Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh ×‘Ö·Ö¼×žÖ´Ö¼×§Ö°×“Ö¸Ö¼×©× ×™×•Ö¹× ×©Ö´×‚×žÖ°×—Ö¸×” יְתֵרָה שֶ×× Ö¶Ö¼×ֱמַר (×•×™×§×¨× ×›×’ מ) “×•Ö¼×©Ö°×‚×žÖ·×—Ö°×ªÖ¶Ö¼× ×œÖ´×¤Ö°× Öµ×™ ×”’ ×Ö±×œÖ¹×”Öµ×™×›Ö¶× ×©Ö´×בְעַת יָמִיה. Although we are required to rejoice on all festivals, there was special rejoicing in the Temple during the Sukkoth festival, as it is written: “You shall rejoice before the Lord […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Shasho We are are right after Yom Kippur and Sukkot is in just a few days. We have a lot going on this time of year. How can we connect it all? We know that we had Rosh Hashanah first to crown Hashem as our […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, In the Talmud (Makot 23:) it is brought down that HaShem wanted the Nation of Yisrael to receive merits, hence he increased Torah and Misvot for them. The question was asked of Harav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach Zâ€L , “Normally if you want to […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov Outside Eretz Israel all the holidays are two days long. In Israel the holidays are only celebrated for one day except for Rosh Hashana; it is the only holiday that is two days long even in Israel. The simple reason is Rosh Hashanah is […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen You shall rejoice with all of the goodness that Hashem, your G-d, has given you. (26:11) The Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh writes that b’chol hatov, “all of the goodness,” alludes to the Torah, for there is no greater “good” other than Torah. He adds that […]