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Discutir por discutir נקום נקמת בני ישראל מאת המדינים אחר תאסף אל עמך (לא:ב) Véngate de los Midianitas, y luego (morirás y) te reunirás con tu nación en el Mundo Venidero… ¿Por qué le fue ordenado a Moshé vengarse de los Midianitas y no de los Moabitas? Puesto que los Moabitas combatieron contra los Judíos…

FOR ARGUMENT’S SAKE נקום נקמת בני ישראל מאת המדינים אחר תאסף אל עמך ( לא :ב)  Take revenge for the Jews  from the Midianites, and then you will (die and) be gathered to your People (in the Next World)… Why was Moshe to take revenge on the Midianites and not on the Moabites? The Moabites…

LEADERS OF TOMMOROW People look around, and ask out loud or to themselves – who will become the great leaders of the Jewish people of the next generation? Who will guide and lead the community? Some people look towards those who are sharp tongue or from prominent families. Others look towards those with high I.Q.,…

Recompensa bien merecida Di-s nos pregunta: “¿Quién me ha precedido y debo recompensarlo?” – ¿Quién Me ha elogiado antes de que Yo le diera el alma? ¿Quién circuncidó a su hijo antes de que Yo le diera un hijo? ¿Quién colocó una Mezuzá en la puerta antes de que Yo le diera una casa? ¿Quién…

  EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE Most people agree that there are 613 mitzvot in the Torah. However, the definition of the word mitzvah has different meanings in the eyes of different people. Some people believe, mistakenly, that the word mitzvah means a good deed. This is a serious and grave mistake, for this would imply that mitzvoth…

  Bilam y Avraham: dos extremos del espectro La Mishná famosa en Avot nos enseña que todo aquel que tiene un ojo malo, altivez de espíritu, y un fuerte deseo de buscar el placer y el materialismo, es discípulo de Bilam. Por el contrario, quien tiene un buen ojo, espíritu humilde y autocontrol, es discípulo de…

   CHOOSING G-D’S CHOICE There is a strange scene in this week’s parasha that we must not overlook. G-d assigned Moshe a difficult job – to be the one to tell his older brother, Aharon, that on that very day he was to die and not enter theLandofCanaan. Understandably, Moshe had a hard time coming to…

Eligiendo la elección Divina En la Parashá de esta semana se relata una extraña escena que no debemos pasar por alto. Di-s le asignó a Moshé la difícil tarea de avisarle a su hermano mayor, Aharón, que habría de morir aquel día y no ingresaría a la Tierra de Israel. Es de entender, que a…

JUST A REMINDER Some of the most important things in life – we overlook. Not because they are not important to us, but because it is so obvious that they are important that we think that there is no importance in thinking about them! There are parents who know that spending ten minutes a day…

 Eliminando los celos Recientemente conocí a un hombre de noventa y cinco años que aparentaba ser mucho más joven. Quedé tan impresionado de su energía física y emocional, que no pude resistirme a pedirle el secreto de su longevidad. Feliz de revelármelo, el vigoroso nonagenario saltó de su asiento y comenzó entusiasmado a contarme sus…

GLASSES OF ANXIETY The story of the Spies is one of the greatest mysteries of the Torah. The punishment resulting from their report was from the harshest possible, with ramifications felt until the present day. Instead of being allowed to enter the Land of Canaan immediately, Bnei Yisrael had to remain for forty years in…

       WHO IS TESTING WHO? The Mishna in Avot teaches us:  Ten tests was our patriarch Avraham tested and he withstood all of them – to show the depth of his love (to G-d)… Ten tests our fathers tested G-d in the desert, as it is written: “And they tested me ten times,…

 BLESSINGS OF LOVE Notice the language of the brachah recited before Birkat Kohanim, the blessing given by the kohanim to the rest of the congregation. It is utterly unique: “וצונו לברך את עמו ישראל באהבה …and He commanded us to bless His people, Israel, with love“. In no other blessing before a mitzvah do we…

 G-D’S TORAH AND HIS APPROACH The Sifri (Devarim שמג) relays the following Midrash: Before G-d came to Mt.Sinaito give the Torah to His People, He approached the nations of the world, one by one, and offered them the Torah. He first approached the nations of Esav. Esav’s descendants responded by first asking G-d what is…