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Mishlei: The Wisdom To Use Wisdom
“That a wise one may hear and increase his learning, and a discerning one may acquire strategies.” (Proverbs 1:5) King Solomon, the wisest of all people, understood that even the wise
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Levush Mordechai: The Statutes of Life
The 2nd of Kislev is the Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein, head of the Yeshiva of Slabodka, author of Levush Mordechai. He died on November 20, 1933.
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Shaar Kivod Hashem: Hallel
The Ist of Kislev is the Yahrtzeit of  Rav Ephraim Alankava, Rav of Telmisan Algeria (on the border with Morocco) and author of Shaar Kevod Hashem (1441). We recite the complete Hallel on Chanukah over the miracle of the candles, which was an open and revealed miracle,  breaking all the natural laws
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Pesukei D’Zimrah: Hodu: Steps Up The Ladder
“To you I shall give the Land of Canaan, the lot of your heritage.” (Chronicles I 16:18) The Vilna Gaon (Avnei Eliyahu) wonders why the first part of the verse is written in the singular, “Lecha,”
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Rosh Chodesh Kislev: Kavanot
We derive the appellation for God’s Name, used in the Rosh Chodesh Mussaf – Additional Prayer – from the combination of letters and vowels of the following verse: “When the Canaanite inhabitants of the land
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Lights VI
“Light becomes darkness in his tent; his candle will flicker out in his presence.” (Job 18:6) Rav Saadiah Gaon explains that this verse, part of Bildad’s reflections on Job’s suffering and what are
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Rosh Chodesh Kislev: Forgiveness
The Chernobler Maggid woke on Rosh Chodesh Kislev and reported that he had visited the Upper Worlds and heard a great rumbling. He asked, “What is going on?” They answered, “Today is Rosh
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Morning Blessings: The Purity of the Soul
“My Lord, the Soul that You placed in me, she is pure.”  This can be understood according to the Nefesh Hachaim (First Gate, Chapter 18) who explains that a person’s soul is not damaged at
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Rabbeinu Yonah: Honoring Parents
The 28th of Cheshvan is the Yahrtzeit  of Rabbeinu Yonah (ben Avraham) of Gerondi, France (1200 [or 1180]-1263). The Ramban's mother and Rabbeinu Yonah’s father were siblings. Many
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Countdown to Chanukah 26
It is the lighting of the candles that is the Mitzvah, not the placement. (Orach Chaim 675:1) Therefore one may not light the Chanukah candles in the wrong place and then place them in their
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Lights V
“Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid and he struck the Philistine, killing him. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, ‘You shall not go out to war with us anymore, so that you not
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Lights IV
“A man’s soul is the lamp of God, which searches the chambers of one’s innards.” (Proverbs 20:27) By means of the soul, God searches man’s innermost thoughts and scrutinizes
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Lights III
“I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.” (Psalms 132:17) Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch explains that this verse refers to the Menorah which stands directly opposite the Shulchan – the Table,
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Lights II
“I shall eliminate from them the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride, the sound of the mill and the light of the candle.” (Jeremiah 25:10)
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Eishet Chayil: Love of Torah
Eishet Chayil is a love song to Torah: The verse cries out, “Who can find the woman of valor?” meaning, "Who can begin to understand and appreciate the depths of Torah, our bride and spouse, so connected to our souls. “Her husbands heart trusts in her,” a person who studies Torah with
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Eishet Chayil: At Our Best
“Distinctive in the gates of council is her husband, when he sits with the elders of the land.” The Marganita D’Rabbi Meir (Page 12) connects this verse with a story in the Talmud (Shabbat 30a) that when King Solomon completed the Beit Hamikdash, the gates refused to open to allow the Aron – the Holy Ark – to enter, until Solomon called upon the merit of his father,
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Eishet Chayil: Preparation
“She arises while it is still nighttime, and gives food to her household and a ration to her maidens.” The Holy Ishbitzer (Beit Yaakov, Vaeira 3) teaches that this verse refers to the preparations we make in this world, ‘nighttime’ to provide food for our portion in the World to Come.
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Lights I
“Your word is a candle for my feet and a light for my path.” (Psalms 119:105) The Shelah Hakodesh explains that a person who uses the Torah as a light in the dark, when he does not know
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Binyamin & Kislev II
The 24th of Cheshvan is the Yahrtzeit of Binyamin son of Yaakov Avinu.  As we approach Rosh Chodesh Kislev, the month of Binyamin (Kitvei Ha’Ari) we honor the youngest of the Shivtei
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Sefer Chasidim: Escorting the Dead 4
When a student dies, one who analyzed and probed the halachic rulings of his rabbi, the rabbi will come to meet him in the World to Come. And so we read in the Talmud, “Ravina Said, “When I
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Binyamin and Kislev
The 24th of Cheshvan is the Yahrtzeit of Binyamin son of Yaakov Avinu.  As we approach Rosh Chodesh Kislev, the month of Binyamin (Kitvei Ha’Ari) we honor the youngest of the Shivtei
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Or Layesharim: Bringing The Highest Sustenance
The 24th of Chesvan is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Hillel Moshe Meshel Gelbstein (1834-1904 or 1907), born in Bialystok, his mother was a 12th generation descendent of the Shlah HaKodesh. At the
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Sefer Chasidim: Escorting the Dead 2
Reuven hated Shimon. When he heard that Shimon had passed away, he said, “I don’t want to go to his funeral and escort him to the cemetery.” Hearing these harsh words, an old man said, “It will be
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Sefer Chasidim: Escorting the Dead
Care should be taken, when a deceased person in carried out of the house, that no one should walk in front of the coffin, as this is extremely dangerous. (Ethical Will of Rav Yehuda HaChasid *8)
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