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Eishet Chayil: Tasting Torah
“She tastes that her enterprise is good, so her lamp is not snuffed out by night.” The Yismach Yisrael-Alexander (Shavuot 21) explains that one who tastes and enjoys Torah and Mitzvot, opens the pipes through which the Divine Sustenance flow, especially the pathways to his soul.
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Eishet Chayil: LIghts of Shabbat
“Her lamp is not extinguished at night”. When Isaac brought Rivka into the tent, he realized that she was like his mother Sarah. Meaning, as long as Sarah lived, a lamp was alight in her tent from one Shabbat eve to the next […]. At her death, the light ceased. But when Rivka came,
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Eishet Chayil: Fearless
“She fears not snow for her household, for her entire household is clothed with scarlet wool.”  Snow refers to Dinim – judgments against us, as it says, “His garment was white as snow.” (Daniel 7:9) [When He sits in judgment.] Knesset Israel does not fear Din, even when “her entire
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Sound Bites: Divine Sparks

The Talmud (Rosh Hashanah 11a) relates that Yosef was released from Potiphar’s prison on Rosh Hashanah. While his actual release is of great significance (marking the beginning of the Egyptian Exile), this may be interpreted homiletically

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Royal Messages: At The Top Of Creation
When Adam was created he appeared to the rest of creation as a Lord. The others creations were in awe and they came to bow to, and worship him. He said to them: “Rather than you bowing to me, join me
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Royal Messages: The Shadchan
There is a Mitzvah to occupy one’s self in being a Shadchan – making matches for marriage. We need agents or brokers for many things in life. The Torah was given through an agent: Moses. The Pachad Yitzchak of Rabbi
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Sound Bites: Jacob’s Voice
He will choose our heritage for us, the pride of Yaakov that He loves eternally. (Rosh Hashana Prayers) Undoubtedly it is our pride in this inner voice which is never spurned by Hashem – the pride of Yaakov, in the Psalmist’s
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Royal Messages: Our Father, Our King
Although we focus on Malchuyot – declaring God’s sovereignty over His creation, we should remember that we always speak of God as our Father, before we speak of Him as our King.
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Rosh Hashana: What Is My Name?
Much happened on this the first day of Adam’s life, the day we celebrate today.  God brought all the animals to Adam for this new human to name. The Midrash teaches that when God saw how Adam used the Light of the new
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Sound Bites: Sarah’s Scream
The Abudirham explains that the Binding of Isaac took place on Rosh Hashana. The cry of the shofar recreates Sarah’s scream when she learned what Abraham intended to do.
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Tikkunim II
A discussion about “Tikkunim,” usually translated as repairs, got Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai into trouble:
R. Judah commenced [the discussion] by observing, ‘How fine are the works of this people! They have made  (Tikknu) streets,
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