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Midot Hayom: Day 28: Malchut in Netzach

The Holy One, Blessed is He, had said to the angel of Death: Go and bring Me the soul of Moshe.” He went to look for him but could not find him. So he went to the Great Sea and asked, “Has Moshe been here?” The sea

Tags: Kabbalah, Moses, Sefirot, Spiritual Tools

Shavuot: Iggeret haKodesh: Elevating the Sparks

The enlightened will understand something yet more wonderful, that is, what happens in heaven above by the deliberation and elucidation of a halachic decision from the Talmud, through the early and later coda fires, which

Tags: Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Revelation, Shavuot, Spiritual, The Foundation Stone

Acquiring Torah 27: Rashbi: Precious Accomplishments

R. Jonathan b.’Asmai and R. Judah son of proselyte parents were studying the section of ‘Vows’ at the school of R. Simeon b. Yohai. They had taken leave from him in the evening, but in the morning they came and

Tags: Kabbalat HaTorah, Kinyan Torah, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Sefirah, Sefiras Haomer, Shavuos, Shavuot, The Foundation Stone, Torah

Morning Blessings: Rashbi: Sweeten Torah

“Please, God, our Lord, sweeten the words of Your Torah in our mouth (Birchot haTorah).” All is dependent on a person’s will. Therefore, each action must be performed to repair our soul and the world with the joy to accomplish

Tags: Morning Blessings, Prayer, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, The Foundation Stone

Prayer Skills: Rashbi: Mitzvah as Preparation

Our Rabbis taught: One should not stand up to say Tefillah while immersed in sorrow, or idleness, or laughter, or chatter, or frivolity, or idle talk, but only while still rejoicing in the performance of a Mitzvah. (Berachot 31a)

Tags: Prayer, Praying with power, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, The Foundation Stone

Midot Hayom: Day 27: Yesod in Netzach

Abba Shaul says: There are four types of Torah scholars: One who learns but does not teach others; one who teaches others but does not learn; one who learns and teaches others; and one who does not learn and does not

Tags: Kabbalah, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Sefirot, Spiritual Growth, The Foundation Stone

Midot Hayom 5770 Day 27: Yesod in Netzach

The Holy One, Blessed is He, rests His presence only on one who is mighty, rich, wise, and humble. All of these [traits] are [learned] from Moses: mighty from the verse, “He spread the tent over the tabernacle” (Exodus 40:19), [or] from the verse, “I took hold of the two tablets, cast them out of my two hands,

Tags: Kabbalah, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Sefirot, Spiritual Growth, The Foundation Stone

Lag Ba’Omer: Bar Yochai I

“Bar Yochai! You were anointed - you are fortunate - With oil of joy from your fellows.” Anointment alludes to prophetic knowledge. (See I Kings 19:16) While Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai was not a prophet, he was granted an unprecedented degree of mystical

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Midot Hayom: Day 27: Yesod in Netzach

Abba Shaul says: There are four types of Torah scholars: One who learns but does not teach others; one who teaches others but does not learn; one who learns and teaches others; and one who does not learn and does not

Tags: Kabbalah, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Sefirot, Spiritual Growth, The Foundation Stone

Sound Expansion

When we reach the end of Bereishit we have a clear sense of a complete story: We began with Creation, the Beginning, and concluded with the Children of Israel in Egypt. The second book of the Torah takes us through the process of a nation...

Tags: Bechukotai, Mishpatim, Shema, Vayikra

Haftarah: Behar: Nurturing Hope

Jeremiah 32:6-17: Even before Jeremiah’s cousin came to him for financial help in redeeming his ancestral land that he had to sell, God told the prophet that he was coming. Jeremiah knew that this was more than following

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Acquiring Torah 26: Having One Rebbi

Raba expounded in the name of Rabbi Sehora who had it from Rabbi Huna: What is the purport of the text: “Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he that gathers little by little shall increase?” If a man studies

Tags: Kabbalat HaTorah, Kinyan Torah, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Sefirah, Sefiras Haomer, Shavuos, Shavuot, The Foundation Stone, Torah

Acquiring Torah 25: Humility to Remember

Rabbi Mattena expounded: What is the deeper meaning of the Scriptural text: “And from the wilderness to Mattanah?” If a man allows himself to be treated as a wilderness on which everybody treads, his study will be retained

Tags: Kabbalat HaTorah, Kinyan Torah, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Sefirah, Sefiras Haomer, Shavuos, Shavuot, The Foundation Stone, Torah

Shir ha-Shirim XVI Part Seven: Sefirah 26

“Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand (Psalms 149:6).” “Two-edged,’ or, ‘mouths;” Rabbi Nechemiah said: Two Torahs were delivered at Sinai, one Oral and one, Written. (Shir Hashirim Rabbah 1.2:5, Part Seven)

Tags: Bible, Midrash, Pesach, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Shavuot, Shir Hashirim, Song of Songs, The Foundation Stone

Shir ha-Shirim XVI Part Six: Sefirah 25

“Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand (Psalms 149:6).” Rabbi Yehudah and Rabbi Nechemiah and the Rabbis give different explanations (of ‘two-edged,’ or, ‘mouths,):

Tags: Bible, Midrash, Pesach, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Shavuot, Shir Hashirim, Song of Songs, The Foundation Stone

Amidah: Yom Yerushalayim: A Torch

Rabbi Hoshiah said: Jerusalem is destined to be a lantern for all the nations, and they will all walk by its light (Yalkut Shimoni, Isaiah #499).

Tags: Jerusalem, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, The Foundation Stone, Yerushalayim, Yom Yerushalayim

Tehillim Tools: Rabbi Samson R Hirsch: The Havdalah Psalms 144 & 67

The 9th of Iyar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yitzchak Bernays (Barneis) (1792-1849), teacher of Rav Shamshon Rafael Hirsch: We accompany our reentry into weekday life with its strife and struggle, its endeavors and achievements,

Tags: Bible, Midrash, Psalms, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, spirituality, Tehillim, The Foundation Stone, Tools for Growth

Shabbat Prayers: Pesukei D’Zimrah: Rabbi Samson R. Hirsch: Desire Life

The 9th of Iyar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yitzchak Bernays (Barneis) (1792-1849), teacher of Rav Shamshon Rafael Hirsch. “Who is the man who desires life and loves days that he may see good?” The verse does not say,

Tags: Prayer, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Sabbath, Shabbat, The Foundation Stone

Shavuot: B’nei Yisaschar: The Voice of Torah

The verse “These words God spoke unto all your assembly on the mountain with a great voice, and it went on no more (Devarim 5:19),” is translated in the Targum as “and it went on without end.” The meaning of this is that

Tags: Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Revelation, Shavuot, Spiritual, The Foundation Stone

Shabbat Prayers: Rabbi Samson R Hirsch: Av haRachamim

The 9th of Iyar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yitzchak Bernays (Barneis) (1792-1849), teacher of Rav Shamshon Rafael Hirsch: And it is written by the hand of Your servants, the prophets: What ever else I may have forgiven,

Tags: Prayer, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Sabbath, Shabbat, The Foundation Stone

Shabbat Prayers: Mussaf: Rabbi Samson R Hirsch: Delighting in Shabbat

The 9th of Iyar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yitzchak Bernays (Barneis) (1792-1849), teacher of Rav Shamshon Rafael Hirsch. “Those who keep the Shabbat and call it a delight shall rejoice in Your kingdom; the nation that sanctifies

Tags: Prayer, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Sabbath, Shabbat, The Foundation Stone

Shabbat Prayers: Minchah: Rabbi Samson R Hirsch

The 9th of Iyar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yitzchak Bernays (Barneis) (1792-1849), teacher of Rav Shamshon Rafael Hirsch. “You are One and Your Name is One, and who is like Your people, Israel, a people unique on earth?”

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Shabbat Prayers: VaYechulu: Rabbi Samson R Hirsch: Purpose

The 9th of Iyar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yitzchak Bernays (Barneis) (1792-1849), teacher of Rav Shamshon Rafael Hirsch. “And heaven and earth and all their host were completed.” This statement concerning heaven and

Tags: Prayer, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Sabbath, Shabbat, The Foundation Stone

Midot Hayom: Day 25: Netzach in Netzach

A student should not sit in your presence on a couch, a chair or a bench. Instead he should sit before you on the floor. He should take in every word you say with fear, awe, dread, and trembling. Avot of Rabbi Nathan 6:1

Tags: Kabbalah, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Sefirot, Spiritual Growth, The Foundation Stone

Midot Hayom 5770 Day 25: Netzach in Netzach

While Moshe was writing [the Torah], a bit [of the ink] was left in the pen. He passed it over his head, and from this came his rays of glory. [The ink left in the pen refers to the secrets of the Torah that were not intended to be written down but were revealed to Moses (Eitz Yosef)] (Shemot Rabbah 47:6).

Tags: Kabbalah, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Sefirot, Spiritual Growth, The Foundation Stone

Midot Hayom 5770 Day 26: Hod in Netzach

His father called him Heber, because of his sake [Amram] reunited with his divorced wife. His mother called him Jekuthiel, because she gathered him to her bosom after God restored him to her. His sister called him Jered, because for his sake she had gone down to the Nile to find out what would become of him. His brother called him Avi Zanoah,lt;/p>

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Midot Hayom: Day 26: Hod in Netzach

Teach the members of your household humility. If a poor man comes to the door of a humble man with a humble family, asking: “Is your father in?” they will answer, “Yes, please come in.” Even before he steps inside,

Tags: Kabbalah, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg, Sefirot, Spiritual Growth, The Foundation Stone

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Midot Hayom: Day 28: Malchut in Netzach

Shavuot: Iggeret haKodesh: Elevating the Sparks

Acquiring Torah 27: Rashbi: Precious Accomplishments

Morning Blessings: Rashbi: Sweeten Torah

Prayer Skills: Rashbi: Mitzvah as Preparation

Midot Hayom: Day 27: Yesod in Netzach

Midot Hayom 5770 Day 27: Yesod in Netzach

Lag Ba’Omer: Bar Yochai I

Midot Hayom: Day 27: Yesod in Netzach

Sound Expansion

Haftarah: Behar: Nurturing Hope

Acquiring Torah 26: Having One Rebbi

Acquiring Torah 25: Humility to Remember

Shir ha-Shirim XVI Part Seven: Sefirah 26

Shir ha-Shirim XVI Part Six: Sefirah 25

Amidah: Yom Yerushalayim: A Torch

Tehillim Tools: Rabbi Samson R Hirsch: The Havdalah Psalms 144 & 67

Shabbat Prayers: Pesukei D’Zimrah: Rabbi Samson R. Hirsch: Desire Life

Shavuot: B’nei Yisaschar: The Voice of Torah

Shabbat Prayers: Rabbi Samson R Hirsch: Av haRachamim

Shabbat Prayers: Mussaf: Rabbi Samson R Hirsch: Delighting in Shabbat

Shabbat Prayers: Minchah: Rabbi Samson R Hirsch

Shabbat Prayers: VaYechulu: Rabbi Samson R Hirsch: Purpose

Midot Hayom: Day 25: Netzach in Netzach

Midot Hayom 5770 Day 25: Netzach in Netzach

Midot Hayom 5770 Day 26: Hod in Netzach

Midot Hayom: Day 26: Hod in Netzach

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