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Naaleh Updates · 1W ago

Chovot Halevovot: The Connection of Torah

Based on a Naaleh.com shiur by Rabbi Yitzchak Cohen The Gemara says, “There are three keys that Hashem did not give over to agents.” They are, techiyat hameisim (resurrection of the dead), childbirth, and rain. One can clearly see Hashem through rain. When there’s a drought, people realize that Has

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Naaleh Updates · 1W ago

Love Your Neighbor- To What Extent?

Based on a Naaleh.com series by Rabbi Hanoch Teller: Honorable Mentchen II Chesed is normally translated as loving kindness, but it’s more. A secular government can legislate laws such as not speeding or not killing. It cannot, however, expect people to act in a conjointly sense of ‘we’ on behalf of

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Naaleh Updates · 2W ago

Parshat Behar: Walking with G-d

Based on a Naaleh.com shiur by Rabbi Avishai David In Parshat Bechukotai, the term halicha (walking) is used many times in reference to our observance of the mitzvot. The parsha begins, “Im bechukotai teileichu. If you will walk in my statutes.” Further on the Hashem writes, “V’hithalachti b’tochech

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Naaleh Updates · 3W ago

Sefirat Haomer Liberation of the Mind

Based on a Naaleh.com shiur by Rabbi Hanoch Teller There are two terms for work in Hebrew, avodah and melacha. The Ramban explains that melacha is purposeful work which produces a finished product, while avodah is labor that has no defined objective. The term eved, a slave, is a derivative of avodah

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Naaleh Updates · 3W ago

Prayer as a Privilege

Based on a Naaleh.com shiur by Rabbi Hershel Reichman Although we often say that prayer is a weapon, we tend to forget that it is also a privilege. When we begin the shemonei esrei we ask, “Hashem sefatai tiftach.” Hashem open my mouth to speak with you. Rav Soloveitchik would say many times that a

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Naaleh Updates · 4W ago

Parshat Tazria and Metzora: Mirror Image

Based on a Naaleh.com shiur by Mrs. Shira Smiles Why did the Torah specifically designate the kohen to determine the status of a nega (leprosy spot)? Tzaraat was not a physical disease but rather a sign of a spiritual malady within the person. For that one needed to go to a spiritual source for help

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Naaleh Updates · 4W ago

Parshat Achrei Mot / Kedoshim: Living Kedusha

Based on a Naaleh.com shiur by Mrs. Shira Smiles In Parshat Kedoshim the Torah tells us, “Kedoshim tiheyu ki kadosh ani.” You shall be holy, for I am holy. How do we define kedusha (sanctity)? The Mikdash Halevi notes that at the beginning of the parsha it says, “Daber el kol adat bnei Yisrael.” Spe

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Naaleh Updates · 1M ago

Chodesh Iyar: Love From a Distance

Based on a Naaleh.com shiur by Rabbi Hershel Reichman According to the Zohar, each of the twelve months of the year corresponds to one of the twelve tribes of Yaakov. The month of Nisan corresponds to Reuven, the month of Iyar, to Shimon, and the month of Sivan to Levi. The Shem Mishmuel explains t

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Naaleh Updates · 1M ago

Builder of Her Home: Women and Communication #3

Based on a Naaleh.com shiur by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller When the Jews reached Har Sinai, the Torah writes, “Vayichan sham Yisrael.” (He (Yisrael) encamped there). Rashi explains that the singular word Vayichan is used because the Jews were like one person. When they were together in that place of t

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Naaleh Updates · 1M ago

Sefirat Haomer Part I: The Special Event of Kabbalat Hatorah

Based on a Naaleh.com shiur by Rabbi Eliezer Miller The days of sefirat haomer are days of spiritual preparation for the holiday of Shavuot. The Netivot Shalom notes that the order of the moadim: Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot, are a way for a person to come closer to Hashem. It starts with Pesach and

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