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Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Vaera 5772
שבת טעם החיים וארא תשע"ב
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Vaera 5772
Five Questions With Behind the Scenes Answers
Questions
- At the end of last week’s parasha Moshe complained…
Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on January 20, 2012 at 8:15am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Shemos 5772
שבת טעם החיים שמות תשע"ב
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Shemos 5772
Five Questions With Behind the Scenes Answers
Questions
- Why did Pharaoh not declare an all out war against…
Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on January 13, 2012 at 4:55am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Vayigash 5772
שבת טעם החיים ויגש תשע"ב
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Vayigash 5772
Five Questions With Behind the Scenes Answers
Questions
- Why is it necessary for the Torah to repeat the…
Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on December 30, 2011 at 8:13am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Chaye Sarah 5772
Transforming the Sins into Years
ויהיו חיי שרה מאה שנה ועשרים שנה ושבע שנים חיי שרה, Sarah’s lifetime was one
hundred years, twenty years,…
Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on November 18, 2011 at 5:44am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Yom Kippur 5772
Yom Kippur and Shabbos:
Two Parallel Worlds
אם תשיב משבת
רגלך עשות חפציך ביום קדשי וקראת לשבת ענג לקדוש ה' מכבד וכבדתו מעשת דרכיך ממצוא חפצך
ודבר…
Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on October 7, 2011 at 7:43am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Rosh HaShanah-Haazinu 5772
Wake up and see the Light
היום הרת עולם היום יעמיד במשפט כל יצורי עולמים, today is the birthday of the
world. Today all creatures of the…
Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on September 28, 2011 at 6:54am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Eikev 5771
שבת טעם החיים עקב תשע"א
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Eikev 5771
Listen and Listen Well
והיה אם שמע תשמעו אל מצותי אשר אנכי מצוה אתכם היום לאהבה את ה' אלקיכם ולעבדו בכל לבבכם ובכל נפשכם, it will be that if you hearken to My commandments that I command you today, to love HaShem, your G-d, and to serve Him with all…
ContinueAdded by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on August 19, 2011 at 7:19am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Devarim 5771
שבת טעם החיים דברים תשע"א
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Devarim 5771
Leave the Upheaval and Enter into Shabbos
ה' אלקינו דבר אלינו בחרב לאמר רב לכם שבת בהר הזה, HaShem, our G-d, spoke to us in Chorev, saying: Enough of your dwelling by this mountain. (Devarim…
ContinueAdded by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on August 5, 2011 at 4:20am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Shavuos-Behaaloscha 5771
שבת טעם החיים שבועות-בהעלותך תשע"א
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Shavuos-Behaaloscha
5771
Determination to Illumination
ויאמר אל נא תעזב אתנו כי על כן ידעת חנתנו במדבר
והיית לנו לעינים,
he said, “Please do not forsake us, inasmuch as you know our encampments in…
Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on June 7, 2011 at 9:34pm — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Naso 5771
שבת טעם החיים נשא תשע"א
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim
Naso 5771
A little bit goes a long way
ישא ה' פניו אליך
וישם לך שלום, May HaShem lift His countenance to you. (Bamidbar 6:26)
In this week’s parasha the Torah discuses numerous topics,…
ContinueAdded by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on June 3, 2011 at 1:00am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Behar 5771
שבת טעם החיים בהר תשע"א
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Behar
5771
The Return to Freedom and Holiness
וקדשתם את שנת
החמשים שנה וקראתם דרור בארץ לכל ישביה יובל היא תהיה לכם ושבתם איש אל אחזתו ואיש
אל משפחתו תשבו, you shall sanctify the fiftieth year and proclaim…
Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on May 13, 2011 at 3:16am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Acharei Mos-Shabbos HaGadol-Pesach 5771
שבת טעם החיים אחרי מות-שבת הגדול-פסח תשע"א
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Acharei
Mos-Shabbos HaGadol-Pesach 5771
Distance yourself from the actions of the
Egyptians and take the sheep of mitzvah
כמעשה ארץ מצרים אשר
ישבתם בה לא תעשו וכמעשה ארץ כנען אשר אני מביא אתכם שמה לא תעשו…
Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on April 14, 2011 at 2:18am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Tazria-HaChodesh 5771
שבת טעם החיים תזריע-החדש תשע"א
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim
Tazria-HaChodesh 5771
Seeds for our own future
דבר אל בני ישראל
לאמר אשה כי תזריע וילדה זכר וטמאה שבעת ימים כימי נדת דותה תטמא, speak to the Children of Israel, saying:
When a woman conceives and gives birth to a…
Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on April 1, 2011 at 12:43am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Shemini-Parah 5771
שבת טעם החיים שמיני-פרה תשע"א
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Shemini-Parah
5771
Holiness without Borders?
ויקחו
בני אהרן נדב ואביהוא איש מחתּתוֹ ויתנו בהן אש וישימו עליה קטרת ויקריבו לפני ה'
אש זרה אשר לא צוה אתם. ותצא אש מלפני ה' ותאכל אותם וימתו לפני…
Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on March 25, 2011 at 12:07am — No Comments
Toras Purim 5771 (Enjoy reading :) )
Toras Purim 5771[i] (with footnotes!)
The Late Edition of Toras Purim 5771, set to expire before Sunset of the New Day which occurred yesterday, and which may never occur again. Haman hung from the gallows, so why shouldn’t we hang out together a little longer, until the story ends that never…
Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on March 17, 2011 at 4:00am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Vayakhel 5771
שבת טעם החיים ויקהל תשע"א
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Vayakhel 5771
United we stand, in the Mishkan and on Shabbos
ויקהל משה את כל עדת בני ישראל ויאמר אליהם אלה הדברים אשר צוה ה' לעשות אותם, Moshe assembled the entire Assembly of the Children of Israel and said to them: These are things that HaShem commanded, to do them. (Shemos 35:1)
In this week’s…
ContinueAdded by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on February 25, 2011 at 6:57am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Ki Sisa 5771
שבת טעם החיים כי תשא תשע"א
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Ki Sisa 5771
Holy Cow?
וינחם ה' על הרעה אשר דבר לעשות לעמו, HaShem reconsidered regarding the evil that He declared He would do to His people. (Shemos 32:14)
In this week’s parasha the Torah records how the Jewish People, upon despairing of Moshe returning from his ascent on the mountain to…
ContinueAdded by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on February 18, 2011 at 7:26am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Terumah 5771
שבת טעם החיים תרומה תשע"א
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Terumah 5771
Preparing for Holiness in the Exile
ועשו לי מקדש ושכנתי בתוכם, they shall make a Sanctuary for me – so that I may dwell among them. (Shemos 25:8)
In this week’s parasha the Torah relates how HaShem instructed Moshe regarding the building of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle that…
ContinueAdded by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on February 4, 2011 at 5:55am — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Beshalach 5771
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Beshalach 5771
The Sea split but HaShem’s kingship was not yet complete
ה' ימלוך לעולם ועד, HaShem will reign forever. (Shemos 15:18)
In this week’s parasha we find an amazing concept that should literally stop us in our tracks. The parshaha is well known for the Splitting of the Sea, the song that the Jewish People sang when HaShem drowned the Egyptians and saved the Jewish People, and for the battle with our archenemy,… Continue
Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on January 14, 2011 at 1:10pm — No Comments
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Shemos 5771
Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Shemos 5771
The Unconquerable Light
ותהר האשה ותלד בן ותרא אותו כי טוב הוא ותצפנהו שלשה ירחים, the woman conceived and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was good and she hid him for three months. (Shemos 2:2)
In this week’s parasha the Torah records the birth of the leader of the Jewish People, Moshe. It is said (Shemos 2:2) ותרא אותו כי טוב הוא ותצפנהו שלשה ירחים, she saw that he was good and she hid him for three… Continue
Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on December 24, 2010 at 4:39am — No Comments
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