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Shabbos: Taam HaChaim Parashas Pinchas 5769

שבת טעם החיים פרשת פינחס תשס"ט Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Parashas Pinchas 5769 Ignoring the media Introduction This week commences the period known as the bein hametzarim, the Three Weeks. What is the significance of these three weeks? We know that on the seventeenth of Tammuz, Nevuchadnezzar, the Babylonian king, breached the walls of Jerusalem, and this siege culminated with the destruction of the first Bais HaMikdash on Tisha Baav. Thus, we are in a period of mourning for the loss of The Divine… Continue

Added by Ben on July 9, 2009 at 8:26pm — No Comments

Pinchas - Selections from Rabbi Baruch Epstein

Pinchas - Rabbi Baruch Epstein

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Added by Benyomin Hoffman on July 9, 2009 at 12:02am — No Comments

Shabbos: Taam HaChaim Parashas Bamidbar 5769

שבת טעם החיים פרשת במדבר תשס"ט Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Parashas Bamidbar 5769 Peace through the actions of the wicked Introduction This week I was discussing with a friend of mine the name of the leader of the tribe of Shimon, Shlumiel Ben Tzurishaddai, whose name is mentioned in this week’s parashah (Bamidbar 2:12). I mentioned that the Ohr HaChaim (Bamidbar 7:36) writes that one possible reason that he was thus called was because his name alludes to the fact that shileim lo Keil al cheit Yosef… Continue

Added by Ben on May 22, 2009 at 5:21am — No Comments

Finding our Moment - the Lesson of Pinchas

By Rabbi Yaacov Haber The lesson of Pinchas is to find our moment; to find our purpose; and to find our Neshama that is uniquely ours. When we find that moment we can’t be afraid. Heroes are men and women that are not afraid. Histories greatest achievements were accomplished by those that were not afraid. When your moment arrives jump without fear. Be a Pinchas! I heard a beautiful thought in the name of Rav Shlomo Freifeld of blessed memory. In our daily prayers we say: “He is the Healer of… Continue

Added by Yaacov Haber on July 20, 2008 at 10:23pm — No Comments