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Rabbi Label Lam | Parshas Yisro
And now if you will listen well to My voice and observe My covenant, you will be to Me the most beloved treasure of all the peoples, for Mine is the entire world. You shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. (Shemos 19:5-6)
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Despite the fact that Tu B’ Shevat is discussed in both the Mishna and Gemara there is very little information available about the Holiday as well as not having a well defined structure to follow it. In the mid 1500’s the students of the Ari, Rabbi Isaac Luria …Read the full story »
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And HASHEM hardened the heart of Pharaoh and he did not send out the Children of Israel. (Shemos 10:20)
At first, “And Pharaoh’s heart hardened” (Shemos 8:15) and in the end “And HASHEM hardened the heart of Pharaoh”. Why is that so? That is according to what Reish Lakish says, “He …Read the full story »
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Rabbi Label Lam | Parshas Veira
So says HASHEM, “Through this shall you know that I am HASHEM; behold with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the waters that are in the River and they will change to blood. The fish-life that is in the water will …Read the full story »
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Rabbi Label Lam | Parshas Vayechi
All these are the tribes of Israel, twelve, and this is what their father spoke to them and he blessed them, he blessed each according to his appropriate blessing. (Breishis 49:28)
How did Yaakov know how to bless each child with the appropriate blessing? That’s the $64,000.00 question. …Read the full story »
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No Jew can afford the luxury of standing on the sidelines. We must share in the suffering of our people. It is not “out of sight, out of mind.” The survivors, the dead, each and every one of them is real, tangible and a part of who we are.
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