Rabbi Binyomin Adler's Blog – June 2009 Archive (4)

Shabbos: Taam HaChaim Parashas Korach 5769

שבת טעם החיים פרשת קרח תשס"ט

Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Parashas Korach 5769



Korach was not for the sake of Heaven

Introduction

In this week’s parashah the Torah records the incident where Korach challenged the authority of Moshe. The Mishna in Avos (5:17) refers to this dispute as a machlokes shelo lisheim shamayim, a dispute not for the sake of Heaven. There are various explanations for this statement. One opinion is that the Mishna refers to the machlokes as a dispute… Continue

Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on June 25, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Shabbos: Taam HaChaim Parashas Shelach 5769

שבת טעם החיים פרשת שלח תשס"ט

Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Parashas Shelach 5769



Our mission in this world

Introduction

In this week’s parasha the Torah records the incident of the Meraglim, the spies that Moshe sent to ascertain if the Jewish People would be capable of conquering Eretz Yisroel. The spies retuned from their forty day journey with a slanderous report, and this report was the catalyst for the Jewish People to die out in the Wilderness. There are many aspects to… Continue

Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on June 18, 2009 at 3:44am — No Comments

Shabbos: Taam HaChaim Parashas Behaaloscha 5769

שבת טעם החיים פרשת בהעלותך תשס"ט

Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Parashas Behaaloscha 5769



The ups and downs of life

Introduction

In this week’s parasha there appears to be an underlying theme throughout all the episodes that the Torah mentions. This theme is the idea of contrast. We find in the beginning of the parashah that Aharon is disturbed that he and the tribe of Levi were not involved in the dedication of the Mishkan, until HaShem consoles him by informing him that he… Continue

Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on June 11, 2009 at 8:15am — No Comments

Shabbos: Taam HaChaim Parashas Naso 5769

שבת טעם החיים פרשת נשא תשס"ט

Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Parashas Naso 5769



It will be good in the end

Introduction

In this week’s parasha we learn about two seemingly unrelated ideas. One idea is that of the Sota, the adulteress woman who is warned by her husband not to have any contact with another man. The woman is subject to a humiliating process, where, if convicted, her stomach swells and her thigh falls, and she dies because of her deviancy., If she is found… Continue

Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on June 5, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

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