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Female LessonParashat HashavuaSeries'LibraryPiskei Din (Hebrew)Test Yourself
My father, olav hashalom, always used to remark, "If you want something done, ask a busy man." When we have little do, merely getting out of bed can become an existential challenge. Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato writes in The Mesilas Yesharim, the Path of the Just, that we are here in this world to do three things: to serve Hashem - God; to do the mitzvot, the commandments and to stand up to challenges. One of the great paths to happiness is to realize that every experience that we meet in life is a challenge. True some challenges, are easier to spot than others. For example, it’s fairly obvious when you're the father of a family subsisting on food stamps that it's a big challenge to keep your fingers out of an open bag with several $100 bills smiling at you. Other challenges are more subtle. Success for example. It’s all too easy to fall prey to the myth of the self-made man. Just as no man in history has managed to create himself out of dust, so no business wizz has been able to conjure up his own millions. Everything comes from Heaven. I know some very brilliant people who are washing dishes, and some pretty dim ones who are driving Ferraris. Intelligence and success are but distant relations. There once was a businessman who made a vast fortune. Someone asked him to what he attributed his success. "90% mazal (luck) and 10% seichel (intelligence), and if I’d had less seichel I’d have made a lot more money." Yaakov is called the muvchar - the "choicest" of the fathers of the Jewish People, and yet he had by far the hardest life. He grew up with a brother who wanted to kill him. Because of this he fled to his uncle who cheated him on a daily basis. On his way back home, his daughter was kidnapped and violated, and when he finally arrived home, he's told that his favorite son has been torn limb from limb by a wild animal. After a life of such stress, to seek some repose, some shelter from the storm, would not seem unreasonable — and yet the Torah finds fault with Yaakov for his desire of tranquility. Rest and respite from pressure is given to us for one reason only – to be able to meet life's challenges. Pressure is life’s default position; that’s the way things are supposed to be. Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe used to say that his most creative moments in Torah thought were when the phone was ringing off the hook, students needed his attention, and he had one foot out the door to the airport. And when we make that extra effort to function under pressure, G-d gives up that little extra help that lifts our lives from prose to poetry.




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Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair

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    The class introduces the book, its original name, the author, why it was written, the history of the Kuzari nation, and the actual introduction of the book written by R. Yehuda HaLevi.

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    "Tzniut vs. Cheap Attention"

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    Tzni'ut or humility has a bad "rap" for it goes against many "givens" of the western world. Arrogant people who depend on the approval or (often cheap) attention of others, rather than working on their inner selves, actually lose their own self, and inside feel emptiness. Humility is externally mistaken for unhappiness, just as arrogance is mistaken for happiness. This class is a must for parents and educators, especially of teenage girls, but really for everyone.

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    ASK THE RABBI: USING A DOG TO DO WORK ON SHABBAT

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    PARASHAT HASHAVUA: INDEPENDENCE AND A FREE JERUSALEM BEFORE SHAVUOT

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    Siyum iyum of Orchot Tzaddikim

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    The guest speaker refers to the unique chapter in Orchot Tzaddikim, not found in other works about midot, the "active" way and benefits of silence.

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    "TO LIFE, TO LIFE 'LECHA'IM' "- Parshat Emor

    Rav Kook innovatively explains why Kohanim are forbidden to come in contact with death and that Kabbalists say that all women are like Kohanim- for the highest level in Judaism is life. This has many interesting ramifications!

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyar 5786
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    What's in a Memorial?

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    Ein Aya

    "Stuck Up"- Too High & Mighty for His Own Good

    Even within arrogance there are different levels. Rav Kook explains the logical connection the Talmud makes between lack of humility, laziness and exile.

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyar 5786
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    P'ninat Mishpat

    P'ninat Mishpat: To Whom Do the Payments Go? – part I

    based on ruling 81075 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

    Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Iyar 5786
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    Moreshet Shaul

    Moreshet Shaul: Jewish Philosophy in Daily Life

    Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 250

    Various Rabbis | Iyar 5786
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    Ask the Rabbi: Does One Fix a Mistake in a Complex Al Hamichya?

    Rabbi Daniel Mann | Iyar 5786
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    Parashat Hashavua: Love and Jealousy within the Family

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 5786
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    Achrei Mot

    "FIRST 'THE NATIONS WILL SAY: 'G-D DID GREAT FOR [ISRAEL]' "

    We don't always understand and sometimes Israel pays a price for being the closest nation to Hashem, but that is essentially part of our role. Rav Kook explains just like the prophets often suffered for saying uncomfortable G-dly messages, similarly Am Yisrael historically had to pay the prices as "the conscience of mankind", and the way Hashem is seen to the world. Recently, more and more gentile leaders are beginning to point out the unique and "Chosen" role of Israel, including a game-changing article by an editor of a leading British paper.

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyar 5786
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    Tazria

    "NOT ALL HATE IS CREATED EQUAL"- p. Tazria-Metzora

    The parsha teaches the tragedy of being alone and separate, but our 2,000 year galut is exactly that. Because of the universality of anti-Semitism, we unfortunately sometimes tend to make simplistic associations, & lump all this hatred together, as if it's the same. Yes, Iran hates us like the Nazis did, but today's war on all accounts is totally different, and we must thank G-d on Yom HaAtzma'ut for all those differences.

    Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyar 5786
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    P'ninat Mishpat: Tuition Payment after Withdrawing Student

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    Moreshet Shaul: Character Refinement – part V

    Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p.154

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