JI Y-Studs – The Greatest Passover

Y-Studs A Cappella presents: “The Greatest Passover,” an A Cappella Passover-cover of The Greatest Showman.“The Greatest Show,” “This Is Me,” “From Now On,” and “Come Alive” originally featured in The Greatest Showman.

COLLIVE.COM Rabbi Yitzi Inspiring the World

NBC’s Today Show featured Shliach Yitzi Hurwitz who is battling ALS, and his wife Dina, who despite the hardship and challenges have inspired the world.

Nachum Highlights the New Koren NCSY Siddur with Debbie Stone

Nachum welcomed Debbie Stone, Director of Day School Engagement at New York NCSY and co-author of the new Koren NCSY Siddur, to this morning’s JM in the AM to discuss this important new addition to the Koren siddur line-up. From the OU Press website: “An inspirational collaboration, The Koren NCSY Siddur has been designed as a tool for young people to explore their relationship to their God, their history, the values and religion of their people, and ultimately their own identity. Key innovative features: –Commentary divided into four categories: Reflection, Connection, Learning, and Photographic commentary on the tefilla –Unique layout encourages deeper connection to the prayers –Appendices include: FAQs on tefilla collected from students and adults, practical guide to enhancing one’s kavana, useful bibliography, guide to the Jewish year, stories, and more. –Thought-provoking questions, narratives, and quotes help the user think and feel beyond the standardized liturgy. English translation by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks”

With Liberty and Justice

Passover and Shavuot are two acts in the same drama. The Exodus on Passover remains incomplete without the Revelation on Shavuot. Charting the fifty-day count of the Omer between the two holidays, Senator Joe Lieberman – together with Rabbi Ari Kahn – presents fifty short essays on the interplay of law and liberty in our lives. Drawing on the Bible and rabbinic literature, US politics and modern legal theory, Jewish humor and American folklore, the authors follow the annual journey from Egypt to Sinai, illustrating that there can be no liberty without law, no freedom without justice.Order here.

OU HOLIDAYS Something to Say at the Seder 5778: Hallel at the Seder By Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD

L’ilui nishmas Yoseif Nissan ben Yechezkel, Joseph Glatt, a”h Why do we split the Hallel into 2 parts on the night of the Seder? Why don’t we say a bracha on Hallel at the Seder? Why do we praise the Name of Hashem, not Hashem himself? Why is saying Hallel everyday blasphemous?

RABBI WEIN ON TZAV 5778

The entire relationship between God and Israel is reflected in the opening verb of this week’s Torah reading. The word “tzav” reflects an attitude of command and of subservience. Even though explanations for the command may be given and understood, the command itself remains viable and imperative no matter what.

RABBI WEIN ON PESACH 5778

One of the more amazing things about the holiday of Pesach is that even though it is over 3300 years old it is relevant and current to our world today just as it was when it was originally celebrated by the Jewish people in Egypt long ago. It naturally speaks to every generation in a different tone and nuance, but its basic message of human freedom and Godly service has never changed.

OU TORAH The Difference Between Tzav and Vayikra Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Is Parshat Tzav simply a repeat of Parshat Vayikra? In the following shiur, as we undertake a ‘tedious’ study that will explain how and why they are very different – we will also arrive at several conclusions that will help us appreciate why we eat ‘kosher’ meat. Introduction In both Parshiyot Vayikra and Tzav we find an organized set of laws concerning each of the five basic categories of korbanot: OLAH, MINCHA, CHATAT, ASHAM and SHELAMIM. However, in each Parsha, the order and detail of their presentation are quite different.

OU TORAH Haggadah 5778 By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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YU TORAH Haggadah 5778 By Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik

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YU TORAH TORONTO TORAH Pesach Seder Companion 5778

Passover Seder-ready divrei torah on the Haggadah from past and present members of Yeshiva University Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov, and university students who learn with us.

OU TORAH Shabbat HaGadol as Independence Day By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

I remember well when the age at which one could vote or drink was 21. From my perspective when I was a child, and frankly eager to do these things, it seemed to be an injustice to set the age bar so high. Twenty-one seemed a long way off. As time progressed, the age for all of these things became lower and lower. By that time, I was well past the age of 21 and was critical of allowing children these privileges prematurely.

OU TORAH Giving Thanks By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

The first words we are taught to say each morning, immediately on waking, are Modeh/modah ani, “I give thanks.” We thank before we think. Note that the normal word order is inverted: Modeh ani, not ani modeh, so that in Hebrew the “thanks” comes before the “I.” Judaism is “gratitude with attitude.” And this, according to recent scientific research, really is a life-enhancing idea.

RAV KOOK ON Passover Part 2: The Second Seder in Jerusalem

n the spring of 1934, many Jewish tourists from Europe and the United States traveled to Eretz Yisrael for the Passover holiday. Hundreds ascended to Jerusalem, excited to celebrate the festival in the holy city. The Jewish National Fund, wishing to properly welcome these guests — and potential donors — decided to organize a Seder for them on the second day (Yom Tov Sheini) of Passover. In order to attract religious Jews, the JNF turned to the Chief Rabbi, requesting that he sponsor the event and supervise the kashruth of the festive meal.

RAV KOOK ON Passover Part 1: Answering the Wise Child

The Haggadah speaks of four children. Each one asks his own question, and each one receives a personal response. Education, the Sages taught, is not something that can be mass-produced like a Model-T. The first child, the wise son, is troubled by the Torah’s abundance of rituals and minutiae. For the intelligent and rational, everything should be logical. What meaning can there be in these myriad details and rules? “What is the meaning of the rituals, rules, and laws that the Eternal our God has commanded you?” (Deut. 6:20)

RAV KOOK Tzav Part 2: Appreciating Boundaries

One type of offering brought in the Temple was the korban Todah, the Thanksgiving offering: “This is the law of the Peace offering (Shelamim)... If offered as a thanksgiving offering, then it is presented along with unleavened loaves.” (Lev. 7:11-12) Who brought this offering? The Talmud mentions several examples: “Four need to give thanks: those who sail the seas, those who travel through deserts, the sick who are cured, and prisoners who are freed.” (Berachot 54b) Why did the Sages choose these four situations as examples of individuals who need to publicly thank God?

RAV KOOK ON Tzav Part 1: Guard Your Inner Flame!

A fire was always burning on the Temple altar: “אֵשׁ תָּמִיד תּוּקַד עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ - לֹא תִכְבֶּה.” “There shall be a constant fire kept burning on the altar; it shall not be extinguished” (Lev. 6:6). The fire on the Temple altar is a symbol, representing our inner drive for holiness and spirituality. The kohanim were warned to make sure the altar fire was always burning. We also must guard and cultivate our inner flame: “The divine thirst, raging and storming with its powerful flame in the heart, must not be extinguished. A person who extinguishes a burning coal on the physical altar transgresses the prohibition of “There shall be a constant fire... it shall not be extinguished.” All the more so we must never extinguish a lofty spiritual coal on the spiritual altar of the heart, filled with holy life.” (Orot HaKodesh vol. III, p. 210)

OU Kosher’s Pre Pesach Guide to Keeping a Kosher Passover

Rabbi Elefant, COO of OU Kosher, joins Aussie Gourmet Naomi Nachman and author of A Perfect Pesach at Gourmet Glatt to talk about all of the new OU Kosher Passover products and answer your questions about what is (and isn't) kosher for Passover.

Muqata Please Daven

11:40pm Current list of names for prayers Binyamin ben Tsila (PM Netanyahu...hospitalized Mar. 27, 2018) Asher Haim ben Tamar (stabbed in Jerusalem Central Bus Station, Dec. 10, 2017) Hallel Efrat bat Miriam (9 year-old girl wounded in Arab car stoning in Gush Etzion, Dec. 10, 2017) Reuven Eitan ben Chava Brina (Eitan Ashman) HaRav Avichai Nisan ben Haya (former IDF Chief Rabbi Avichai Ronsky) (April 18, 2017) Roee ben Chava Bella (wounded in PA ramming terror attack today, April 6th) רועי בן חווה בלה May they all have a refuah shelaima -- a full and speedy recovery among all the sick and wounded of Israel.

JEM A MOMENT TO SAVE THE WORLD

Starting forty years ago, the Rebbe’s birthday has been marked as “Education Day, USA” by the sitting President of the United States, in recognition of the Rebbe’s tremendous focus on education, especially children – both Jewish and non-Jewish. The Rebbe publicly acknowledged this honor on multiple occasions, and urgently called for a daily “Moment of Silence” in U.S. public schools, where most American children receive their education. In particular, during the televised Farbrengens, the Rebbe articulated his position with great urgency, all but warning that if the current path of education continues without incorporating a Moment of Silence, calamity is bound to come. With the rash of school shootings of late, many organizations and Shluchim have noticed skyrocketing interest in understanding the Rebbe’s position on this matter, and have requested a clear summary of the Rebbe’s opinion. In honor of Yud Alef Nissan, culminating weeks of research, curating, translating, writing and technical work, the JEM content team is pleased to present a fascinating half-hour broadcast summarizing and presenting the Rebbe’s approach to this area that, according to the Rebbe, is absolutely essential to our country’s future.Click here.

Nachum Presented the 2018 Pesach Products Program

Nachum presented the Annual JM in the AM Pesach Products Program with Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld and Rabbi Eli Gersten of the OU, Ronnie & Larry Birnbaum of J-Drugs and Jay Buchsbaum of Royal Wines/Kedem. As always, they covered a wide array of Pesach related topics from the kashrut of specific food items to preparing the home for the holiday. It was an informative, entertaining program that continues to be a listener favorite year after year. To watch the program visit the NSN Facebook page HERE.

Super-Sized Pre-Pesach Live Lunch from Seasons in NJ

NSN visited SEASONS PASSAIC/CLIFTON from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET today for a special pre-Pesach Supersized Live Lunch. We were joined by our friends from Kedem and Kosher.com to discuss and taste some great wines for Pesach. You can watch the interviews on the NSN Facebook page HERE.

Aneinu Please Say Tehillim

Please say Tehillim for the mother of a Chicagoan who is in need of a refuah shlema, Miriam Devorah bas Motel Tzvia.

Aneinu Please Daven For Little Boy Injured in Apt. FIRE in Israel

Please daven for Schneur Zalman ben Zuslin Shulamis, a 4 year old boy critically injured in an apt. fire in Be'er Sheva. His 2 year old sister did not survive and his mother and two other siblings were lightly injured.

Aneinu Please Daven Surgery Monday Morning

Please daven for Aneinu member,  Esther Zissel Bas Chaya Basha who will be having surgery this Monday morning at 7:30 AM.

Aneinu Please Daven

Please daven for Aneinu member,  Esther Zissel Bas Chaya Basha, who is having surgery on Monday.

OU HOLIDAYS Mikra Bikkurim and How We Tell the Story of Yetziat Mitzrayim By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Understanding Magid: A Biblical Perspective – Expression of Gratitude or Recognition of Destiny Should Passover be understood as our ‘holiday of freedom’ – a special time set aside to thank God for taking us out of slavery? Certainly, the popular song of “avadim hayinu… ata benei chorin” [‘We were once slaves, but now we are free’] – seems to state exactly that point. However, if you read your Haggadah carefully, you’ll notice that those words never appear (in that combination). And if you study the Haggadah, you’ll notice that it states quite the opposite, i.e. that we remain ‘servants’, but we simply have a new ‘boss’! In the following ‘Guide for Maggid’, we attempt to arrive at a better understanding of how and why we tell the story of the Exodus – and how that story explains why Passover is such an important holiday. Hopefully, it will ask help make your Seder evening a little more interesting (and life – a bit more meaningful).

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OU HOLIDAYS YU TORAH and NAALEH.COM Recognition and Rejoicement By Shira Smiles

An integral part of the Haggadah is the recitation of Hallel comprised of five paragraphs from Psalms. The Hallel begins with the introductory paragraph,”Therefore it is our duty to thank, praise… from slavery to freedom, from sadness to joy, from mourning to festivity, from darkness to great light. Let us/We will therefore recite a new song before Him, Hallelukah.” Immediately following, we recite the first two paragraphs of the Hallel/Praise. This section then concludes with the final words of the blessing, “Go’al Yisroel/Who has redeemed Israel.” We continue the Seder with the Matzah, the bitter herbs, and the festive meal, and conclude with the last three paragraphs of Hallel and Nirtzah/Accept [our observance].

RABBI WEIN ON VAYIKRA 5778

The opening words of this the third book of the Torah highlights for us an important idea. It is that God so to speak calls upon the people for service, position and action. Moshe is called on by God to order the services in the Temple. He used to see this task as being his personal responsibility.

RABBI WEIN ON IT’S THE ZHIDS

One of the more uncanny peculiarities in human history has been that whenever a sinister unexplained event in the world occurs, the Jews are immediately sought out as the scapegoats and the cause of the event. Unfortunately there is a very long and bitter history to this phenomenon. It is so deeply ingrained in parts of the non-Jewish world that even in our time, despite a long history and in the face of logic and fact this type of canard still persists.

OU TORAH Introduction to Sefer Vayikra By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Most of us find Sefer Vayikra rather boring – at least until we reach Parshat Kedoshim. In our series on Sefer Vayikra we attempt to make the study of this book a bit more exciting, not only by analyzing its specific laws, but also by paying careful attention to its structure and theme.

OU TORAH Vayikra 5778 By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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YU TORAH Toronto Torah: Vayikra/HaChodesh 5778

Toronto Torah for Vayikra/HaChodesh 5778 includes articles on the parshah, the Proto-Zionists, Tel Hai, Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, lawyers in beit din and more.

OU TORAH Vayikra: Forgiving Fallibility By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

“I was wrong. I am sorry. Please forgive me.” These are rare words indeed, but I heard them pronounced clearly by a woman I once worked for, and whom I still admire. She was the superintendent of a small school district just outside of Washington, DC. Several of the school districts in that geographical area were under a federal court order to guarantee desegregation of the races in the public schools. Believe it or not, the court found that even as late as the early 1970s, proper integration of the races was still not achieved in many of these schools.

OU TORAH The Call By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

It was never my ambition or aspiration to be a rabbi. I went to university to study economics. I then switched to philosophy. I also had a fascination with the great British courtroom lawyers, legendary figures like Marshall Hall, Rufus Isaacs and F. E. Smith. To be sure, relatively late, I had studied for the rabbinate, but that was to become literate in my own Jewish heritage, not to pursue a career.

RAV KOOK ON Vayikra Part 2: Maimonides and Korbanot

Why did God command that we offer korbanot (sacrifices)? What is the purpose of this form of serving God?

RAV KOK ON Vayikra Part 1: Sacrifices vs. Fasting

When the fourth-century scholar Rav Sheshet fasted, he would add the following request to his Amidah (Standing) prayer: “Master of the Universe! You know that when the Temple stood, a person who sinned would bring a sacrifice. Although only the fats and blood would be offered on the altar, the person would be granted atonement. “Now I have fasted, and my fat and my blood have diminished. May it be Your Will that the decrease in my fat and my blood should be considered as if I offered them on the altar, and my offering was accepted.” (Berachot 17a) Rav Sheshet’s prayer is inspiring, but it makes one wonder: Why should one go to the trouble of bringing a sacrifice if the same atonement may be achieved through fasting?

Aneinu Please Daven Tests

Please daven for a Chicagoan, Shmuel Avraham ben Yusselfina who will be undergoing important biopsies. May the biopsies all be negative and he have a complete refuah shelaima.

SIVAN RACHAV MEIR ON PESACH

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OU PRE PESACH WEBINAR 5778(2018) ARCHIVE

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Baruch Dayan HaEmes Terror Victim

Victim, in his 30s, stabbed near entrance to Temple Mount in Old City ■ Assailant, from West Bank, was shot and killed at the scene Jewish press article here.

Muqata Names Terror Victim

2018/03/18 10:30pm Current list of names for prayers Adiel Refael ben Yael Sara (Critical condition -- stabbed in Old City terror at Sent from the Muqata News App http://mobile.muqata.com/api/mqdisp/cholim

JI “Six Days” Ruvi New (feat. Bentzi Marcus) Official Video

“Six Days” by Ruvi New Album: Storm The World.

Aneinu Whatsapp Group for Rochel bas Chaya Sara.

Open this link to join my WhatsApp Group for  Rochel bas Chaya Sara.: Click here.

Aneinu Ple ase Say Tehillim Serious Surgery

Please say Tehilim for Rochel bas Chaya Sara, the sister of an Aneinu member, who had serious surgery today.

Aneinu Urgent! Please Daven Surgery Now

Please daven for Esther bas Miriam. Young mother on the East Coast going through critical surgery now. 

Ywn TEHILLIM – Vishnitzer Rebbe of Monsey In Extremely Critical Condition

Please be Mispallel for the Vishnitzer Rebbe of Monsey, whose condition turned extremely critical on Thursday morning. The family of the Rebbe have been brought to his bedside. The Rebbe is hospitalized at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. His blood pressure suddenly began dropping to critically low levels on Thursday morning. Doctors are working on stabilizing him. The Rebbe, Hagaon HaRav Mordechai Hager Shlita, is the elder of the admorim today. The Rebbe, who is around 95-years-old, is known for his devotion to learning Torah: He learns around 18 hours a day and asks his Chasidim to study at least two hours every day. He has thousands of Chassidim around the globe. Please be Mispallel for Mordechai ben Margulia. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Aneinu Urgent Tehillim Tonight

Tonight at 9:45 we will be saying Tehilim (at Sha'are Tzedek) for our friend and fellow STMY member, Dr. David Crane, who is very much in need of a refuah sheleima. Men and women are urged to join us as we daven for Dovid Eliezer ben Feiga. We will end by 10:00.   Rabbi Reuven Gross Congregation Sha'arei Tzedek Mishkan Yair (773)274-2223 ext. 112

YU TORAH PRE PESACH THE RAV 25TH YORTZEIT EVENT

Rabbi Menachem Genack: Hallel at the Seder. Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff: The Hagadah and the Rav’s Art of Teaching Torah. Rabbi Hershel Schachter: The Rav’s Insights into the Hagadah.

NSN Live from the NBN Mega Event in NYC

Nachum Segal and the NSN staff, in partnership with The Jerusalem Post/jpost.com were live at yesterday’s NBN Mega Event at John Jay College in NYC. They interviewed Nefesh B’Nefesh representatives and prospective Olim as well. Nefesh B’Nefesh continues to be a guiding light an helping hand for our brothers and sisters who want to make their way home. Yesterday’s event was the first of a handful of Aliyah-centric events that NBN will be presenting in North America. Visit their website to find out when they are coming to your neck of the woods. Watch the show HERE.

UNLOCKING GREATNESS By Charlie Harary

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Nachum and Charlie Harary Explore “Unlocking Greatness”

In anticipation of the launch of Charlie Harary’s new book, Nachum welcomed Charlie, renowned speaker and host of NSN’s Unlocking Greatness, to this morning’s JM in the AM for an in-depth look at his new Rodale Books publication, “Unlocking Greatness: The Unexpected Journey from the Life You Have to the Life You Want.” From the book’s Amazon page: “A guide to successfully getting the life you want by changing your perspective and discovering your ideal self. More often than not, our own mental obstacles are holding us back from the joy, fulfillment, and meaning that we all crave, but by retooling our perspectives, we gain the ability to see the path toward the life we truly desire. Charlie Harary, business executive, professor, speaker, and radio host, combines the wisdom of science, spirituality, and personal growth in practical and understandable terms so you can take the life you have and make it the life you want. Everyone has the extraordinary capacity to transform their life. And it’s easier to do than you might think―in order to get what you want, to achieve that sense of greater life satisfaction, all you need to do is learn how to best use the resources you already have. Based on the latest research into the brain’s neuroplasticity, analysis of ancient wisdom, and exploration of the practices of today’s greatest achievers, he offers guidance and inspiration so you can break through the clutter and confusion of your life and find your true purpose.” Visit Charlie’s website HERE.

OU TORAH YU TORAH NALLEH.COM Introspective Inspiration By Shira Smiles

Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein Parshat Parah introduces us to the ultimate chok, a mitzvah that defies all logic and we accept simply because it is God’s command. In this mitzvah, the kohain takes one who has become defiled through contact with the dead and brings him outside the camp. There he sprinkles on him water that contains ashes from a red heifer, and the man becomes purified. Rabbi Wolfson offers a homiletic interpretation to this ritual. The ultimate Purifier is Hashem Who purifies us from all sin.

RABBI WEIN ON VAYAKHEL – PEKUDEI 5778

The commentators over the ages who have studied every word of the Torah carefully and meticulously particularly note that the review and accounting for the construction of the Mishkan/Tabernacle was preceded by convening all of the Jewish people before Moshe and once again reviewing the laws and importance of Shabbat.

RABBI WEIN ON COSTUMES

Since all of us are still in a somewhat post-–Purim frame of mind, I am taking the liberty of commenting on costumes, past and present that mark the holiday. I received many pictures of my blessed great-grandchildren, all of them dressed in costume. Some were airline pilots and flight attendants while others were mail carriers and even letters. There were a number of Queen Esthers, police people and monkeys, rabbits and other assorted wildlife. Naturally, wearing costumes on Purim is one of the traditions of the joyous holiday.

YU TORAH Toronto Torah: Vayakhel-Pekudei/Parah 5778

Toronto Torah for Parshiyot Vayakhel-Pekudei and Parah includes articles on the parshah, Har haZeitim, Rabbi Yehudah Leib (Fishman) Maimon, peanuts on Pesach and more!

YU TORAH Vayakel-Pekudei By Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik

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OU TORAH Vayakhel Pekudei Parah 5778 By Rabbi Shalom Rosner

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OU TORAH Black Sabbath By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

We were walking down the long airport corridor on the way to the boarding gate. Somehow, it seems that whenever my wife and I have a flight to catch, anywhere, our gate is always at the furthest end of the long hall. We had plenty of time until the airplane departed, but somehow I experience an urgent need to rush whenever I am in an airport, and so we were in a hurry.

OU TORAH Making Space By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

With this week’s double parsha, with its long account of the construction of the sanctuary – one of the longest narratives in the Torah, taking a full 13 chapters – comes to a magnificent climax: Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the Sanctuary. Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the Glory of the Lord filled the Sanctuary. (Ex. 40:34-35) That is what the building of the sanctuary was about: how to bring God, as it were, from heaven to earth, or at least from the top of the mountain to down in the valley, from the remote God of awe-inspiring power to the Shekhinah, the indwelling Presence, God as shakhen, a neighbour, intimate, close, within the camp, in the midst of the people.

RAV KOOK ON Pekudei: Always on His Mind

Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863-1940), the brilliant Lithuanian scholar and posek, was known to write scholarly Halachic correspondence while simultaneously conversing with a visitor on a totally different subject. When questioned how he accomplished this remarkable feat, Rabbi Grodzinski humbly replied that his talent was not so unusual. “What, have you never heard of a businessman who mentally plans out his day while reciting the morning prayers?”

RAV KOOK ON VaYakhel Part 2: Art and Creation

“Moses informed the Israelites: God has selected Betzalel... and has filled him with a Divine spirit of wisdom, insight, and knowledge in all craftsmanship.” (Ex. 36:30-31) What exactly were these three gifts of wisdom, insight, and knowledge that God bestowed upon Betzalel? The Sages wrote that the master craftsman was privy to the very secrets of creation. Betzalel knew how to “combine the letters with which the heavens and the earth were created,” and utilized this esoteric knowledge to construct the Tabernacle (Berachot 55a). We find that King Solomon mentioned the same three qualities when describing the creation of the universe: “God founded the earth with wisdom; He established the heavens with insight. With His knowledge, the depths opened, and the heavens drip dew. (Proverbs 3:19-20) What is the difference between wisdom, insight, and knowledge? How do they apply both to the Creator of the universe and to the human artist?

RAV KOOK ON VaYakheil Part 1: Choosing a Leader

Betzalel’s Appointment God informed Moses of Betzalel’s appointment to oversee the construction of the Tabernacle, and Moses subsequently apprised the people. According to the Midrash (Berachot 55a), however, this was not just a perfunctory notification. “God asked, ‘Moses, is Betzalel acceptable to you?’ ‘Master of the world,’ exclaimed Moses, ‘if he is acceptable to You, then certainly he is acceptable to me!’ ‘Nevertheless, I want you to speak with the people.’ “So Moses went to the people, and asked them, ‘Is Betzalel acceptable to you?’ ‘If he is acceptable to God and to you,’ responded the people, ‘then certainly he is acceptable to us!’

Aneinu Whatsapp Tehillim group for Yosef Shalom ben Shira Miriam

I'm sending a link to a what's app tehillim group for Yosef Shalom ben Shira Miriam, a boy in our community who needs our tefillos for a refuah sheleima.  People say a kepital and post which they said and someone else says the next and so on. May we all share bsoros tovos.Click here.

HAGGADAH PICK BONUS 5778 (2018) #5-7 The Rav 25 Yortzeit

Bring the Rav to your seder this year on his 25th yortzeit.