Showing posts with label Purim. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Purim. Show all posts
Friday, March 22, 2024

Thoughts on Purim / Kippurim from Rav Edelstein, Reb Tzadok, Reb Kulefsky, and the Sfas Emes.

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  I'll begin with the way Harav Gershon Edelstein zatzal asked the question in a shiur in 2017. ידוע מהאר"י ז"ל, שיום הכיפורים...
Sunday, March 17, 2024

Exploiting the Newly Dead

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 Thinking about the interplay of the two themes of Purim, that it a special time of ratzon for Hashem to answer our Tefillos, and we, here o...
Friday, February 23, 2024

For Purim Katan

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 I heard this in the name of Reb Akiva Eiger, as quoted by a Rav Nassan Adler (not that one) who heard it from Reb Akiva Eiger.  Orach Chaim...
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Friday, March 3, 2023

The Lechem Hapanim and Purim

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This is something my grandson, R Yaakov Jofen, is saying to his friends at the seuda at his yeshiva. I like it, (besides the נחת of hearing ...
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Friday, March 15, 2019

Vayikra. Korbanos and Fiscal Probity; Aveilus and Shalach Manos; Aveilus and Davening for the Amud.

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This is the Kollel Horaah of America's Parsha Sheet. Each of the three sections is insightful and informative, and I found it particula...
Friday, February 22, 2019

Ki Sisa. Interesting Facts About the Chelbenah in the Ketores

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The chelbe'na symbolizes "Poshei Yisrael," and RChbBiz in Krisus 6 says that a community fast that does not include sinners i...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Terumah: Always, Constant, Forever. Tamid in the Mishkan and on Purim

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Several years ago,  I posted the following  on the word "Tamid."  That discussion actually relates very nicely to Rosh Chodesh ...