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תגית: 5777
The taste of Shabbat – Vayakhel-Pekudei 5777
The taste of Shabbat -Vayakhel-Pekudei 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon This week we read two parshiot that are both old and new. They repeat the main details of the building of the mishkan, with Parshat Pekudei mainly being a summation, how many utensils, how much… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Vayakhel-Pekudei 5777"
The taste of Shabbat – Ki Tisa 5777
The taste of Shabbat -Ki Tisa 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon We will begin with a short story: When the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman from Liadi, was a young scholar, he was thought of by all who knew him as a genius. Even so, he had great… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Ki Tisa 5777"
The taste of Shabbat – Yitro 5777
The taste of Shabbat -Yitro 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon Our parsha begins with the figure of Yitro and his journey to Moshe- אֶ֨ל הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר אֲשֶׁר ה֛וּא חֹנֶ֥ה שָׁ֖ם הַ֥ר הָֽאֱלֹהִֽים To the desert in which he was camping, by God’s mountain Rashi opens his… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Yitro 5777"
The taste of Shabbat – Vaera 5777
The taste of Shabbat -Vaera 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon We will begin our study of the ten plagues with a quotation from the Sfat Emet, written by the Gerer Rebbe, Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, who's yahrzeit falls next Wednesday (5 Shevat) My grandfather… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Vaera 5777"
The taste of Shabbat – Shemot 5777
The taste of Shabbat -Shemot 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon Our Parsha starts with a description of planned holocaust of the Hebrew people after Yosef and his generation's death. The second parsha describes the bravery of our nation, especially the women. Our rabbis teach us that… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Shemot 5777"
The taste of Shabbat – Vayechi 5777
The taste of Shabbat – Vayechi 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon Yosef comes to his ill father Yaacov with his children, Ephraim and Menashe. Yaacov asks of Yosef קָֽחֶם נָ֥א אֵלַ֖י וַֽאֲבָֽרֲכֵֽם. Bring them to me and I shall bless them We all know the… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Vayechi 5777"
The taste of Shabbat – Vayigash 5777
The taste of Shabbat – Vayigash 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon Yehuda reaches the climax of his speech to Yosef כִּ֤י עַבְדְּךָ֙ עָרַ֣ב אֶת הַנַּ֔עַר מֵעִ֥ם אָבִ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם לֹ֤א אֲבִיאֶ֨נּוּ֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְחָטָ֥אתִי לְאָבִ֖י כָּל הַיָּמִֽים. וְעַתָּ֗ה יֵֽשֶׁב נָ֤א עַבְדְּךָ֙ תַּ֣חַת הַנַּ֔עַר עֶ֖בֶד לַֽאדֹנִ֑י וְהַנַּ֖עַר… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Vayigash 5777"
The taste of Shabbat – Miketz 5777
The taste of Shabbat – Miketz 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon We read in our Parsha how Yosef manages to interpret the dreams the Egyptian sorcerers where unable to, as Pharaoh sums up: הֲנִמְצָ֣א כָזֶ֔ה אִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֛ר ר֥וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֖ים בּֽוֹ… אֵין נָב֥וֹן וְחָכָ֖ם כָּמֽוֹךָ. Is… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Miketz 5777"
The taste of Shabbat – Vayishlach 5777
The taste of Shabbat – Vayishlach 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon Yaacov, after twenty years, has left Lavan and prepares meet his brother Eisav. Our parsha begins with Yaacov's instructions to the messengers he sends to his brother כֹּ֣ה תֹֽאמְר֔וּן לַֽאדֹנִ֖י לְעֵשָׂ֑ו כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ עַבְדְּךָ֣ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Vayishlach 5777"
The taste of Shabbat – Vayetze 5777
The taste of Shabbat – Vayetze 5777 Rav Mordechai Elon We will begin our shiur with Yaacov's wedding night, the night Rachel was swapped with Leah. We will try to understand Rachel's behavour. During the night Yaacov, convinced he has married Rachel, calls out… Continue Reading "The taste of Shabbat – Vayetze 5777"