RE'EH 2012

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   LACK OF OPTION “C” ראה אנכי נותן לפניכם היום הברכה והקללה…  See that I put before you today the blessing and the curse.  The blessing, when  you listen to the Mitzvoth of Hashem, your G-d, which I command you; the curse, if you do not listen to the Mitzvoth… Our rabbis teach us that G-d…

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EKEV 2012

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 HIGH HEELS והיה עקב תשמעון את המשפטים האלה ושמרתם ועשיתם אתם ושמר ה’ אלקיך לך את הברית ואת החסד אשר נשבע לאבותך  And, the result will be, when you adhere to these laws and do them, Hashem your G-d will keep the covenant and the kindness which he swore to your Forefathers. The word עקב…

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vaetchanan 2012

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  GOOD INTENTIONS ואהבת את ה’ אלקיך בכל לבבך ובכל נפשך ובכל מאודך    You shall love your G-d with all your heart… The word heart in Hebrew is לב  with only one letter  ב . Here, the Torah says to love G-d with all your לבב, which implies to love Him with both hearts. The good…

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spanish vaetjanan

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 ¿QUIÉN REALMENTE QUEMÓ EL TEMPLO SAGRADO? En el párrafo “Najem”, recitado en las plegarias de la tarde de Tisha Be´av, recordamos la destrucción y reconstrucción del Bet HaMikdash de la siguiente manera: “Tú lo encendiste en llamas y con llamas Tú habrás de reconstruirlo” (כי אתה באש הצתה ובאש אתה עתיד לבנותה וכו’). También el Midrash cita esta declaración –…

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DEVARIM /TISHA BAV 2012

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CHOOSING LAST WORDS The Midrash elaborates on the name of the last book of the Torah . Devarim, from the root word Devorah, bee. . Just as a bee dies after it stings, so, too, he who delivers words of rebuke: To teach you that when someone rebukes the Jewish Nation, even rightfully so, he…

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