Posts by Yosef Farhi

click here to see BREAKING STONES FROM HAR SINAI click YITRO 2023 final for download A LESSON FROM A HAR SINAI STONE The exact place of Har Sinai, is still unknown. But the mountain we know, seems to have the following signs: The Nervoni, one of the commentators of the Guide of the Perplexed of the…

click Beshalach 2023 for download THE ART OF DEFINITION AND PERSPECTIVE Different than any other language, Lashon Hakodesh is not a language of words that were just agreed upon by a group of people. Tree means tree, not for any reason, other than that the people agreed upon it. In Hebrew, the word, the root,…

Click Bo 2023 for download THE ART OF PHYSIOLOGY OVER PSYCHOLOGY One of my favorite Sefarim is the Sefer Hachinuch. The Sefer Hachinuch gives a reason for each and every positive and negative commandment. There are so many Mitzvot on the night of the Seder. The mitzvoth of the night have, mostly, to do with…

Click vaera 2023 to download PERSONAL MIRACLE WITH R SHIMON BAADANI Here is a story of a personal miracle with R’ Shimon Baadani A”H. My father-in-law, David Darwich, was very close to R’ Baadani. R’ Baadani would come to visit my father-in-law on the holidays. Every Sukkot Hol Hamoed, the family members would get together…

Click SHEMOT 2023 for download THE ART OF THE SLOW MESSAGE There is a lesson from this Parasha about lessons and communicating new ideas. וַיָּבֹ֛א אֶל־הַ֥ר הָאֱלֹקים חֹרֵֽבָה And he (Moshe) came to the Mountain of G-d (Har Sinai) to Horeb. וַ֠יֵּרָא מַלְאַ֨ךְ יְקֹוָ֥ק אֵלָ֛יו בְּלַבַּת־אֵ֖שׁ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַסְּנֶ֑ה וַיַּ֗רְא וְהִנֵּ֤ה הַסְּנֶה֙ בֹּעֵ֣ר בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְהַסְּנֶ֖ה אֵינֶ֥נּוּ…