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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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We are very excited to announce a new display of the new articles posted each week.  We were able to group them by categories so you can now display them as a slide show by simply scrolling with the arrows to the right of See All or by seeing a list of those articles with the arrows to the right of Latest. Enjoy!!!!! Smile

 
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  • Reb Tzaddok: The Map of The World

    Why was Betzalel chosen as the master architecht of the Mishkan? God chose him because he und...

  • Sefat Emet: Vayakhel

    The beginning of this week’s parsha describes the national campaign to gather all the materia...

  • Rav Kook on Art

    The art of the Mishkan reminds me of a lovely quote from Israel's first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi...

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  • Hachodesh: As Youths

    “Who satisfies your mouth with goodness, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle.” (Psal...

  • Hachodesh: A New Heart

    “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of ston...

  • Hachodesh: Pesach Cleaning

    Our celebration of Rosh Chodesh marks the onset of spring in the Jewish tradition. The partyi...

  • Hachodesh: New For Us

    “Sometimes there is something of which someone says: ‘Look, this is new!’ – it has already ex...

  • Radoshitzer Pesach

    The 22nd of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Eliezer Dovid (ben Hillel) Finkler of Radoshitz (192...

  • Rav Zevin: Pesach II

    Reciting Kiddush at the Seder Table - Dancing in the Dark For the last thousand years the fif...

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Noam Elimelech: Making the Words of our Prayers Shine Print E-mail

Noam ElimelechParshas Noach: (7th piece): “Make a Tzohar an opening or window for the Teyva ark.” The famous commentator Rashi explains that the word Tzohar is a precious stone. We can also suggest that the Hebrew word for ark -Teyva can also mean “a word”.

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Blessings of the Torah: Like a Bride Print E-mail
Written by rabbi joseph   

Blessings"He gave to Moshe, when He finished speaking with him" (Ki Tisa 31:18). "Kechaloto" (when He finished) can be read as "Kechalato"- like His bride. Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish said:

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