Parhsa

This Week’s Torah Portion-Ki Seitze.

September 8, 2011
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Graphic Representation of the Ten Sefirot

One thing I learned fairly recently, is that the Torah Portion of the week starts to “exert it’s influence on us” after Tuesday. Therefore the Torah Portion of the week which has information specifically relevant to our lives for right now, is the portion which will be read, or publicly lained in Shul this coming Shabbos. The name of the Parsha is Ki Seitzei, and is the portion of our Holy Torah which will be lained (read publicly from a Torah Scroll requiring a minimum of ten Jewish men- a minion to be present) this Saturday, Shabbos in synagogues and shuls all over the world. The portion is in the 5th book of Moshe (our teacher) which is also called Devarim (or Deuteronomy) in the non-Jewish world. The portion starts at Deuteronomy chapter 21:10 and ends at Chapter 25:19. When I resume writing this piece I will be discussing Mitzvah (commandment) given to chase away the mother bird, before taking the egg. While I normally do try to avoid using non-Jewish sources, sometimes expediency requires otherwise, in this case, its merely the words translated into English that are needed. Deut 22:6-7 (Jewish) )6 “If, as you are walking along, you happen

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Torah Tidbits For Elul

August 30, 2011
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We used a cropped photo of this for our Aliyah file!

בס״ד Frum Find & The Writers Cafe Present An Inspirational Shiur for the Community   The Remez of the Torah   By Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Kessin   Rabbi Shmuel Zvi is a Ba’al Remez, or expert in identifying Torah hints and showing how they relate to our modern day experiences. He is a scholar known for his Innovative perspective, his approach is highly original.  His ideas both deeply resonate and amuse.   Wednesday, August 31st   111 Kensington Terrace Passaic, NJ   (off Park Ave, btw Brook & Howard)   7:30 PM   Light dinner will be served   Incoming search terms:liane\s dvars

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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 and a pit, and he was sold into slavery, and taken down to Egypt. Miketz: In Egypt Joseph was hurried out prison over to Pharoh to interpret his dream. He is given a new name by  Pharoh; Zaphenath-paneah. which means according to Rashi and Rashbam means “he who explains what is hidden”. An interesting way to look at, the longest sustained narrative in the Torah, is how can we consider the actions of the Joseph and his brothers as “mistakes” when we see that it is through these mistakes, that G-d’s plan is enacted. There are different opinions about how we can understand and learn from the actions and yes sometimes even mistakes, of the Avos (fathers) and the 12 brothers, the sons of Yakov. One opinion might lead one to view the 12 brothers and the Avos as superhuman perfect tzadikim and therefore beyond reproach.

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