At the time of this lecture, the coming Shabbat’s bible portion is “Behar-Bechudotai.” That date is
chaf-vav Iyar 26 day of Iyar, and the omer count indicates:
yesod, she’b’yesod foundation of the foundation. It is the
yahrzeit–memorial of RaMChal, Rav Moshe Chaim Luzatto. The “hashkafa I use,” says the rabbi, is based on his teachings, so this shiur is
lizchut in merit of
What happened on
lag b’omer was an unbelievable tragedy. Forty-five people died and it moved Jews world-wide. The tragedy was compounded by having occurred on a day of joyous celebration. “How do we understand this? I’m not a prophet but sometimes G-d gives us a hint.”
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Your just acts are like the mighty mountains; Your judgements are unfathomable …. (Psalms 36:7)
As I write these words, the whole Jewish world is reeling from the news of the tragic loss of 45 lives at Meron on Lag baOmer.. We feel deeply for their grieving families..
Why G-D sent this tragedy to us on Lag baOmer on all days – the day commemorating the abatement of a deadly plague and a day of rejoicing – and at the tomb of Rashbi of all places, only He ultimately knows. His judgements are “river-deep and mountain-high”. As the Kotsker Rebbe famously said, if we would understand Him we would be Him. One small consoling effect is that the tragic accident generated a br
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It can sometimes feel like we wear two different masks in our lives: one professional and “worldly” and the other Jewish and religious. These characterizations mean different things to us all, but the duality still remains in that life can feel disjointed, as if we play different roles during the day, be it college, a career, or parenting, and during our Jewish and religious living. In Parshiyot Vayakhel-Pekudei, the Torah speaks about Bezalel, an individual who beautifully integrates these seemingly disparate aspects of life into one, holistic model.
“One must blow the dust on the path before taking each step.”
Life is complicated and sometimes we don’t get the important things right the first time. But often we are given second and third chances as we strive to be better or do better the next time around. Our paths are not always paved and often they take us on meandering journeys through dusty dirt roads.
Today’s Daf Yomi portion takes us on such a path as it discusses how those of us that are in mourning or are distance travelers or impure in one sense or another have a chance to do over missed obligations through the concept of a second Pesah.
Remembering Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin, zt”l By Pearl Markovitz | January 13, 2021
On the ninth of Tevet, December 24, 2020, the Jewish community suffered yet another great loss in the passing of Rav Yehuda Herzl Henkin zt”l, in Yerushalayim at the age of 75. He was the grandson of the illustrious Rav Yosef Eliyahu Henkin zt”l, one of the foremost poskim of the 20th century, from whom he received one of his two semichas. Rav Yehuda Henkin was aptly compared to his namesake, Yehuda son of Yaakov Avinu, whose fearlessness and forthrightness in the name of truth was peerless. Working in tandem with his illustrious wife, Rabbanit Chana Lazarus Henkin, in establishing Nishmat, the world-renowned Torah institute for women, Henkin blazed new trails in women’s learning and community involvement, always keeping within the strict parameters of Halacha.