By Rabbi Avraham Moeinzadeh: ו×× ×œ× ×ª×™×˜×™×‘ לפתח חט×ת רובץ “If you don’t do good the sin is lying by the door.” Rabbi Gifter writes in the name of Hagaon MeVilna that the yetzer hara cannot deceive a person unless he finds an emptiness in the heart of that person, […]
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By Rabbi Aharon Seleh: Simchat Torah is coming up. And with it- tremendous opportunities. The ר××©×•× ×™× say whoever truly rejoices during the dancing of Simchat Torah, is ensured that all of his descendents will learn Torah. Furthermore, he’ll merit great ×—×›×ž×™× as his descendants. It is well known that ×—×›× […]
By Rabbi David Cohen: Ö¼×•×œÖ°×§Ö·×—Ö°×ªÖ¶× ×œÖ¸×›Ö¶× ×‘Ö· Ö¼×™Ö¹×•× ×”Ö¸×¨Ö´××שֹון פְרִ ×™ ×¢Öµ×¥ הָדָר The fruit that is initially mentioned in this pasuk is the p’ri eitz hadar. Chazal (Sukkah 35a) have a lengthy discussion as to how to identify this fruit, and suggest various possibilities before concluding that it can […]
By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari: Shalom, Here we are, Shabbat Shuva. The scale is shaking and so are our hearts… The Talmud teaches us ( Rosh Hashana 16b) â€œ×‘×™× ×•× ×™×™× ×ª×œ×•×™×™× ×•×¢×•×ž×“×™×†The people who aren’t completely righteous nor completely evil are hanging… We are given a break, a few days, to […]
By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: Rosh Hashana is the day of judgment. Anything that happened this past year with our health, parnassa, jobs, and the pandemic was written on Rosh Hashana and was signed on Yom Kippur. Anything that will happen next year will be written and signed on these upcoming […]