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 […]
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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 […]
By Rabbi David Shasho: It says in this week’s Parashah וּמָל ×”’ ×ֶלֺהֶיךָ ×ֶת לְבָבְךָ וְ×ֶת לְבַב -Then Hashem your G-d will open up your heart and the hearts of your children. The Rishonim point out that the first letters of the words â€×ֶת לְבָבְךָ וְ×ֶת לְבַב“ spell out “×ֶלוּל” to awaken us to do […]
By Rabbi Avraham Moeinzadeh: The Gemarah teaches us in Masechet Chagigah about seven heavens, their names, and what is going on there. The fifth level of the heavens is called “Ma’on.†In this level the mal’achim (angles) are standing and singing for Hashem at night, but are quiet during the […]