Monthly Archives: December 2009

Reality: When the Dreamer Wakes Up and Tell Us What to Do.

December 25, 2009
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Parhsa Miketz and Parsha Vayigash, both deal with revealing what is hidden. Previously in Parsha Vayeishev , each of the three times that Yosef revealed a dream to his brothers, their hatred of him increased. When Israel (Yakov) sent Joseph to Shechem to find out about the well being of the brothers, they threw him...

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About This Blog, What it is, and What it Hopes to Become.

December 24, 2009
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This Blog is about many different things. My readers should understand that my writings on Torah based topics are not meant to be authoritative. Indeed in the community in which I live there are people who never seek to enlarge upon a theme which has not been previously documented by mefarshim (commentaries) or chazal. In...

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Today’s Brainstorm & Revealing the Hidden Secrets.

December 21, 2009
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Usually I am not able to simply, boom, hit you over the head with the amazing thought or idea that I had today. Typically there is an elaborate introduction, so why should this post be different from any other post? Today at Passaic Torah Institute, I had wondered if during the mussar  (*…traditional Jewish...

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The Hidden Light of Chanukah.

December 18, 2009
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At a recent shiur (class) in the Nesivos Shalom we we learning about how when you exclude the shamesh candle, that there are a total of 36 candles lit during the holiday of Chanukah. It is now a pretty well known secret that there are 36 Tzadikim (perfectly righteous) people who at any given time, within...

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Concert In Passaic NJ-Saturday December 19, 2009 @8PM

December 16, 2009
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Concert In Passaic NJ-Saturday December 19, 2009 @8PM

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The Essence of Chanukah:Torah She’Baal Peh (Oral Torah)

December 10, 2009
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The Essence of Chanukah:Torah She’Baal Peh (Oral Torah)

The Essence of Chanukah:Torah She’Baal Peh (Oral Torah): Revised 12/12/09: On this web site I often will write about things having to with my new found orthodox jewish lifestyle. Currently, I do spend a significant part of my day, typically several hours ad day learning Torah @ Passaic Torah Institute. In my humility I...

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Chanukah, We Won The Battle but Lost the War!

December 10, 2009
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Before I open this discourse, I want to inform my readers that it is my understanding that the entire “University System” is based on the Greek model of education. The Socratic method, where the teacher focuses the discussion by asking a series of questions, and then seeks to elicit the answers is all but...

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Chanukah and the Oral Torah

December 8, 2009
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I have been avoiding writing original material directly on the Torah Parsha (the weekly portion of Torah which is publicly read in shul each shabbos) for some very specific reasons. One simple reason has to do with the fact that there is always a great deal of written information from various sources which can readily...

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