Sometimes there are no answers
Hillary Clinton: Too Big To Jail
"Zois Chukas HaTorah... ViYikchu Aylecha Parah Adumah"; This is the statute of the Torah... and they shall take to you a Parah Adumah. Why does it say, "Zois Chukas HaTorah" - "This is the statute of the Torah" - instead of "Zois Chukas Parah Adumah" - "This is the statute of the Parah Adumah"?
The laws concerning the Parah Adumah are paradoxical. On the one hand, when the mixture is sprinkled, a person who is Tamai becomes Tahor. On the other hand, those who are involved in the preparation of the Parah Adumah become Tamai.
The people appointed to prepare the Parah Adumah may rationally argue, "Why should we become Tamai for the sake of those who were not careful to avoid contact with a corpse"? Through the Chok of Parah Adumah, the Torah is teaching that a Jew must help another Jew even if reqires sacrifice. This is "Chukas HaTorah" - "a basic principle of Torah" - and though we may not easily comprehend it, we must practice it in our daily lives.
http://www.thejewisheye.com/rev_pchukas.html
10 Jul 2016
A lapse of emunah
How can we say that Parah Adumah is a Chok and it has no reason? Rashi says in the name of Rebbi Moshe Hadarshan that the Parah Adumah is a Kapara for the Chet HaEgel. The mother cow comes and cleans up the mess of its calf. Is cleaning up our greatest aveira not reason enough?
The answer given by the mefarshim is that the Chet HaEgel was a lapse of emunah on the part of the Bnei Yisroel. Since they could not comprehend what was happening they demanded an intermediary that can help them. They refused to rely on Hashem. They wanted to see and understand their direction. Therefore by accepting the mitzva of Parah Adumah without understanding it rectifies the Chet HaEgel. The kapara of Chet HaEgel is a by product of a mitzva without a reason and not the reason itself.
http://revach.net/article.php?id=430&style=send
A friend told me that she went to be menachem aveil someone who had just lost her husband. She told her that the Rambam has 13 Principles of emunah beginning with the words "Ani Maamin." There is not one principle starting with "Ani Mayvin."
Former MK: Reform Movement is trying to uproot halacha
The answer given by the mefarshim is that the Chet HaEgel was a lapse of emunah on the part of the Bnei Yisroel. Since they could not comprehend what was happening they demanded an intermediary that can help them. They refused to rely on Hashem. They wanted to see and understand their direction. Therefore by accepting the mitzva of Parah Adumah without understanding it rectifies the Chet HaEgel. The kapara of Chet HaEgel is a by product of a mitzva without a reason and not the reason itself.
http://revach.net/article.php?id=430&style=send
A friend told me that she went to be menachem aveil someone who had just lost her husband. She told her that the Rambam has 13 Principles of emunah beginning with the words "Ani Maamin." There is not one principle starting with "Ani Mayvin."
Former MK: Reform Movement is trying to uproot halacha
8 Jul 2016
The Rebbe's Ohel
Parashat Korah: An Argument for the Sake of Heaven
The Wall Street Journal has an article titled Obama Says Police Killings of Two Black Men Should Trouble All Americans. Embedded in the article is a video in which President Obama opines, "This is an American issue that we should all care about. All fair minded people should be concerned."
Waiting for the President to say the same thing about the cops that were shot in and killed in Dallas.
פרשת חקת • הגאון רבי דוד לאו עם וורט על הפרשה
On My Flight Home From New York
Crowds Converge on Rebbe's Ohel
The Wall Street Journal has an article titled Obama Says Police Killings of Two Black Men Should Trouble All Americans. Embedded in the article is a video in which President Obama opines, "This is an American issue that we should all care about. All fair minded people should be concerned."
Waiting for the President to say the same thing about the cops that were shot in and killed in Dallas.
פרשת חקת • הגאון רבי דוד לאו עם וורט על הפרשה
On My Flight Home From New York
Crowds Converge on Rebbe's Ohel
7 Jul 2016
6 Jul 2016
Hu Haya Omer
Hillary Clinton vs. James Comey: Email Scandal Supercut
The video above compares what Hillary Clinton said with what James Comey said. Yesterday I heard someone speaking about Pirkei Avot and she asked the question, "Why does it say "Hu Haya Omer" as opposed to "Hu Amar"? Below are two explanations.
Whenever a statement in Pirke’ Avos is introduced with the words, “He used to say”-“Hu Haya Omer” the Rav Bartenura, explains it to mean that he said it frequently and repeatedly... Another explanation can be gleaned from the opposite of the following bizarre example:
A young doctor gave an amazingly clear presentation about the dangers associated with cigarette smoking. Everyone left the auditorium so inspired, informed, and impressed that it would be hard to imagine that anyone who witnessed the talk could ever touch one of those tobacco sticks. Yet the very next day that same doctor was spotted in the street dragging shamelessly on a cigarette. When approached and reproached with both shock and dismay he responded in a cavalier fashion... So said this doctor, “What do you want from me? That was a lecture!”
Whenever the Mishne says, “Hu Haya Omer-He used to say” it may be read more literally, “He was what he spoke!”
http://torah.org/torah-portion/dvartorah-5771-emor-2/
'ראשי התיבות של הגר"ח קנייבסקי לחודש 'תמוז
The summer (the period of Tamuz) is the “holiday” of the eyes. It is the time that one must “guard” his eyes to see only that which is good (in the world in general and in his fellow man in particular) and modest. The ability to guard and focus one’s eyesight correctly is the rectified “sense” of sight. Read more: http://www.inner.org/times/tamuz/tamuz.htm
Mother of slain teen rejects Women of Wall plan to pray in daughter’s name
The video above compares what Hillary Clinton said with what James Comey said. Yesterday I heard someone speaking about Pirkei Avot and she asked the question, "Why does it say "Hu Haya Omer" as opposed to "Hu Amar"? Below are two explanations.
Whenever a statement in Pirke’ Avos is introduced with the words, “He used to say”-“Hu Haya Omer” the Rav Bartenura, explains it to mean that he said it frequently and repeatedly... Another explanation can be gleaned from the opposite of the following bizarre example:
A young doctor gave an amazingly clear presentation about the dangers associated with cigarette smoking. Everyone left the auditorium so inspired, informed, and impressed that it would be hard to imagine that anyone who witnessed the talk could ever touch one of those tobacco sticks. Yet the very next day that same doctor was spotted in the street dragging shamelessly on a cigarette. When approached and reproached with both shock and dismay he responded in a cavalier fashion... So said this doctor, “What do you want from me? That was a lecture!”
Whenever the Mishne says, “Hu Haya Omer-He used to say” it may be read more literally, “He was what he spoke!”
http://torah.org/torah-portion/dvartorah-5771-emor-2/
'ראשי התיבות של הגר"ח קנייבסקי לחודש 'תמוז
The summer (the period of Tamuz) is the “holiday” of the eyes. It is the time that one must “guard” his eyes to see only that which is good (in the world in general and in his fellow man in particular) and modest. The ability to guard and focus one’s eyesight correctly is the rectified “sense” of sight. Read more: http://www.inner.org/times/tamuz/tamuz.htm
Mother of slain teen rejects Women of Wall plan to pray in daughter’s name
Hu Haya Omer
Hillary Clinton vs. James Comey: Email Scandal Supercut
The video above compares what Hillary Clinton said with what James Comey said. Yesterday I heard someone speaking about Pirkei Avot and she asked the question, "Why does it say "Hu Haya Omer" as opposed to "Hu Amar"? Below are two explanations.
Whenever a statement in Pirke’ Avos is introduced with the words, “He used to say”-“Hu Haya Omer” the Rav Bartenura, explains it to mean that he said it frequently and repeatedly... Another explanation can be gleaned from the opposite of the following bizarre example:
A young doctor gave an amazingly clear presentation about the dangers associated with cigarette smoking. Everyone left the auditorium so inspired, informed, and impressed that it would be hard to imagine that anyone who witnessed the talk could ever touch one of those tobacco sticks. Yet the very next day that same doctor was spotted in the street dragging shamelessly on a cigarette. When approached and reproached with both shock and dismay he responded in a cavalier fashion... So said this doctor, “What do you want from me? That was a lecture!”
Whenever the Mishne says, “Hu Haya Omer-He used to say” it may be read more literally, “He was what he spoke!”
'ראשי התיבות של הגר"ח קנייבסקי לחודש 'תמוז
The summer (the period of Tamuz) is the “holiday” of the eyes. It is the time that one must “guard” his eyes to see only that which is good (in the world in general and in his fellow man in particular) and modest. The ability to guard and focus one’s eyesight correctly is the rectified “sense” of sight. Read more: http://www.inner.org/times/tamuz/tamuz.htm
Mother of slain teen rejects Women of Wall plan to pray in daughter’s name
The video above compares what Hillary Clinton said with what James Comey said. Yesterday I heard someone speaking about Pirkei Avot and she asked the question, "Why does it say "Hu Haya Omer" as opposed to "Hu Amar"? Below are two explanations.
Whenever a statement in Pirke’ Avos is introduced with the words, “He used to say”-“Hu Haya Omer” the Rav Bartenura, explains it to mean that he said it frequently and repeatedly... Another explanation can be gleaned from the opposite of the following bizarre example:
A young doctor gave an amazingly clear presentation about the dangers associated with cigarette smoking. Everyone left the auditorium so inspired, informed, and impressed that it would be hard to imagine that anyone who witnessed the talk could ever touch one of those tobacco sticks. Yet the very next day that same doctor was spotted in the street dragging shamelessly on a cigarette. When approached and reproached with both shock and dismay he responded in a cavalier fashion... So said this doctor, “What do you want from me? That was a lecture!”
Whenever the Mishne says, “Hu Haya Omer-He used to say” it may be read more literally, “He was what he spoke!”
'ראשי התיבות של הגר"ח קנייבסקי לחודש 'תמוז
The summer (the period of Tamuz) is the “holiday” of the eyes. It is the time that one must “guard” his eyes to see only that which is good (in the world in general and in his fellow man in particular) and modest. The ability to guard and focus one’s eyesight correctly is the rectified “sense” of sight. Read more: http://www.inner.org/times/tamuz/tamuz.htm
Mother of slain teen rejects Women of Wall plan to pray in daughter’s name
5 Jul 2016
Moral equivalence
Moral equivalence has become a moral atrocity
Tammy Just Wants to go Back to Being a Normal Girl.... Please Help! - Watch the video and you will have a deeper appreciation and gratitude to Hashem for your health.
The IDF and COGAT's Civil Administration issued a decree Monday night announcing plans to demolish the West Bank home of Palestinian terrorist Muhammad Tarayrah, 17, who murdered Israeli teenager Hallel Yaffa Ariel in her sleep in Kiryat on June 30.
Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Israeli-forces-issue-plans-to-raze-home-of-Kiryat-Arba-terrorist-459525
BreakingNews picked up on the above article by translating a tweet regarding the demolition. The original tweet translated to "Muhammad Tarayrah, man who killed." Notice how BreakingNews inserts, "man who they say killed."
Tammy Just Wants to go Back to Being a Normal Girl.... Please Help! - Watch the video and you will have a deeper appreciation and gratitude to Hashem for your health.
The IDF and COGAT's Civil Administration issued a decree Monday night announcing plans to demolish the West Bank home of Palestinian terrorist Muhammad Tarayrah, 17, who murdered Israeli teenager Hallel Yaffa Ariel in her sleep in Kiryat on June 30.
Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Israeli-forces-issue-plans-to-raze-home-of-Kiryat-Arba-terrorist-459525
BreakingNews picked up on the above article by translating a tweet regarding the demolition. The original tweet translated to "Muhammad Tarayrah, man who killed." Notice how BreakingNews inserts, "man who they say killed."
4 Jul 2016
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