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Parashat Shelach

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari (במדבר ×™×’, לב) ארץ אוכלת יושביה היא דרש רבא אמר הקב”×” אני חשבתיה לטובה והם חשבו לרעה אני חשבתיה לטובה דכל היכא דמטו מת חשיבא דידהו ×›×™ ×”×™×›×™ דניטרדו ולא לשאלו אבתרייהו …הם חשבו לרעה :ארץ אוכלת יושביה היא The spies said: “It is […]

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Parashat Behaalotcha

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh וַ֠יֹּאמְרוּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים הָהֵ֙מָּה֙ אֵלָ֔יו אֲנַ֥חְנוּ טְמֵאִ֖ים לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֑ם לָ֣מָּה נִגָּרַ֗ע לְבִלְתִּ֨י הַקְרִ֜ב אֶת־קָרְבַּ֤ן יְהוָה֙ בְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹ בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Those men said to them, “Unclean though we are by reason of a corpse, why must we be debarred from presenting the LORD’s offering at its […]

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Parashat Nasso

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen וְהִתְוַדּ֗וּ אֶֽת־חַטָּאתָם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשׂוּ֒ וְהֵשִׁ֤יב אֶת־אֲשָׁמוֹ֙ בְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹ וַחֲמִישִׁת֖וֹ יֹסֵ֣ף עָלָ֑יו וְנָתַ֕ן לַאֲשֶׁ֖ר אָשַׁ֥ם לֽוֹ׃ And they shall confess their sins which they perpetrated, and he shall make restitution for his sin. (5 The Torah does not frequently mention Vidui, confession. Interestingly, the Torah mentions […]

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Shavuot

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov Shavout is the fiftieth day after the Exodus from Egypt. On this day the nation of the sons of Yaakov became Jewish by accepting the Torah. The whole purpose of Hashem taking Beni Israel out of Egypt was to give them the Torah. The […]

Parashat Bamidbar

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Aharon Seleh Baruch Hashem  כלל ישראל is using Covid-19 to grow and improve. There has been a lot of חיזוק. Our gedolim have told us that Hashem had us leave our shuls. It should bother us. Very much. Why did this happen? The Gemara says when […]