Posts by Yosef Farhi
THE ART OF BEING PROMOTED
Click balak 2021 to download THE ART OF BEING PROMOTED Parashat Balak Why did Bilaam receive prophecy? So that the gentiles wouldn’t be able to offer the excuse that if they had had prophets like Moshe, they would have been better than we were. So, G-d gave the gentiles a prophet on the same…
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Click korah 2021 expanded for download THE ART OF ASKING A RABBI Parashat Korah One of the worst things that has ever happened to Ultra-Orthodox Jewry is that it is not cool anymore to have a Rabbi that you consult with. It has become cool for people to be brave, to make their own decisions.…
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click shlach 2021 final for download THE ART OF WEARING TZITZIT Parashat Shelach The Maggid from Dubno would tell the following story. A man walking in the forest noticed a small house that seemed vacant, but there was a voice of an old man, crying, inside. He hurried over to the house to make sure…
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Click Bhaalotcha 2021 to download THE ART OF LIVING THE PERFECT LIFE Parashat Behaalotcha The worst part of you is the perfect part of you. The perfect part of you causes you to procrastinate; it shields you from reaching your best, and it takes out the playfulness and enjoyment from anything and…
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Click naso 2021 for download THE ART OF LIVING TORAH Parashat Naso After reaccepting the Torah anew on Shavuot, we are to relearn the Torah as if G-d is speaking to us in 2021, relating it to what we are presently going through and accept the 613, with 2021 vision. Just this week, I received…
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