Showing posts with label Shavu'os. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shavu'os. Show all posts
Friday, June 14, 2024

Shavuos pei daled: Why We Read Rus on Shavuos

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 to be refined later, putting down so it doesn't get lost. Abudraham: We lein Rus on Shavuos.  Gives two reasons.  It was in the harvest...
Thursday, June 9, 2022

Drasha Shavuos 2022 תשפ'ב

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The most important element in attaining gadlus in Torah is unremitting ameilus. But after ameilus, and even after knowing kol hatorah kulah,...
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Friday, June 7, 2019

Shavuos ayin tes/2019. Derech Eretz Kodma LaTorah

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I saw this in Rav Yeruchem Olshin's Yarei'ach L"moadim. It speaks for itself. ושמעתי מעשה נפלא על הג״ר משה פיינשטיין זצ״ל ...
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Thursday, May 24, 2018

The Three Singularities of Avodas Hakorbanos of Shavuos and Why They Are So Important

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Rav Moshe in the Kol Rom points out two unique characteristics of the avoda of Shavuos, singularities among Korbanos Tzibbur.  Harav Mordech...
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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Parshas Bamidbar and Shavuos - מנו ועצרו, but It Is Not the Numbers

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When Chazal instituted the reading of the Torah on Shabbos, the order of Parshiyos was not fixed. Nonetheless, there were certain requiremen...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Shavuos. A good pshat in the Gemara in Avoda Zara

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Avodah Zarah 2b.  The Gemara begins with a prophetic description of the reaction of the nations when Klal Yisrael is rewarded for keeping t...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Why We say Hallel on Shavuos

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Why do we say Hallel on Shavuos? This seems like an odd question.  Everyone knows that we say Hallel on Yomtov, and Shavuos is a ...
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Sunday, June 1, 2014

Shavuos; The Recurrence of Mattan Torah

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Two parts;  Part I discusses our minhag to avoid elective medical procedures Erev Shavuos, and explains that it is based on the fact that S...