed Holiness - Vayishlach |
| By Rebbetzin Rena Silber |
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| Shechem: the city is the pulse and political center of the enemy.Israeli forces try to clean out the cancer of terror and thwart the evil residing there... |
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| Becoming a Tzaddik - Vayeishev |
| By Rebbetzin Rena Silber |
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| This idea is illustrated with the famous story of the potential convert who tells Shammai and Hillel that he wants to learn the entire Torah while standing on one foot... |
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| Initiators |
| By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum |
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| The Torah was given to woman first, because when she understands the importance of the Torah, she will ensure that everyone around her understands it as well. |
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| Miriam the Prophetess |
| By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum |
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| Rabbeinu Bachaya notes that Miriam is the first person called a prophet in the Torah. The first time the Torah mentions the word “prophet” is in regards to a woman… |
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| Constant Renewal |
| By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum |
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| This Divine clock given to Israel at redemption is internalized through the experience of womanhood. By means of our monthly cycles, women embody the renewal of the moon… |
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| Hearing the Voice |
| By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum |
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| Physical work does not take away from women’s capacity to listen, and see our task within the context of a greater perspective. Even in the process of changing a diaper… |
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| In Their Merit |
| By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum |
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| “Israel was redeemed from Egypt in the merit of the righteous women from that generation” (Sota 11b). The Jewish midwives played an important role in the redemption… |
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| When Bad Things Happen to Good People |
| By Rabbi Avraham Isaac Kook zatza”l |
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| Parshat Ki Tisa - After Moses succeeded in petitioning God to forgive the Jewish people for the sin of the golden calf, he made an additional request, begging to understand why people suffer… |
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| The Dignity of Clothing |
| By Rabbi Avraham Isaac Kook zatza”l |
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| Parshat Tetzave - Our clothing stresses those qualities that separate us from the animals and their simple physical needs, enabling us to attain a heightened sense of holiness and dignity… |
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| The Inner Song of the Soul |
| By Rabbi Avraham Isaac Kook zatza”l |
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| Parshat Beshalach - Precisely because of its loftiness, praising Hashem cannot be limited. It reflects a deeper and more innate aspect of our essence, an awakening... |
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| Revealing the End of Days |
| By Rabbi Avraham Isaac Kook zatza”l |
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| Parshat Vayichi - Why did Jacob want to reveal to his sons when the final exile would end? Why was he prevented from doing so? Why did Jacob’s sons yell out, “Shema Yisrael?” |
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| Interpreting Dreams |
| By Rabbi Avraham Isaac Kook zatza”l |
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| Parshat Miketz - Do dreams really foretell the future? Does the interpreter really have the power to determine the meaning of a dream, and alter the future accordingly? |
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| The Finest Vat |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Kedoshim: The Jewish souls are like one large vat; when the time comes, each soul is bottled in its own body and sent on its specific task... |
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| Pain and Perfection |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Tazria: A person has a small pain in his chest. The doctor tells him in no uncertain terms that the pain is a warning sign and a major change is imperative... |
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| Uplifting the Inner Animal |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Tzav: Within each one of us there is an animal side that pulls us to be less than we really can be. Our G-dly soul sometimes takes a back seat to powerful forces... |
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| Picture of My Beloved |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Vayakhel: Hashem shows how dear the Sanctuary is to Him by listing every tiny detail in the Torah, and then repeating the entire process of its building... |
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| Picture of My Beloved |
| By Rabbi David Charlop |
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| Parshat Vayakhel: Hashem shows how dear the Sanctuary is to Him by listing every tiny detail in the Torah, and then repeating the entire process of its building... |
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| A Book About Humans |
| By Rabbi Berel Wein |
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| Parshat Bamidbar: for the great many of us, human nature trumps common sense, logic and true Torah values. Did the generation of Bamidbar act like that too? |
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