Posts by Yosef Farhi
english toldot 2012
SEEING THROUGH THE SKIES And it was when Yitzchak became advanced in age and his eyes dimmed from seeing… (27:1). Rashi explains why Yitzchak had lost his eyesight: when Yitzchak was on the altar and his father was about to slaughter him, the Heavens opened up, the Angels were crying and their tears fell…
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Ver a través de los Cielos “Y fue cuando Itzjak envejeció y se debilitaron sus ojos…” (27:1). Rashí explica los sucesos que llevaron la pérdida de la visión de Itzjak: al encontrarse sobre el altar, a punto de ser sacrificado por su padre Abraham, se abrieron los Cielos y las lágrimas de los ángeles…
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YISHMAEL THE BAAL TESHUVA I was coaching a very serious yeshiva boy who was feeling horrible about himself. He said that he had done some type of sin, and that he could never repent. Repentance to him meant to regret the past so much that he could uproot the past. He felt that there…
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Ishmael el Baal Teshuvá Cierta vez me tocó acompañar a un joven estudiante de Ieshivá, quien se sentía muy mal consigo mismo. Él declaraba haber cometido un cierto pecado, sobre el cual jamás podría arrepentirse; pues para él el arrepentimiento consistía en lamentar el pasado en forma tal que lograse desarraigar lo realizado. Él…
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THE GREATEST TEST FOR MANKIND A few years back, there was a small minyan that gathered in a room adjacent to the house of one of the neighbors. The intimate group in its cozy quarters used to invite a diverse choice of speakers between Mincha and Arvit Friday Night. One fellow shared the following idea,…
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