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The 28th of Shevat is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Menachem Nachum Twersky (ben Yochanon) of Chernoby...
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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...
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The divine soul of man is transmitted and descends to this world to be clothed in a human bod...
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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...
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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...
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The Vocabulary of Evil: Maimonides rules that one who does not believe that Moses achieved a unique level of prophecy is a heretic. After Aaron and Miriam spoke to Moses, God reacted by teaching them that Moses was different from all other prophets. Does that mean that Miriam and Aaron were heretics before they learned that Moses was different? Did they not know that the man who went up to Sinai for three sets of 40 days and nights was a different sort of prophet? Did they not experience Sinai? My father zt”l taught that Miriam and Aaron knew that Moses was different, but assumed that his great level of prophecy was a gift from God and not earned. They therefore spoke to him as less of a great human being than he was, and that is considered Lishon Harah. This implies that we must always speak with others with an appreciation of all they are. Anything less may cause us to converse in the vocabulary of evil. |