Showing posts with label Sheva Brachos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sheva Brachos. Show all posts
Sunday, June 26, 2022

A Rare Meshech Chochma on Tzitzis

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Rare in the sense that it is very unusual for Reb Meir Simcha to talk about physical symbolism. Also, this is a brilliant interpretation abo...
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Sunday, May 16, 2021

Was the Mishkan Weighted or Staked? Installment Three

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Reb Moshe in the Darash derives important יסודות from the יתדות, a lesson from these alternative methods of keeping the יריעות, the fabric a...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Eikev (Sheva Brachos #10)

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Picture this: I register my usual complaint about having to prepare a drasha for a Sheva Brachos with my wife. Mrs. Sympathy says, "W...
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Monday, July 1, 2019

Shlach. Word Choice Exposes Secret Thoughts

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Reading the Parshas HaMeraglim reveals very little about what the problem was, about the root of the tragic episode.  Only in Arvos Mo...
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Ishah and Ha'ishah, the Ben Yehoyada.

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I've been waiting for a chance to use the  Ben Yehoyada in BM 59  at a Sheva Brachos, but that special moment has yet to arrive. Perhaps...
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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Vayeitzei, Bereishis 29:27. Working During the Days of Sheva Brachos

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Last night I attended my niece's marriage to a wonderful young man, Yaakov Guttman from Baltimore, a very dear talmid of my father in la...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Beshalach. Marriage and the Splitting of the Sea. Drasha for Sheva Brachos (#9)

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Sota 2a: אמר ר' יוחנן וקשין לזווגן כקריעת ים סוף שנאמר (תהילים סח) אלהים מושיב יחידים ביתה מוציא אסירים בכושרות Reb Yochanan said, it...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Lech Lecha. Journeys and Odysseys. Drasha for Sheva Brachos (#7)

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My wife and I just got back from Memphis, where we attended the wedding of a young man with whom our family has been very close.  We drove t...
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