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Shir ha-Shirim XVI Part Two: Sefirah 21 |
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 Rabbi Yosei ben Rabbi Chanina said: it is as if a king was distributing largesse to his soldiers through his generals, officers, and commanders, but when his son came, he gave him with his own hand. (Shir Hashirim Rabbah 1.2: 5, Part Two)
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Shir ha-Shirim XVI Part One: Sefirah 20 |
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Rabbi Azariah, or, as some say, Rabbi Elazar, and Rabbi Yosei ben Rabbi Chaninah, and the Sages, gave different illustrations: Rabbi Elazar said: A King had a cellar full of wine. One guest came to him and the King
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Shir ha-Shirim XV Part Two: Sefirah 19 |
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 Rabbi Nechemiah said: When Israel heard the Statement, “You shall not have,” the Evil Inclination was plucked from their heart. They came to Moshe and said, “Our master, Moshe, you become an intermediary between us,
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Shir ha-Shirim XV Part One: Sefirah 18 |
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Rabbi Yudan in the name of Rabbi Yehudah bar Rabbi Simón and Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Nechemiah debated. Rabbi Yehuda said: When Israel heard the words, “I am God, your Lord,” the knowledge of the Torah
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Shir ha-Shirim XIV: Sefirah 17 |
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Rabbi Yochanan interpreted the verse as applying to Israel when they went up to Mount Sinai. It was as if a king wanted to marry a wife of good and noble family, so he sent an envoy to speak with her. She said: “I am
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Acquiring Torah 21: A Fresh Perspective |
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Written by Machberes Avodas Hashem
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 Rabbi Pereda had a pupil whom he taught his lesson four hundred times before the latter could master it. On a certain day having been requested to attend to a religious matter he taught him as usual but the pupil could not
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Acquiring Torah 20: Articulation: Part 1: The Story & Questions |
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The Roman government had once issued a decree that [Jews] might not keep the Sabbath, circumcise their children, and that they should have intercourse with menstruant women. Thereupon Rabbi Reuben son of Istroboli
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Acquiring Torah 19: Marriage |
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Rabbi Akiva gave five instructions to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai when Rabbi Akiva was incarcerated in prison (See Berachot 61b): Rabbi Shimon said to him, “Master! Teach me Torah!” Rabbi Akiva said, “I will not teach
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Acquiring Torah 17: A New Pot |
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Rabbi Akiva gave five instructions to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai when Rabbi Akiva was incarcerated in prison (See Berachot 61b): Rabbi Shimon said to him, “Master! Teach me Torah!” Rabbi Akiva said, “I will not
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Midot Hayom: Day 21: Malchut in Tiferet |
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 When two are learning Torah together it is cherished on High, for it says, Then those who fear God spoke to one another, and God listened and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who
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“When the Holy One, blessed is He, created His world, He created it like an infant born from its mother. For a fetus born from the mother, begins from its navel and expands outward to all four directions so too, the Holy One, blessed is He, began to create the world from the Foundation Stone and from that, the entire world was established.” - Midrash Tanchuma – Pikudei #3
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