'When seemingly unrelated events coincide particularly cyclical events that normally are not connected the question arises what common theme do they share? As well as does this common theme have a particular relevance to current events? Merely assigning these events coming together to happenstance would be contrary to a belief in Providence.

8 Adar celebrates the syum, the completion of a study cycle for both the 1 chapter and 3 chapters a day study cycle of Maimonides’ Yad HaChazakah…

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More about Amalek

ויאמר דוד אל הנער המגיד לו אי מזה אתה ויאמר בן איש גר עמלקי אנכי, Dovid then asked the young man who was telling him, “Where are you from?” And he replied, “I am the son of an Amalekite convert.” (Shmuel II 1:13)

This week’s Haftorah is regarding the episode…

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Take a Break and Get Rid of Amalek

ויקרא אל משה וידבר ה' אליו מאהל מועד לאמר, He called to Moshe, and HaShem spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying: (Vayikra 1:1)

In this week’s parasha the Torah states (Vayikra 1:1)ויקרא אל משה וידבר ה' אליו מאהל מועד לאמר, He called to Moshe,…

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Keeping the Marriage Complete

אלה פקודי המשכן משכן העדות אשר פקד על פי משה עבדת הלוים ביד איתמר בן אהרן הכהן, these are the reckonings of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of Testimony, which were reckoned at Moshes’ bidding. The labor of the Levites was under the…

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Adar is the month of happiness. The Gemara states משנכנס אדר מרבים בשמחה, when one enters Adar, we increase in happiness. Why does the Gemara state that when one, an individual, enters Adar, we all increase in happiness? The answer to this question is the essence of the Purim miracle. Mordechai instructed Esther to beseech Achashveirosh to rescind Haman’s decree of annihilating the Jews. Esther responded with the words לך כנוס את כל היהודים, go and gather all the Jews. The key to our…

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Purim

Purim is all about unity...

The Megillah (Megillat Esther, 3;9) tells us that Haman was willing to give up 10,000 talents of…

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Toras Purim and the rest of the

Jewish Calendar 5769

Prepared by Rabbi Binyomin Adler

Bimei neuray ushetusai, uvimos shikrusai viholilusai, ad shetomru bisifsoseichem dai, viaz ani aaneh eschem kigmulaschem hatovah alai, sheain ritzoni ela lichtov machshevosai, vilo machshevosai machshivoseichem, vihaikar lihashiv machasheves Haman Ben Hamdasa HaAgagi, ubazeh heicheili lichtov es kol tokef Haman bichol yimos hashanah:





Here we are again, ready to celebrate Purim… Continue

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שבת טעם החיים פרשת תרומה תשס"ט

Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Parashas Terumah 5769



The month of Adar and Shabbos are a state of permanency in this temporal world

Introduction

We have now entered into the month of Adar and in less than two weeks we will celebrate the holiday of Purim. It is important to understand the connection between the month that we are in and the parashah that we are currently reading. The Chiddushei HaRim writes that the word Adar is similar to the word… Continue

It is said (Shemos 17:16) vayomer ki yad al keis kah milchama laHaShem baAmalek midor dor, and he said, “For the hand is on the throne of G-d: Hashem maintains a war against Amalek, from generation to generation.” The Medrash (Tanchumah Ki Seitzei 11) states that HaShem said that His Name and His Throne will not be complete until the eradication of Amalek occurs. It is fascinating to note that the Gemara (Taanis 29a) states that mishenichnas Adar marbim bisimcha, when the month of Adar begins,… Continue

Toras Purim

(This can be confused at times with Purim Torah)



Introduction in lieu of a prelude



Well, once again we face the daunting task of writing Toras Purim, the only authentic Divrei Torah on Purim. How can this be, you wonder? Is all the Divrei Torah that we read regarding Purim not genuine? To answer that question, we have to explore the concept of copyright. We all know that when someone puts something into print, that automatically renders the work copyright.… Continue