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Asher Ishaayahu Ben Rivka
Yet Yaacov takes Yoseph's dreams so lightly. Yoseph, too, dreamt of earth and heaven -- first of sheaves, and then of the sun, the moon and the stars. What was Jacob's response? "His father scolded him (Gen. 37:10)." He rebuked Joseph, at least publicly. Wherein lies the difference between Jacob's dream and Joseph's dreams?
My colleague, Rabbi Philip H. Singer, and I arrived at the conclusion that, although the dreams were similar , there was one essential component missing in Joseph's dreams: -- the ladder, the link between earth and heaven, upon which angels could ascend and descend. A connection between heaven and earth is necessary to make a dream a reality. And in our world, the connection between heaven and earth is Torah.
Yaacov's dream which combines heaven and earth brings with it a promise to "guard you wherever you go and return you to this soil (28: 15);" to Eretz Yisrael. Dreams of heaven or earth, without this connection, can lead to jealousy, to strife, to disenchantment and to rivalry between brothers .These, in turn, may lead to expulsion from Eretz Yisrael. Eretz Yisrael without Torah -- the link between heaven and earth -- or for that matter, Torah without Eretz Yisrael, is an anomaly.
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Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part II
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
Parashat Hashavua Happiness for the Right Reasons
[With painful longing, we share these divrei Torah from our co-Rosh Kollel for close to 40 years, Harav Moshe Ehrenreich zt”l.]
