Wednesday, August 13, 2008

7 Mitzvos

There are 7 official Mitzvot in the first Parsha of the Shma which we say twice a day -

Hashem is One

Love Him
Learn & teach His Torah
Say the Shma
Tefilin on the arm
Tefilin on top of the head
Mezuza
!!!
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Saving a Marriage

Two words

Speak gently

See Gitin daf 7a. First 2 words on daf.

This includes saying - I'm sorry !!!
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Fw: choosing priorities

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Monday, August 11, 2008

Keep on Asking

We learn from voeschanan that a person should always keep on praying to Hashem for help for what he needs.
Hashem can make it happen.
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Mitzva Count

Parshas Devorim has 2 official Mitzvos
On Leaders
- They have to be Torah learned
- and people who are not afraid to follow through.

Parshas Voeschanan has 12 mitzvos -
1- to avoid negative desires
7 - to focus on Hashem
1- to avoid testing Hashem
3- to avoid the negative
-
12.
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Thursday, August 7, 2008

WHY ?

Why did Hashem establish the tragic day of Tisha Bav ?
The Talmud Taanis 29a
(First wide line ) explains
Hashem I see you were crying for no reason on that day , so I will give you reasons to cry.

Rav Miller ztl explained
We need to learn not to cry for no reason !
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Monday, August 4, 2008

Devarim

The Sefer contains 200 Mitzvos of the 613.
The Parsha contains 2 -

# 414 - A Judge has to be appointed on the merits of his Torah Wisdom.

#415 - A Judge may not be afraid of any person when it comes to rendering a Torah decision.
Torah Justice Rules.
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Thursday, July 31, 2008

The Secret

To finding a great Shiduch for your children.
See Yevomos 63a , 12 lines up from the bottom & Rashi 5 lines up.
Go down a step.

Rashi explains - don't accept ( or don't keep on waiting for someone that you think may be better ) because it may not work out.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Gentle Words -Prevention

When a husband speaks to his wife about food preparations or home issues he must use a calm / gentle approach , at all times , even right before Shabos.
Gitin 7a ( top line ).

The reason this lesson is in the laws of Gitin is because it is one of the methods required to prevent trouble.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

APpreciating Travel

Why does the Torah list the 42 places the Jews stayed during their travels ?

We learn that every place has its purposes. When a person travels somewhere he should know that Hashem has reasons He is sending him for lessons etc.
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Monday, July 28, 2008

Relating to a Levite

What should we think about when we see or meet a Levy ?

They serve as models for us because when Moshe Rabeinu announced
Who is for Hashem ? Come to me ! They all gathered to volunteer.
We should learn from them to stand up for Hashems honor !
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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Mitzvos of Masai

There are 6 official Mitzvot -
On the theme of
Helping & protecting People.

- Provide cities for the Leviim

- Never put a criminal to death if we don't have 2 witnesses

- A witness has to report facts no opinions

* We do not accept money
- to exempt someone from a death penalty
- or from exile.


Oops we skipped
3 - Beit Din must send one who killed someone by mistake to a city of refuge.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Prioritizing

When you need to choose what to do first every day , should it be that which is most important or the smaller things , to get them out of the way ?

See answer in 32:16 , Rashi
& in Moed Katan 9a. Rashi 8 lines up from bottom.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

The Best Sefer

The Vilna Gaon wrote a letter where he writes
They should read some Mishlei every day. It is better than all other Mussar Seforim. !!
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Monday, July 21, 2008

Two Mitzvos

There are two official Mitzvos in Parshas Matos -

1 - to follow the system of cancelling ones Neder , if it was made.
2 - to always Keep ones word as much as possible.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Special offerings

Why was it that on Shabos there were only 2 extra offerings at the Beis Hamigdosh , whereas on Rosh Chodesh there were 11 extra ?
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Leaving a Legacy

Why are the laws of inheritance in the Torah in Parshas Pinchos ?
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Parshas Pinchos

There are 6 official Mitzvos in the Parsha
* laws of inheritance
* daily offerings
# Musaf offering on Shabat
* 11 offerings on Rosh Chodesh
* Musaf of Shevuot
- Blow Shofar on Rosh Hashono
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Monday, July 14, 2008

Pinchos is Eliyohu

This is a statement of our Sages. What connection do we see between them ?
One answer is that Pinchos stopped people from desecrating the holiness of Bris Milah thus he became the angel of the Bris.
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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Fw: Very Important Day for Daf Yomi-This Sunday, Don't Miss Out On theOpportunity

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