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Dvorah Torah

3rd November
2008
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Глава  Ноах

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Самые прибыльные персонажи – герои. Причем, супер-герои. Вряд ли вы увидите на первых строчках кассовых сборов фильмы о людях платящих налоги или болеющих грипом. Каждый год Голливуд предлагает нам отдать свои деньги в кассах кинотеатров за отрыв от реальности с супер-героями летающими по небу, прыгающими через небоскребы и всячески спасающих человечество при помощи самых современных спец эффектов. (more…)

27th October
2008
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Глава Берешит

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Эпиграф
Гулял в одиночестве Адам по раю и стало ему скучно. Обратился Адам к Б-гу:
- Всевышний, раз Ты меня создал – Ты меня и развлекай!
- Могу создать для тебя женщину. – ответил Б-г.
- И, что мне с этого будет? – поинтересовался Адам.
- Будет тебя развлекать, ублажать, заботиться о тебе.- Неплохо, – ответил Адам. – А, во что, мне эта женщина обойдется?
- Один глаз, одно ухо, половина зубов, одна ноздря, одна рука, одна нога, половина ребер….
- Стоп, стоп, стоп! – прервал Б-га Адам, – а за одно ребро у Тебя ни чего не найдется?

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17th March
2008
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This week’s parsha, Parshat Vayikra, is the opening chapter of The Book of Leviticus, or as the Talmudic Sages referred to it, Torat Kohanim (the torah of the “priests”). The primary topic in this third of the five books of Moses is the korbanot. The word korban (singular form of korbanot) is usually mistranslated as either an offering or a sacrifice. The reason I say mistranslated is because neither word really captures the essence of what a korban really is, and both imply that God is somehow benefiting from the fact that an animal was sacrificed, or offered to him. In reality the purpose of a korban is not so God can benefit from it, but rather the purpose of a korban, much like prayer, is so that the human being that brings the korban may benefit. As Rav Shimshon Rafael Hirsch explains that the root of the Hebrew word קרבן (korban) is קרב, which means coming near, because the purpose of the korbanot is to elevate ourselves and bring us closer to God. (more…)

10th March
2008
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This week’s Parsha, Parshas Pekudei is the last torah portion in Sefer Shemos, The Book of Exodus. The parsha, and consequently the entire sefer, conclude with the erection of the mishkan (tabernacle), the resting place of God’s “glory”. The Ramban at the end of our parsha calls Shemos the Book of Redemption, the completion of the mishkan being the point where the Jews had finally reached a state of redemption. But wait, wasn’t the exodus, the Jews departure from Egypt, the end of the Galus (exile) that they were in? (more…)

3rd March
2008
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שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים, תֵּעָשֶׂה מְלָאכָה, וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי יִהְיֶה לָכֶם
קֹדֶשׁ שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן, לַיהוָה; כָּל-הָעֹשֶׂה בוֹ מְלָאכָה, יוּמָת.

Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a shabbos of solemn rest to the LORD; whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.
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18th February
2008
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The first verse in this week’s torah portion, תצוה פרשת (Parshat Tetzaveh) goes as follows: ואתא תצוה את בני ישראל ויקחו אליך שמן זית זך כתית למאור להעלות נר תמיד , Now you shall command the Children of Israel that they shall take for you pure olive oil, pressed, for illumination, to kindle a lamp continually. When looked at in context the placement of this verse is very perplexing. The structure of last week’s parsha (torah portion) is very simple, first God commands the Jewish people to build the Mishkan (tabernacle), and then the Torah goes on to describe the building of various parts of the Mishkan (tabernacle), including the Menorah. This week’s parsha (Torah portion) starts off with the above quoted verse, in other words, the commandment to light the menorah everyday, it then goes on to describe the clothing of the priests, and then eventually the ins and outs of the daily services. So why put the candle lighting ceremony in the middle? Shouldn’t it be places after the description of the Menorah? Or better yet at the end of our parsha with all the other ceremonies! (more…)