Posts by Yosef Farhi
english VAERA 2013
LESSON FROM A FROG Anyone who gets angry is considered as one who practices idolatry. (Shabbat 105b) Why is it like that? The last time I got angry, I did not feel that I do not believe in G-d. Such a thought did not even cross my mind. As a matter of fact, when people…
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Recuerdos de gratitud Moshé se mostró renuente a aceptar el puesto de redentor de los judíos de Egipto, justificando su oposición con el pretexto de “no ser un hombre de palabras y de poseer una boca y lengua pesadas (una forma de hablar poco clara)“. Moshé se refería al tartamudeo que había sufrido al quemarse…
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“WANNABES” When R’ Chaim Shmulevitz was eulogizing the Brisker Rav, he just cried as he was unable to speak, choked for words. He said that telling the stories of a person’s deeds is the way that people usually give an idea of who that person was. But when we’re talking about the Rav, stories of…
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Rezar histéricamente El Talmud en el Tratado de Berajot (24b) declara: quien levanta la voz al rezar es considerado carente de fe en Di-s. Rashí expone un motivo muy simple para esta declaración: Si Di-s se encuentra en todas partes, ¿para qué esta persona necesita levantar la voz? ¿Acaso Di-s no escucha también sus susurros?…
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RUNNING LIKE WATER The other day, I found a book with sayings from the Rebbe of Kotzk at a street book sale. He was known for his quotes, for the way he would make his point sharper than the point of a needle. When the idea sinks in, a person can only say , “Ouch!,…
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