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Rabbi Yitzi's Blog: March 2015
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Sunday, March 29, 2015. What About the Frogs? On Chol Hamoed we read in the Torah, that a treifa should be thrown to the dogs. Why do the dogs get this treat? It is brought down, that because the dogs remained silent when the Jews were leaving Egypt, they get a treat, they get the meat. The Question is: What about the frogs? During the plague of frogs we learn that the frogs jumped into the ovens. Total self sacrifice for Hashem. Why don't the frogs get a treat? Heard from Yisroel Varnai). We can take a ...
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Rabbi Yitzi's Blog: May 2015
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Thursday, May 28, 2015. This week's Torah portion, Nasso, is the longest parsha with 176 verses. It is always read right before or right after Shavuoth. This is a clear indication that there must be something of great importance to be learned from here that is central to our keeping of the Torah. What central lessons can be learned from these three sections, Levi's responsibilities, Cohen's blessing and Yisrael's inaugural offerings? The Jewish people and the Torah are one. We are the ones who live i...
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Rabbi Yitzi's Blog: January 2015
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Thursday, January 29, 2015. Finding Strength in Impossible Situations. In this weeks parsha, Bishalach, Hashem has the Jewish people turn around and backtrack. Now they find themselves stuck between the raging sea and the nearing Egyptian war machine. They turn to Moshe and he turns to Hashem in prayer. Hashem says to Moshe "Why do you cry out to Me? Speak to the children of Israel and let them journey forth". What lessons can we take from this? How does this connect with Yud Shvat? Yes, all the time....
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Rabbi Yitzi's Blog: Hashem in your Home
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Thursday, August 6, 2015. Hashem in your Home. In this weeks parsha, Eikev, we read "And now Israel, what is Hashem your G-d asking of you? Only to revere Him, to walk in His ways, to love Him.". What is Hashem asking of us? How does one revere and love Hashem? Being that Hashem can't be seen, it is possible to forget for moments, that He is there. Hashem wants you to make Him a real part of your life. To develop such a close relationship with Him that His presence feels as if you could see Him. When Has...
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Rabbi Yitzi's Blog: What Great Women Teach Us
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Thursday, July 16, 2015. What Great Women Teach Us. This week's Parsha, Mattos Maasei,. Ends with the Daughters of Tzelafchad, keeping the words of Hashem, marrying into their father's tribe, Menashe. The Torah here mentions them by name for the third time, an honor which is bestowed on very few. Not only that, Hashem chooses to close the book of Bamidbar, Numbers, with them. This clearly indicates that there is something about them that is central to the book of Bamidbar. How do we accomplish this?
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Rabbi Yitzi's Blog: Happy or Sad? It is all Perspective
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Thursday, July 23, 2015. It is all Perspective. This week's Parsha, Devarim is always read the Shabbos before Tisha B'Av. For Haftora we read Chazon Yishayahu, the vision of Isaia, giving this Shabbos the name Shabbos Chazon. This year Shabbos Chazon falls on Tisha B'Av and the fast is pushed to Sunday. When this occurs we celebrate Shabbos even more joyfully than a regular Shabbos. Isn't it Tisha B'Av, our saddest day? Why the extra joy? Sometimes, in order to build, you first need to demolish. It i...
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Rabbi Yitzi's Blog: Break Out
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Thursday, July 30, 2015. In this week's Parsha, Vaeschanan, we read how Hashem took for Himself "a nation from within a nation". The Jewish people from within the Egyptians. Moshe is expressing how this only happened for us. Never has one nation been taken out from within another, aside for the Jewish people from Egypt. Why is this detail important for us to know? What lesson can we take from here for our personal lives? On a more subtle level, those who's Jewish observance is because he wants to be like...
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Rabbi Yitzi's Blog: August 2015
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Thursday, August 27, 2015. Together We Are Strong. In this week's Parsha, Ki Seitzei, we read, "You should not see your brother's donkey or his ox falling on the way and pretend as if you don't see them, you should pick up (the load) with him.". The simple meaning here is to help someone in need. On a deeper level, it is about seeing someone who has fallen spiritually. What lessons can we take from here for helping pick up someone who has fallen spiritually? Thursday, August 20, 2015. One of the laws a k...
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Rabbi Yitzi's Blog: Modesty and Fidelity
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Thursday, July 2, 2015. In this week's parsha, we have the famous verse, "Ma tovu ohalecha Yaakov, mishkenosecha Yisrael", "How good are your tents Jacob, your dwellings Israel". The wicked Balam wanted to curse the Jewish people but when he saw their modesty and fidelity he could only bless them. What did he see? This is followed by the prophecy of Moshiach's coming. What lesson can we take from here? How does it connect to Moshiach? We also have laws of appropriate behavior between men and women. Don't...
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Rabbi Yitzi's Blog: Related and Chosen
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Thursday, August 13, 2015. In this week's Parsha, Re'eh, we read "You are children to Hashem your G-D". We also read ". Hashem has chosen you to be for Him a treasured people". Which one is it, are we Hashem's children or has He chosen us? What can we learn from this for our personal relationships? Does one choose their relatives? Hashem is telling us that there is two ways he relates to us. Second He chooses us. He wants us and chooses us every day to be His Treasure. August 17, 2015 at 10:35 AM. Dina's...
