Vayikra 1:2 Speak to the Bney Yisroel and say to them: when a man/adam from you will bring an offering to Hashem from animals, from cattle or from the flock you should bring your sacrifice. Rashi says that the phrase “Ki Yakriv” teaches us that this Pasuk refers
Read more →Author: Sefer Ahavas Chesed Day 33 – With Open Eyes SEFER AHAVAS CHESED – Part II Chapter IX footnotes Wherever the potential is greatest for a Jew’s neshamah to fully blossom, the yetzer hara is there, planting spiritual weeds to undermine its growth. Since chesed is the
Read more →Adam and Eve are in a difficult situation. They know they were created to have free will. But free will only comes when you have desires that cause a lack of clarity, which allows you to choose between good and evil. Adam and Eve have their desires
Read more →Adam & Eve: Is Too Much Knowledge a Dangerous Thing? (2:4 – 3:24) In the story of creation, the Torah tells us that G-d created us to give us a gift. So why is life the way it is? Shouldn’t a world created by G-d to give
Read more →Throughout the twentieth century, and continuing into the twenty-first, we see a trend almost unprecendented in the history of the world. The nations of the world have been moving towards a greater and greater unity. It started after World War I with the founding of the League of Nations.
Read more →Free Will or Predestination “And the children clashed within her.” (Genesis 25:22) Whenever she passed the entrances to the House of Study of Eber, Jacob struggled to exit, [whenever] she passed the entrance to houses of idol worship, Esau struggled to exit (Rashi) The Midrash cited by Rashi
Read more →Author: Rabbi Pinchas Morse Source The Midrash, Bereishis Rabah 22:6, describes the operation of the body in the following way. “Rebbi Abba said the yetzer hara (the body) is similar to a bent over man who posed as a robber and sat at a crossroads. To every
Read more →Breishit 29 The Destruction of Shechem: Is Killing Ever Kosher? (Ch. 34) Two years ago, after many months of Palestinian violence, the Israeli army invaded Jenin, a center of terrorism in the West Bank. The world was outraged—Israel going after terrorists in a crowded refugee camp would be sure
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