Posts by Yosef Farhi
THE ART OF BECOMING THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF
Click acharei mot kedoshim 2021 for download THE ART OF BECOMING THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF Parashat Aharei Mot/ Kedoshim Parashat Acharei Mot, opens with the discussion of how Nadab and Avihu died while inappropriately entering the Mishkan, and how Aharon and all future Kohanim Gedolim are to serve on Yom Kippur in the…
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click tazriah metzorah 2021 for download THE ART OF OVERCOMING THE BEAST WITHIN Parashat Tazriah / Metzorah It has been said, that when you pray, you are talking to G-d, and when you learn Torah, G-d is talking to you. I would like to add to that. When you are praying, you are contemplating how…
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Click vayikra 2021 to download THE ART OF FAITH “Why do we drink four cups of wine on the Seder Night?” is a question to which most people have only one answer. The answer most people know is that the cups are correspondent to the four terms of redemption G-d promised Moshe. והוצאתי והצלתי וגאלתי…
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Click vayakhel pekudei 2021 to download THE ART OF FIGHTING YOUR YETZER HARA Parashat Vayakhel Pekudei/ Passover Each year before Passover, there are so many things about Chametz I have a hard time understanding. Our Rabbis teach that the Chametz is what prevents us from serving G-d. (Berachot 17a) The Zohar writes in numerous places…
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Click ki tisa 2021 to download THE ART OF PATIENCE The episode of the Golden Calf is one of the hardest episodes to understand, when reading the text as is, without the help from the Oral Torah and commentaries. Only after learning the story in depth, can we understand Aharon’s behavior; we can understand that…
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