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WILLINGLY AND LOVINGLY

Rabbi Aaron of Belz ZTVK’L ZY’A would repeat on the Shabbat of Parashat Nasso “I each generation there are unique individuals who if they wished could bring Mashiach, Messiah. And if they desired to summon Mashiach he would be compelled to come. Why then do these people not wish to bring Mashiach? What stops them from acting? Mashiach must come through an arousal of D-vine compassion [and not compulsion]”

Mashiach’s arrival and the fundamental change in the human condition that is the…

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Added by Bernard S. Antin on May 17, 2013 at 7:23am — No Comments

OPEN DOOR POLICY

Dear Yishai AMUSH,

Best wishes to Malkah, Leah Bat Zion and your cohort at INR/A7. Hope all is well and pre-Pesach preparations are going well. The Pesach Cleaning show was a great idea and worthy of taking credit for as a…

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Added by Bernard S. Antin on March 25, 2010 at 6:33am — No Comments

THE FARE HOME

Bereshith 32:14-33:20 Ya’akov Our Father’s journey home is included in many prayer books as part of the prayers recited after the conclusion of the Shabbat. The Strasnitzer Rebbe ZT’L ZY’A as well as the Amshinover Rebbe ZT’L ZY’A among others observed this practice of reciting part of Parshat VaYshlach as preparation for a trip. In fact. Rabbi Yheudah Ashkenazi ZT’L ZY’A comments in his commentary on Schulchan Aruch ( B’air Haitaiv ,Orach Chaim Chap.299 note 14) that even though the ARI Z’L… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on December 3, 2009 at 9:41pm — No Comments

BEING FREE A THOUGHT FOR THE LAST DAYS OF PASSOVER AND ABOUT AVOTH

There is an almost universal custom to eat a last meal during the waning hours of Passover. Some follow the explanation of the Vilna Gaon ZT’L ZY’A that this last meal to a last opportunity to eat Mazto in fulfillment of a Torah commandment. Chassidim some call this meal the Baal Shem Tov’s meal others principally Chabad call the concluding passover meal Mashiach’s Seuda.

The reason given is the theme of the day is dedicated to Mashiach as it is content of the day’s Haftorah. Further… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on April 14, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

A WINING PERSONALITY

Since the womb the rivalry between Yaakov and Esaiv has set the paradigm for the ongoing struggle between good and evil. Therefore, each event where their lives intersect should be viewed in the context as a contest for world domination.

As Rashi ZT’L ZY’A (25:22) teaches during her pregnancy Yaakov wished to leave so that he may go learn at the Yeshiva of Shem and Evier. Esaiv on the other hand was chaffing to exit at each location of pagan veneration. The alternative interpretation… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on November 27, 2008 at 6:00am — No Comments

DOWN AND GETING UP

The last season wholly belonging to the present year is the Three Weeks between the Fasts of 17 Tamuz and 9 Av, period between the breech of Jerusalem’s city walls and the destruction of the Temple.

The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, the Abridged Code of Jewish Law begins its discussion of this period by stating “Because with the 17th of Tamuz the tribulations associated with the Temple’s destruction [and exile] began therefore some aspects of mourning are observed through Tisha B’Av (9 Av).… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on July 24, 2008 at 2:50am — 2 Comments