Rabbi Binyomin Adler's Blog – May 2008 Archive (5)

Shabbos: Taam HaChaim Bamidbar 5768

Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Bamidbar 5768



Shabbos in the Parashah



In this weeks parashah the Torah discusses the encampment of the Jewish People in the desert. The Sfas Emes (Bashalach 5645) writes something extraordinary regarding the generation that sojourned in the desert. The manna is referred to in the Torah as lechem min hashamayim, bread from heaven (Shemos 16:4). Based on a Medrash, the Sfas Emes posits that that the manna that the Jewish People ate in the desert was… Continue

Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on May 30, 2008 at 4:44am — No Comments

Shabbos: Taam HaChaim Bechukosai 5768

Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Bechukosai 5768



Shabbos in the Parashah



In this week’s parashah it is said (Vayikra 26:3) im bichukosai teileichu vies mitzvosai tishmiru vaasisem osam, if you will follow My decrees and observe My commandments and perform them. The Medrash states (Vayikra Rabbah 35:1) that it is said (Tehillim 119:59) chishavti derachai vaashivah raglai el eidosecho, I considered my ways and returned my feet to Your testimonies. Dovid HaMelech said, “Master of the… Continue

Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on May 23, 2008 at 6:46am — No Comments

Shabbos: Taam HaChaim Behar 5768

Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Behar 5768



Shabbos in the Parashah



In this week’s parashah the Torah discusses the laws of Shemittah, where every seventh year we are obligated to let the land in Eretz Yisroel lie fallow. The standard explanation for the rationale behind this mitzvah is that by allowing the land to rest, we are demonstrating our subservience to HaShem. It takes a quite a bit of faith for a farmer to refrain from working his field for an entire year, and the Torah… Continue

Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on May 16, 2008 at 8:18am — No Comments

Shabbos: Taam HaChaim Emor 5768

Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Emor 5768



Shabbos in the Parashah



In this week’s parashah it is said (Vayikra 23:1-3) vayidabeir HaShem el Moshe leimor dabeir el kol adas binei Yisroel viamarta aleihem moadei HaShem asher tikriu osam mikraei kodesh eileh heim moadai sheishes yamim taiaseh melacha uvayom hashevii Shabbos Shabbason mikra kodesh kol melacha lo saasu Shabbos hi laHaShem bichol moshvosocheim, HaShem spoke to Moshe, saying: Speak to the Children of Israel and say to… Continue

Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on May 9, 2008 at 6:40pm — No Comments

Shabbos: Taam HaChaim Kedoshim 5768

Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Kedoshim 5768



Shabbos in the Parashah



In this week’s parashah it is said (Vayikra 19:1-2) vayidabeir HaShem el Moshe leimor dabeir el kol adas binei Yisroel viamarta aleihem kedoshim tihyu ki kadosh ani HaShem Elokeichem, HaShem spoke to Moshe, saying: Speak to the entire assembly of the children of Israel and say to them: You shall be holy, for holy am I, HaShem, your G-d. Rashi quotes the Medrash (Vayikra Rabbah 24:5) that states: this portion of… Continue

Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on May 2, 2008 at 7:08am — No Comments

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