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Human beings always wish to be in control of one’s life. But life blindsides at unexpected moments and in unpredictable ways. The experiences of life only reveal to us how powerless and irrational we really are. There is very little that we are actually able to control. Therefore human beings always long for solutions and answers that emanate from the occult - from another world of being that we dimly are aware of its existence, So here we have the rub. The Torah is unalterably opposed to magic, superstitions, and appeals to spirits. So how do we square that strict approach with the presence of all of these laws in Vayikra that obviously rely for their relevance and strength of purpose on the existence of another unseen world? The answer lies in our understanding that all of the words of the Torah are to be first taken at face value and that the ultimate reason for obedience to those Torah laws is the fact that we were commanded to do so. Many times the correct answer to the ubiquitous question of "Why?" is "Because!" All parents apply this rule of life at numerous times while attempting to raise their children in a proper fashion. The Lord for His own reasons, so to speak, employs this same method when dealing with the Jewish people who had already previously pledged allegiance to the Torah and its values. The chumash Vayikra is a prime example of this axiom of Jewish life.
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
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)
