Bernard S. Antin's Blog – April 2008 Archive (4)

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CLUELESS IS EASY

What if one knew the world one knew was ending tomorrow how would one behave? What if one experienced an event so profound that any neutral observer would be affected so fundamentally that the notion of life altering would be a woefully inadequate description. Then again how would one know the significance of the events one lives through?



Questions like this come up in connection with the last day of Passover. The concluding day of the festival in Eretz Yisrael is called “the Seventh… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on April 25, 2008 at 2:37am — No Comments

Rav Alter Henoch Liebowitz ZT'L

Traditionally, the loss of a Torah leader is characterized as “Our Crown Has Fallen”

The Passing of the Rosh HaYeshiva ZT’L ZY’A exemplifies this concept. While the Successor Roshei Yeshiva Rabbis Harris and Grunblatt are without a doubt faithful stewards of the Yeshiva’s legacy however, a seed change has taken place, the Yeshiva will no longer be the same.



To claim a particularly close relationship with the Rosh HaYeshiva or how the Rosh HaYeshiva was a second father and the… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on April 16, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments

BEYOND BITTER TO BETTER

A very dramatic paragraph recited during the Seder Proclaims in part



In each generation they stand to annihilate us

But, The Holy Blessed is He Saves us from them



The Haggada’s author wishes to convey G-D’s promise of deliverance made to Avraham Avinu (Bereshith 15:13-14) was not meant for one time but all time. The Zera Shimshon ZTV’L asks why does the text use generations and not nations? After all, some places in the Diaspora were better than others. Yet the… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on April 11, 2008 at 8:23am — No Comments

BEING THERE

The 21st Mitzvah in the Torah is to Tell The Story Of The Exodus. Shemot 13:8 “And you shall tell your son on that day it is because of this did G-D do for me when I left Egypt” Rashi ZT’L in his commentary explains the Elder is relating to the next generation that through obedience to G-D’s commandments the Pesach Sacrifice, Matzo and the Bitter Maror did G-D perform the miraculous events surrounding the Exodus.



Maimonides in his code of Jewish Law, Yad Chazakah , Laws of Chametz… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on April 4, 2008 at 8:08am — No Comments

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