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Vortlach for Parshas Haazinu
יערף כמטר לקחי ר’ שמחה ×‘×•× × ×ž×¤×©×™×¡×›×” notes that תורה is compared to the rain; just like there is no visible effect from the rain when it falls, but only afterwards when plants sprout and begin to grow, so too the effects from learning תורה are often not immediately visible, but only appear after some […]
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Vortlach for Parshas Nitzavim / Vayelech
×”× ×¡×ª×¨×•×ª לה’ ××œ×§×™× ×• ×•×”× ×’×œ×•×ª ×œ× ×• ×•×œ×‘× ×™× ×• עד ×¢×•×œ× ×œ×¢×©×•×ª ×ת כל דברי התורה ×”×–×ת The כתב סופר sees these two categories as referring to the two possible times for משיח to come. The hidden one is the fixed date, which is unknown. The revealed one is the date if and when ×‘× ×™ ישר×ל will be […]
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Vortlach for Parshas Ki Savo
I’ve decided to start writing down some interesting comments that I’ve seen on the the פרשה. I don’t know if this will continue or not; we’ll see…
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Almost there… or not
Although the original plan did not call for this, this post will probably be my first serious non-technical post. I was originally planning on starting with either a halachic post (almost finished, but not quite ready) or a science / Torah post (still needs some work and fact-checking). However, the good people at Mishpacha Magazine […]
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Tehillim Followup #2
Two name changes: Chaya Sara Leah bas Frummis Gittel bas Chaya Sara Leah Thanks