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Mishpatim Audio Classes
Many of the tractates in the Talmud that deal with Jewish civil and damage laws are based on verses in this week's Torah portion -- Parshat Mishpatim. This class gives a deeper look at one of these laws: The goring Ox. Experience the gems of the Parshah with the classic commentaries, and a kabbalistic twist. A five minute weekly Torah insight based on the wellsprings of Torah and Chassidut. A five minute weekly Torah thought based on the teachings of Chassidut.
Strength in Unity
Parshat Yitro: Exodus 18:1-20:23; Isaiah 6:1-7, 67-5-6. The Torah portion this week is the most significant portion of the year as it contains the episode of Hashem speaking to the Jewish people and transmitting the Ten Commandments. According to the Oral tradition, the entire nation of Israel underwent a collective conversion at Mount Sinai and formally became Jewish. The Talmud relates that before Hashem offered the Torah to the Jewish people, He offered it to the other nations of the world.
Action & Reaction
Parshat Mattot/Massei: Numbers 30:2-36:13; Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4. This week’s portion of Mattot discusses the war that the Jewish nation waged against Moav, whose women played a major rule in enticing Jewish men to sin. When the Jewish soldiers returned from battle, Moses rebuked them for not following some of his instructions. While for most people such a display of anger would not be excessive, for Moses, the holiest man who ever lived, it was deemed inappropriate.
Torah Portion: Lessons In Trust — Detroit Jewish News
Parshat Beshallach: Exodus 13:17-17:16; Judges 4:4-5:31. This Torah portion covers the seven-week period between the departure of the Jews from Egypt and receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai. This was a critical time, which included the splitting of the Red Sea. In fact, this Shabbat is called Shabbat Shira, the Sabbath of Song, which commemorates the “Az Yashir,” which was sung by the Jewish people when the sea engulfed the Egyptian army and obliterated them.
Torah Portion: Joseph And His Brothers — Detroit Jewish News
Parshat Miketz: Genesis 41:1-44:17; I Kings 3:15-4:1. (Rosh Chodesh & Chanukah 7) This Torah portion continues the story that began with the sale of Joseph by his brothers. At one point, the brothers discuss the possibility of murdering Joseph. A superficial reading seems to indicate that the brothers were overcome with jealousy due to the special garment that their father Jacob had given to Joseph.
Laws of Rosh Hashanah - Contemporary Halachah and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch
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Amar R. Acha, 5747
"R. Acha said: 'The talk (sichah) of the servants of the patriarchs is more attractive than the teachings (Torah) of [their] descendants.
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