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Looking for solutions over just being angry? The Wise Guys interview Dr. Henry Elay to find answer to cover fears, our rights, and how to respond. Do not miss this podcast! COVID CON 21 SOLUTION SUMMIT Oct 14-16 will be featuring an amazing lineup of Doctors, School Superintendent, Lawyers, and Senator. 3wiseguys@hebrewnation.net

One can never find themselves until they leave the place of their physical birth to find the place of their spiritual birth. The journey will reveal many aspects of one's life including the discerning of what is luggage and what is baggage. Joinedtohashem.org

The Morning Scroll is your weekly, bite-sized parsha study with Rabbi Deena Cowans.  We're on Season 2 of The Morning Scroll - cycling back through the Torah but this time with new insight and a blessing to end the episode!This week, we read Parashat Lech Lecha. Check out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here.  Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and recorded by Kalman Strauss.

Parashat Lech Lecha introduces us to Avraham, yet the Torah does not actually provide any clues as to who he was. In this week's episode we consider Avraham's mysterious identity, and why God chose to leave out any background information.

On the Israel Podcast: Abraham was leaving home and heading to the Land of Israel, while we are coming home and back to the land in his footsteps. Join Rabbi Yishai for a chat about writing the original Aliyah Day law, bringing the first high level UAE visitor to Hebron, and putting in a beautiful new sink the Tomb of Ruth and Yishai in Hebron. And on the Torah portion: How God showed Abraham the Exodus at the Covenant Between the Parts!

It is in the best interest of a person to utilize the gift of tefila as much as possible. There are many yeshuot and berachot that Hashem wants to give us, and the way for us to access them is through tefila . The Ramban writes, the reason that Hashem did not heal the speech impediment of Moshe Rabbenu is because Moshe never asked for it. We don't want to deprive ourselves of potential blessings that were potentially within our reach. Prayer can even give us what is conceivably beyond our reach as well. The Gemara says in Masechet Nida daf 70b, if a person wants to become wise, he needs to spend time learning Torah and also ask Hashem for wisdom, and both are equally necessary. The Maharsha there explains the Gemara to be speaking about a person who is naturally unintelligent as Hashem decreed how much brain power that person would be given. Which means, even a person who is physically unable to comprehend certain concepts, with prayer and a lot of effort in learning, Hashem will change the person's capacities and enable him to understand things that he previously was unable to understand. As well, Rashi in Masechet Avodah Zara daf 8 writes, if a person forgets his learning, he should elongate his prayers during the beracha of chonen hadaat in the Amida . That is a medication that can heal deficiencies that no doctor has the ability to heal. Of course, along with prayer a person needs to make hishtadlut and review his learning, but for us to know that prayer is a wondrous segula for wisdom and memory is a very valuable piece of information. The better our kavana is, the better the prayer will be. The Taz writes, the main kavana in tefila is to remove all thoughts of distraction and to imagine oneself standing right in front of the Shechina. Before we start the Amida , it's so important to keep that in mind and, as we know, tefila is not bound by the three prayers a day, we can make use of it any time we want. Rabbi Zilberstein told a story of a taxi driver in Israel who earned enough money just to put food on the table for his family and pay his basic expenses. He had to pay rent for the taxi he used and if he didn't get enough jobs on any given day, he would come home that night with less money than he started with. One day, he had so few jobs he was embarrassed to come home and face his wife. He pulled over to the side of the road in the late afternoon and began talking to Hashem. He lifted up his hands in prayer and begged Hashem to provide sustenance for his large family. He poured out his heart and before he even had a chance to finish his tefila , there was already a knock on his window. Initially, he thought he was being told to move his vehicle from an illegal parking spot, but then he saw it was a potential customer. The man asked how much it would be to go from where they were in Teveria to Ashdod and then back. The driver said he hadn't had a job like that in a very long time. He told the man it would cost 1500 shekel. The man then asked how much it would be for the waiting time there. The driver said, “Well, it goes by half hour increments.” The man said, “What if I give you a total of 2000 shekel, no matter how long I make you wait. Would that be okay?” The driver thought in his mind he'd wait all night for that price and he said, “sure, no problem.” In the end, the man only made him wait for an hour. It was an hour and 45 minutes each way and 4 and a half hours later, this man came home with 2000 shekel, thanking Hashem for immediately answering his tefila . Tefila is always beneficial. The benefits are not always immediate and they are not always readily obvious, but for sure every prayer will benefit us.

On the Israel Podcast: Abraham was leaving home and heading to the Land of Israel, while we are coming home and back to the land in his footsteps. Join Rabbi Yishai for a chat about writing the original Aliyah Day law, bringing the first high level UAE visitor to Hebron, and putting in a beautiful new sink the Tomb of Ruth and Yishai in Hebron. And on the Torah portion: How God showed Abraham the Exodus at the Covenant Between the Parts!

Shemuel 2 Perek 2: Anointing of Two Kings This perek in Sefer Shemuel 2 is taught by Mrs. Marjorie Salem TanachStudy.com  

News and commentary for Wednesday, 13 October, 2021.

Moed Katan 17a A wasp came and stung the ostracized scholar on his penis and he died. Because he was a great Torah scholar, they took him into the caves in which the pious are interred in order to bury him there, but the caves did not accept him. A snake stood at the entrance of the caves and did not let them pass. They then took him into the caves of the judges, and they accepted him. Follow Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus! Facebook fan page Instagram: @drbatsheva Book: Sex Points www.DrBatSheva.com Follow Rabbi Linzer! Rabbi Linzer's other podcasts YCT Facebook community Instagram: @YCTorah www.YCTorah.org Have a question for Rabbi Linzer and Bat Sheva Marcus? Click to submit yours! Moderated by Sara Rozner Lawrence. Produced by Billy Procida.

Rabbis Rebecca Schatz and Josh Pernick are joined by Rabbinic Resident David Kaplinsky in a discussion of important issues raised in the hit Israeli TV series "Srugim" and their relationship to halakha (Jewish Law). Each podcast in this series will address an issue raised in a specific episode of "Srugim". This podcast is based on season 3 episode 14. The discussion was conducted via Zoom on October 13. 2021. Special Guest: Rabbi Josh Pernick.

Avraham Shabsi Hakohen Friedman (Hebrew: אברהם שבתי הכהן‎, born March 22, 1959) better known by his stage name, Avraham Fried, is a popular musical entertainer in the Orthodox Jewish community. Connect with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Website: https://rabbiefremgoldberg.org/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/efrem.goldberg Twitter: http://twitter.com/rabbigoldberg Rabbi Efrem Goldberg is the Senior Rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS), a rapidly-growing congregation of over 800 families and over 1,000 children in Boca Raton, Florida. BRS is the largest Orthodox Synagogue in the Southeast United States. Rabbi Goldberg's warm and welcoming personality has helped attract people of diverse backgrounds and ages to feel part of the BRS community, reinforcing the BRS credo of 'Valuing Diversity and Celebrating Unity. Rabbi Philip Moskowitz serves as Associate Rabbi at Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS). His warm personality and dynamic, positive spirit make people of all backgrounds and ages feel a part of the BRS community. Rabbi Moskowitz officiates at life cycle events, provides pastoral counseling, and serves as halachic advisor and close confidante to hundreds of members. Beyond the engaging and relevant Shabbat morning sermons, delivered to multiple, diverse minyanim, and the numerous regular classes and shiurim in the Shul, Rabbi Moskowitz regularly teaches Torah in private homes, local day schools, and the community at large. Rabbi Josh Broide is the Director of the Deborah & Larry D. Silver Center for Jewish Engagement (CJE), a Division of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. He is also the Founder and Director of the Boca Raton Jewish Experience (BRJE), a rapidly growing outreach and engagement program in Boca Raton, Florida. In addition he also works as the Outreach Rabbi at Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS), one of the largest Modern Orthodox Synagogues in North America.

Dear Chevra, We are pleased to bring you the audio shiur given on Parshas Lech Lecha.   Warm regards, Journeys in Torah

Rabbi Adam Kligfeld offers up short bursts of meditation infused with the imagery, wisdom, and the rhythms of our Jewish calendar including selected verses from the Torah. Many of these meditations are performed in sitting positions; some standing. Simply find yourself a comfortable space and let Rabbi Kligfeld's voice and direction guide you into a world of serenity and tranquility. (Facebook/Zoom)

Parashat Lech Lecha This week's Torah portion of parashat Lech Lecha introduces Avraham Avinu – the patriarch Abraham, the original iconoclast and spiritual revolutionary who discovered the One True G-d on his own, and singlehandedly battled against a world sunk in idolatry. Abraham bequeathed the knowledge of Hashem to the world, brought faith to humanity, and rekindled hope for mankind. What fueled this great man's desire for truth, and what gave him the courage to stand alone against the whole world? This week's Jerusalem Lights podcast looks at stories of the road: the early life of Abraham and what led him to embark upon the long and winding road to self-knowledge, truth, and belief in the One True G-d. ___ Rabbi Chaim Richman Jerusalem Lights | Torah for Everyone Please support the work of Jerusalem Lights, a USA recognized 501 ( c ) 3 non-profit organization to enable these productions to continue and grow: Paypal: infojerusalemlights@gmail.com or: https://paypal.me/JerusalemLights?loc... In the USA: Jerusalem Lights Inc. Post Office Box 16886 Lubbock Texas 79490 In Israel: Tel. 972 54 7000395 Mail: PO Box 23808, Jerusalem Israel Subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.rabbirichman.com

Shemuel 2 Perek 1: The Death of Shaul and The Lamentation of David This perek in Sefer Shemuel 2 is taught by Mrs. Marjorie Salem TanachStudy.com  

Rashi Class, a weekly exploration of Torah featuring a deep dive on the text and lively conversation focused on an 11th-century French commentary, conducted by Rabbi Adam Kligfeld at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, this week beginning with Shemot/Exodus 4:10. (Facebook/Zoom)

Rabbi explains how to employ Torah to overcome the tests of life!

Mark Huey of Outreach Israel Ministries delivers the following message on the Torah portion for this week: Lekh-Lekha or “Get yourself out”

The first 11 chapters of Genesis, while packed with incredible stories and invaluable lessons, are merely an introduction to get us, the reader, to Abraham. Generation after generation are wrought with violence and failure. Then, we turn the page to Genesis 12 and meet Abram. He is a new Adam. He is the patriarch of Israel. And, he is new creation embodied.

New Shiur for women Tuesday evenings 8pm at Suburban Orthodox. Explore the profundity of Dovid HaMelech's words intertwined with messages from the weekly Parsha. Series Sponsor: In memory of Yitzhak Dovid ben Mayer Aryeh, Rabbi Dovid Engelsberg, by his wife, Miriam, and children, Edit & Yitzchok Dinovitzer, Shaul & Feige Engelsberg, and Shifra & Dovid Steinberg. Additional Sponsorship Opportunities Available: https://www.suburbanorthodox.org/sponsor

Seldom does Rabbi Steve Berkson do a “timing teaching”, but it seems the Ruach put this one in front of him (at the behest of Rabbi Tom) to bring to you today. This teaching series is based on a tradition called “Shabbat Shuva” or the “Shabbat of Return” which by tradition falls between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur (Day of Trumpets and Day of Atonement). The text for this tradition is Hoshea (Hosea) chapter 14 and begins with, “O Yisra'el, return to Yahweh your Elohim…”So, after having gone through the Spring Feasts – Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Shavuot, which are types and shadows of the Hebrew's exodus from Egypt and journey to Mt. Sinai, have you maintained a faithful, straight walk in Torah? Or, have you gotten “off the path” a little or a lot? Do you sense a call to return to the path, to Yahweh?• What is meant by “crookedness”? What does crookedness cause you to do?• Regarding the call to return – return to what?From there, Rabbi Berkson takes us into Leviticus chapter 26 to look at the reasons to return to the Covenant. In Leviticus chapter 26 the blessings and the curses associated with Yahweh's Covenant with His people are listed.• How is it that you will be able to walk in Covenant with the Creator?From Leviticus, we go to Deuteronomy 4:25 where we can see that Yahweh has an issue with His people and their idol worship. How can we today relate to them in that time regarding ‘idol worship'?Rabbi Berkson then takes us to Deuteronomy chapter 30 to show us one of the final exhortations of Moses to the people as they are about to cross over into the Promised Land. Interestingly, Yahweh through Moses told the people that in their future they would stray from the path they were supposed to walk and be taken from the Land by their enemies, but as they were living in a foreign land, their hearts would turn back to Yahweh and they would return once again to possess and live in their Promised Land.• In this chapter we see the phrase, “circumcise your heart” – what does that mean? Isn't that just a "New Testament" concept? What is it doing left of Matthew?And then we are taken to Romans chapter 10 where Rabbi Berkson points out that the apostle Paul is clearly writing about Torah observance, and indeed substitutes the word ‘Messiah' for the word ‘Torah' as he quotes Moses in the section from Deuteronomy chapter 30.• What does Romans 10:4 really mean?• What is “the righteousness of belief”?• What is “the good news of the good”? • Was there “Good News” before the New Testament?Verse-by-verse and step-by-step Rabbi Steve Berkson takes us on the journey of discovery and learning how to covenant with our Creator and Father which from time to time requires us to turn around and return to His Word so that we can have a sure entrance into His Kingdom.Don't miss out on new teachings every week. Please click on the "LIKE" button if this podcast has been a blessing to you.For more information about MTOI (Messianic Torah Observant Israel), visit our website, https://mtoi.org.Join us on Social media!  Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwideFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mtoiworldwide/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mtoiworldwideWe are located in Cleveland TN. If you would like to know more about us, we would love to hear from you! Feel free to visit us on our website, https://mtoi.org, email us at admin@mtoi.org or call us at 423-250-3020. Join us for Shabbat Services & Torah Study LIVE Streamed on our Main YouTube Channel every Saturday at 1:15 pm (EST) and every Tuesday for Torah Study Live Stream at 6:30 pm (EST).

Prager University 5-Part Series: Making America https://youtu.be/vBtDAJc-8wc PragerU 2.92M subscribers Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. You've heard their names. You may have even heard them referred to as the Founding Fathers. But what exactly does that mean? In this five-part series, Dinesh D'Souza examines how each of them, in their own particular way, helped to create the great enterprise that is America. FOLLOW PragerU! Facebook:

Study Guide Rosh Hashanah 4 Today's daf is sponsored by Sami Groff "in memory of my father, Rabbi Abner Groff. It is fitting that we are starting to learn Masechet Rosh Hashana at the time of your yahrzeit – the High Holiday tefillot were the highlight of your year as a Chazan- after weeks of preparation, your incredibly beautiful tefillot inspired all who had the privilege to hear them. We miss you always." And by Rachel Alexander Levy in honor of the birthday of Miriam Sophie Levy. "Happy 8th Birthday to my daughter! You inspire me to learn the daf every day." The Gemara resolved the contradiction Rav Yosef raised in the two sets of verses about Darius (one seemed to have the count start from Nissan and the other from Tishrei) by saying that one took place when Darius was good to the Jews and the other once he became bad. Rav Kahana asks if it is true if Darius became a bad king. Four answers are brought to show that he did become bad. Questions are raised on these answers and some are resolved. Referring back to the Mishna where it said that the first of Nissan is the first for the holiday, what is the relevance of this? One who takes a vow cannot delay in bringing it. What is considered a delay? Rabbi Shimon held that after three holidays pass in their order - and the order begins with Nissan, Pesach. His opinion is one of five opinions regarding this halakha and all are brought in a braita. From where in the Torah is each opinion derived and what does each one do with the verses that the others use for their proof? 

In this time of trial, we cannot be double minded.

We all enjoy the shofar, but do we understand its significance?

Rabbi Avi Havivi's siddur class at Temple Beth Am Los Angeles in the main sanctuary and via Zoom - October 12, 2021 Special Guest: Rabbi Avi Havivi.

News and commentary for Tuesday, 12 October, 2021.

"Renowned scholar Alan F. Segal offers startlingly new insights into the origins of rabbinic Judaism and Christianity. These twin descendants of Hebrew heritage shared the same social, cultural, and ideological context, as well as the same minority status, in the first century of the common era. Through skillful application of social science theories to ancient Western thought, including Judaism, Hellenism, early Christianity, and a host of other sectarian beliefs, Segal reinterprets some of the most important events of Jewish and Christian life in the Roman world. For example, he finds: That the concept of myth, as it related to covenant, was a central force of Jewish life. The Torah was the embodiment of covenant both for Jews living in exile and for the Jewish community in Israel. That the Torah legitimated all native institutions at the time of Jesus, even though the Temple, Sanhedrin, and Synagogue, as well as the concepts of messiah and resurrection, were profoundly affected by Hellenism. Both rabbinic Judaism and Christianity necessarily relied on the Torah to authenticate their claim on Jewish life. That the unique cohesion of early Christianity, assuring its phenomenal success in the Hellenistic world, was assisted by the Jewish practices of apocalypticism, conversion, and rejection of civic ritual. That the concept of acculturation clarifies the Maccabean revolt, the rise of Christianity, and the emergence of rabbinic Judaism. That contemporary models of revolution point to the place of Jesus as a radical. That early rabbinism grew out of the attempts of middle-class Pharisees to reach a higher sacred status in Judea while at the same time maintaining their cohesion through ritual purity. That the dispute between Judaism and Christianity reflects a class conflict over the meaning of covenant. The rising turmoil between Jews and Christians affected the development of both rabbinic Judaism and Christianity, as each tried to preserve the partly destroyed culture of Judea by becoming a religion. Both attempted to take the best of Judean and Hellenistic society without giving up the essential aspects of Israelite life. Both spiritualized old national symbols of the covenant and practices that consolidated power after the disastrous wars with Rome. The separation between Judaism and Christianity, sealed in magic, monotheism, law, and universalism, fractured what remained of the shared symbolic life of Judea, leaving Judaism and Christianity to fulfill the biblical demands of their god in entirely different ways." (Educational and inspirational materials. The Creators own their content and music/songs

This is Torah Talk for the week of October 10th, 2021 Gen. 15:12 As the sun was about to set [וַיְהִ֤י הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ לָב֔וֹא], a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great dark dread descended upon him … 17 When the sun set [וַיְהִ֤י הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ בָּ֔אָה] and it was very dark, there appeared a smoking oven, and a flaming […]

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Torah and Science: Best of Friends The Synthesis Runs a Lot Deeper Than You Think. Just Do it Right With Rabbi Ari Sollish (Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on September 19, 2021) Many have grappled with the apparently irreconcilable differences between religion and science; “Religion is the domain of faith; science, that of reason,” is a common attitude. A new read of when G-d disrupts a grand feat of modern engineering teaches a refreshing approach.

Chazal tell us, expounding upon the words in the Torah "ורפא ירפא", that from there we learn a doctor was given permission by Hashem to heal. Baruch Hashem, we have many doctors who do their jobs faithfully and save numerous lives, but we must always remember, refuah comes from Hashem and the doctor is just His messenger. Therefore, part of a person's basic hishtadlut in going to doctors is praying to Hashem that the healing will come about. We say in the Ana Bekoach” יודע תעלומותA שועתנו קבל ושמע צעקתינו “– which means, accept our pleas, hear our cries, the One who knows the hidden. The Arizal wrote on those words that the rosheh tevot are the same numerical value as the word רשות – permission. Which means, we must know even though the doctor was given permission to heal, we need to beseech Hashem who knows things that the doctors don't - the יודע תעלומות . Doctors do the best with the information that they are given, but they don't know everything and, therefore, when Rabbi Eliezer Sheik once received a letter from a distraught woman telling him that the doctors have given up hope on her ever having a child, he replied, “The doctors were only given permission to heal, they were not given permission to give up hope. Keep praying and keep improving yourself.” I recently received a letter from a woman whose daughter went through a similar experience. She wrote that her daughter, who we'll call Sarah, got married 7 years ago and in her first year of marriage, baruch Hashem, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy. With everything going so smoothly, she anticipated, with Hashem's help, to have another baby soon thereafter, but that's not what happened. After a year, she went to the doctor to see if something was wrong. They tried different fertility pills but nothing was helping. She went through various procedures and tests, but nothing was coming out conclusive. At this point, four difficult years had gone by with more questions than answers. The doctors wanted to perform an invasive exploratory test which Sarah agreed to do but opted to wait until after she came back from a trip to Israel. There, she received berachot from Gedolim and visited kivrei tzaddikim , praying for yeshua at all of them. One Rebbetzin there told her, “Your emunah in Hashem is going to determine if you have a child, not any doctor's prediction. Pray to Him and trust in Him and, b'ezrat Hashem, you'll be blessed with a baby.” That message really uplifted Sarah and she came home on a high with a new spirit of emunah. She took the test and when the results came back, the doctors told her, “What we thought was the problem was actually not but we did find a much bigger problem we did not anticipate.” Sarah said, “It can't be that I am so infertile. I have a child.” The doctor replied, “Lightning can strike, but what are the odds that it will strike twice?” She was told that day that the chances of her ever becoming pregnant again were less than 1%. A couple of weeks later, this woman who was writing the letter got a phone call from her daughter Sarah one morning saying she had a horrible sinus headache and just wasn't functioning properly. She told her to take an Advil Cold & Sinus. Sarah replied, “But Mom, I can't. What if I find out I'm pregnant? Advil wouldn't be safe.” Her mother interrupted her saying, “The odds are against it, so just take the Advil.” Sarah said, “Don't you remember what the Rebbetzin told us? Hashem is the only One in charge and He could do anything.” The woman hung up from her daughter and called her husband saying, “We have a problem, our daughter is in denial.” Her husband told her, “No, she's not in denial. She has pure emunah, and Hashem's going to reward her emunah.” Well, two weeks later, on a Motzei Shabbat, Sarah called her mother saying she just found out she's pregnant. And nine months later, she had a beautiful baby boy. But the miracle didn't end there. When this little boy was just 5 months old, Sarah found out she was expecting again. Baruch Hashem, she has just given birth to her third boy. Her mother concluded the letter by writing, “How did this happen? What about what the doctors saw? We have no idea and, frankly, it doesn't matter. My daughter believed that Hashem could do anything and, as my husband said, Hashem rewarded her trust.”

The Morning Scroll is your weekly, bite-sized parsha study with Rabbi Deena Cowans.  We're on Season 2 of The Morning Scroll - cycling back through the Torah but this time with new insight and a blessing to end the episode!This week, we read Parashat Noah. Check out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here.  Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and recorded by Kalman Strauss.

On Simchat Torah, we rejoice and celebrate before God, the One Who gave us the Torah. This is an October 5, 2021 translation of a podcast that was originally posted on October 1, 2021. Sucot: Parte 10 Simchat Torah - Cómo amo tu Torá - Inglés y Español.  En Simchat Torá, nos regocijamos y celebramos ante Dios, el que nos dio la Torá.  Esta es una traducción del 5 de octubre del 2021 de un podcast que se publicó originalmente el 1 de octubre del 2021.

Shemuel 1 Perek 31: The War With the Pelishtim and The Death of Shaul and His Sons This perek in Sefer Shemuel 1 is taught by Mrs. Marjorie Salem Sponsored in loving memory of Joseph & Sara Sultan A"H by Rochelle & Jesse Salem TanachStudy.com  

Study Guide Rosh Hashanah 3 Today's daf is sponsored by Glenda Sacks Jaffe in honor of Rhona, Sharna & Diana "and my amazing San Diego Chavruta" and by Shmulik and Ronit Shavit in honor of the birth of their grandson, son of Lior and Yosi Weiss. How do we know that Aharon died before Moshe began his speech, thereby proving that the counting from the Exodus began from the first of Nissan and not from the first of Tishrei? Because Moshe spoke after the killing of Sichon and the verse tells us that the Canaanite King of Arad came to attack upon hearing of Aharon’s death which had brought about the removal of the cloud of glory that had protected the Jews in the desert. What is the connection between the Caananite and Sichon? How do we know that it wasn’t from Iyar, Sivan, Tamuz, Av or Adar, all of which could have been the month the counting began and still the verses with Aharon and Moshe would have worked. Different verses, some from the Torah and one from Chronicles are brought to prove it. Rav Chisda says that the Rosh Hashana for kings that is on the first of Nissan is only for Jewish kings, but kings of other nations are counted from the first of Tishrei. He derives it from Nechemia 1:1 and Nechemia 2:1. Rav Yosef questions Rav Chisda based on verses from Chagai 1:15 and Chagai 2:1 regarding Darius’s (Daryavesh) reign. Rabbi Abahu answers by saying that Cyrus (Coresh) was a good king to the Jews as he allowed them to rebuild the Temple and therefore his years were counted like Jewish kings. Rav Yosef asks two questions – one, other verses about Darius in Ezra 6:15 and Ezra 7:8 seem to follow the calendar for kings of other nations and secondly, Rav Yosef was talking about Darius and Rabbi Abahu talked about Cyrus! The Gemara answers the second question by bringing a braita in which it states that they were the same person. The answer to the first question is that Darius was good to the Jews but then turned against them. Once things changed, his reign was counted like the kings of the nations of the world.    

This Sunday, we hear from teaching team members, Dana and Loretta, on how the Torah shapes our community as we come out of pandemic exile. Sunday, October 10, 2021   Audio:   Sermon Video: The post After Exile: The Torah appeared first on Church Without Walls.

Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: Chassidus applied to Cheshvan What can I do when I feel down and unmotivated? At what point is it customary to stop wishing people a happy new year? Why is it called Marcheshvan? What is the significance and lesson of Zayin Cheshvan? Thinking about the First Temple being completed this month, I am wondering what is more important – the physical Temple or the temple of our homes? Noach follow-up Why did G-d have to command Noach to leave the ark? Were there kangaroos on Noach's ark? Was the entire earth flooded? Lessons from Lech Lecha Was Abraham truly a great man by historical standards? How is Abraham considered to be the first Jew if his mother was not Jewish? What is the significance of Hashem telling Abraham that in order to be successful and become a great nation he first must leave his father's home and place of birth? If we feel uninspired, should we learn from Abraham and leave the place we are living? Shouldn't we discover Hashem on our own as Abraham did, instead of learning it from our parents and educators? Why was so Sarah so special? Didn't she behave cruelly by insisting that Hagar and Yishmael be sent away? Why did Abraham hide Sarah in a box and what possible message does this have for us? What can we learn from their descent to Egypt? If Abraham kept the entire Torah why did he not circumcise himself until G-d commanded him to do so at age 99? Shemitah: Why does a sabbatical year cancel debts? Chassidus question: What is the divine chariot and what is its significance in our daily lives?

The Gemara tells us in Masechet Betza that Shamai HaZaken used to think about his Shabbat food already from Sunday. If he found a nice animal, he would designate it for Shabbat. Then on Monday, if he found a better animal, he would designate that one for Shabbat and use the first one for Monday. This way, all week long, it was considered that he was preparing for Shabbat. Hillel, on the other hand, would take what he found on Sunday and use it for Sunday, what he found on Monday, and use it for Monday and, he knew, when Friday came around Hashem would send him the choicest animal for Shabbat. The mefarshim explain, Hillel was not being lenient in the mitzvah of preparing for Shabbat. Rather, he was practicing his mida of bitachon . He was so confident in his relationship with Hashem that he knew Hashem would give him what he needed when he needed it. The Mishna Berura in siman 250 writes, we are encouraged to follow the practice of Shamai and prepare in advance because, most probably, we do not have the same bitachon as Hillel did. Yes, there is a mitzvah to have bitachon and there are numerous applications of it that we are encouraged to practice on a daily basis, but this type of bitachon requires a high level. As well, it goes without saying, if there are times when preparing in advance is not a possibility then, of course, a person should work on strengthening his bitachon and feel that Hashem can help him exactly at his time of need. Sometimes Hashem shows us how He was planning and preparing for what we were going to need, way before we even thought about it ourselves. Rabbi David Amon, the Rosh Yeshiva of Noam HaTorah in Israel told me that he needed to find a Sefer Torah to borrow for his yeshiva for the month of September to use for all the holidays. It was always difficult for him to find one and he was hoping that one day someone would just donate a Torah to his yeshiva that they could have permanently. About a week before Rosh Hashanah, the Rabbi was mentioning to an older man who frequents the yeshiva that he really needed a Torah and wished that someone would donate one. This man he was speaking to was not a man of means and the Rabbi knew he was not capable of donating one, but for some reason he felt compelled to ask him about it. The man replied he might be able to help. He then made a phone call and five minutes later said he has a wealthy brother who just completed a Sefer Torah in memory of their father, and he would be happy to donate it to this yeshiva. The Rabbi couldn't believe his ears. Just a few days later, a massive Sefer Torah Dedication took place in a large hall, it was like a wedding. The donor got up to speak there. He said he started this project a couple of years ago, but then when Corona hit and all the shuls shut down, he told the sofer to stop. Then when the shuls began opening again, he told the sofer to continue. The sofer recently contacted him saying that the Torah was completed. The man planned on donating it to the shul on the moshav in which he lived. However, the shul just informed them that due to the resurgence of Corona, they were stopping all minyanim indefinitely. The man was so distraught over the news. He was finally ready to dedicate this Torah after two long years and now, no shul again. Just two days later, he received a phone call from his brother about a yeshiva in need of a Torah. He said he had never been to a yeshiva before, but hearing of their need and wanting to dedicate his Torah, he happily agreed to give it to them. As he watched the yeshiva boys dancing with the Torah that night with such exuberance and jubilation, he had tears in his eyes. He was so thankful that he was led to giving his Torah to this institution. And just like that, a few days before Rosh Hashanah this year, the Rabbi had a brand new Sefer Torah in his yeshiva ready for use. The Rabbi asked the man who frequents his yeshiva what gift he could give his brother at the Torah dedication as a sign of appreciation. He told him his brother had mentioned he wanted a Yerushalayim Shel Zahav plaque that had glass on the outside and gold on the inside. The Rabbi once again couldn't believe his ears. He said he had bought that exact plaque months before to give to someone else as a gift, but that person left Israel before he had a chance to give it to him. It had been sitting in his home, wrapped up collecting dust. The Rabbi joyfully presented it to the donor at the dedication and told me the hashgacha here was amazing. The one man who was able to make this connection was sitting right in front of the Rabbi as he was basically thinking out loud how he would get a Torah. Hashem had it all worked out down to the last detail, including the gift he was going to give to the donor. In general, we are supposed to make a normal hishtadlut and recognize it's Hashem who is blessing our efforts, but when a normal hishtadlut is not possible, we work hard on our bitachon and realize Hashem's abilities to help us without a normal hishtadlut .

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