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Torah Thoughts: Shoftim: pointless killing
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These are my thoughts on life that I glean from the Torah - parshat hashavua, Daf Yomi, Mishna, etc. Tuesday, September 09, 2008. In Perek 21, it discusses the concept of Egla Arufa - a person was found dead outside a city and the elders have to bring a calf to the nahal. Kill it by breaking its neck and say they did not spill the blood of the man. What does killing a calf have to do with this mans death? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. A Daf a Day. The Sin of Expulsion Blog.
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Torah Thoughts: Eikev: one way or the other
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These are my thoughts on life that I glean from the Torah - parshat hashavua, Daf Yomi, Mishna, etc. Tuesday, September 09, 2008. Eikev: one way or the other. In Perek 9, Moshe tells the nation that they should not think it is because they are so worthy that is the cause of Hashem choosing them and to place them in Eretz Yisrael. He then goes on to remind them of all the bad things they have done and all the ways they have upset Hashem. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Eikev:...
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Torah Thoughts: Masei: affecting others
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These are my thoughts on life that I glean from the Torah - parshat hashavua, Daf Yomi, Mishna, etc. Thursday, July 31, 2008. In 35:34 it says, "ולא תטמא את הארץ. אשר אני שכן בתוכה כי אני ה' שכן בתוך בני ישראל" - do not defile the land. that I dwell within it, for I Hashem dwell amongst Israel. We live in a global village of sorts. Nothing we do is contained and limited to our own sphere of influence. Everything has an affect on the greater community. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Daf a Day.
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Torah Thoughts: Vaeschanan: 2 parts to a mitzva
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These are my thoughts on life that I glean from the Torah - parshat hashavua, Daf Yomi, Mishna, etc. Thursday, August 14, 2008. Vaeschanan: 2 parts to a mitzva. In 7:1-3 the Torah commands us to wipe out the nations already residing in the Land of Israel. It then commands us to not allow them to continue living there, and to not intermarry with them. If we already have to wipe them out, then why is it necessary to have secondary commandments of not letting them buy property and not intermarrying? To find...
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Torah Thoughts: Dvarim: the most important lessons
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These are my thoughts on life that I glean from the Torah - parshat hashavua, Daf Yomi, Mishna, etc. Thursday, August 14, 2008. Dvarim: the most important lessons. Moshe reviews the events and lessons that they encountered and experienced in the desert. Perhaps more time should be spent reviewing the older, more forgotten events? That lesson is mostly derived from the more recent events, and therefore those are the ones Moshe dwelled on, for the most part. Boats Sail On The Rivers. And overtops the trees,.
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Torah Thoughts: Re'aih: a blessing for nothing special
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These are my thoughts on life that I glean from the Torah - parshat hashavua, Daf Yomi, Mishna, etc. Tuesday, September 09, 2008. Re'aih: a blessing for nothing special. In 15:18 it says that when you release the servant, it should not be difficult for you. and Hashem will bless all that you do". Why should you be blessed for letting him go? You bought him for 6 years and the 6 years is up. He is a free man. Why do you deserve a blessing for this? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Daf a Day.
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Torah Thoughts: Va'Eschanan: entering Eretz Yisrael
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These are my thoughts on life that I glean from the Torah - parshat hashavua, Daf Yomi, Mishna, etc. Thursday, August 14, 2008. Va'Eschanan: entering Eretz Yisrael. Moshe reviews the experience of the giving of the Torah, and how it happened. It raises the question - why did Hashem give the Torah in Chutz La'aretz? Why not take the Jews right into Eretz Yisrael and give the Torah there? To their having entered the land. So had they entered Eretz Yisrael and then been given the Torah, perhaps it would hav...
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Torah Thoughts: Chayei Sarah: Responsibility
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These are my thoughts on life that I glean from the Torah - parshat hashavua, Daf Yomi, Mishna, etc. Sunday, November 15, 2009. In Parshat Chayei Sarah we find the Torah going through great length and detail in relating the story of how Eliezer, servant of Avraham, searched for a wife for Yitzchak. Not only does it go through unusually lengthy detail in relating the story, it repeats it a second time also in great length and detail, as Eliezer reviews the events for Lavan, Rivkah's brother. The torah rep...