Esther’s Fast
All Jewish people today customarily fast on the 13th of Adar, in remembrance of the fast that they fasted in the days of Haman, as is written (Esther 9:31), “the matter of the fasts and the outcries.” (Rambam, Hilchos Taaniyos 5:5) ונהגו כל ישראל בזמנים אלו להתענות בי”ג באדר זכר לתענית שהתענו בימי המן שנאמר דברי הצומות וזעקתם – רמב”ם […]
How to reveal the power of Emuna (Faith)
We all struggle with many things that stop up from serving G-od the right way. The main obstacle is the level of our faith in G-od. In this lecture Rabbi Anava talks about how to reveal this hidden power of real strong and deep faith in G-od that will allow us to connect on a much better level to our […]
The Journey Of The Soul From Beginning To End – Part 1
We all want to know where we came from and where we’re going to end… This lecture covers the general idea of the journey of the soul
The Journey Of The Soul From Beginning To End – Part 2
We all want to know where we came from and where we’re going to end… This lecture covers the general idea of the journey of the soul
The Journey Of The Soul From Beginning To End – Part 3
We all want to know where we came from and where we’re going to end… This lecture covers the general idea of the journey of the soul
It’s How You Wear It
“…And they made Aharon’s holy garments, as G-d had commanded Moshe…” – Shemos 39:1 וַיַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת בִּגְדֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר לְאַהֲרֹן כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה ה’ אֶת משֶׁה – שמות לט, א The construction of the Mishkan and all its contents is recounted in Parshas Vayakhel. Then, in Parshas Pikudei, we read how Bnei Yisrael brought all the finished work before Moshe, who […]
The Collateral
“…These are the numbers of the Mishkan, the Mishkan of the testimony…” – Shemot 38:21 אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת – שמות לח, כא Rashi takes note of the Torah’s uncharacteristic repetition of the word mishkan in this verse, and explains it based on the similarity between the word mishkan, מִשְׁכָּן, and the word mashkon, מִשְׁכָּן, a security deposit. “This [repetition] alludes to the Mikdash, […]
The Rear-view Mirror
“…And he made the copper washbasin and its copper base from the mirrors of the legions of women…” – Shemos 38:8 וַיַּעַשׂ אֵת הַכִּיּוֹר נְחשֶׁת וְאֵת כַּנּוֹ נְחשֶׁת בְּמַרְאֹת הַצֹּבְאֹת – שמות לח, ח The Talmud (Yevamos 49b) contrasts Moshe with all the other prophets: “All the prophets looked into a dim glass, but Moshe looked through an illuminated glass.” […]
The Power Of Prayer – Part 2
A key element of our relationship with our Creator is to “serve Him with all our heart.” The word serve in Hebrew is ‘Avodah’ which carries the sense of laborious work. But what kind of labor can the heart do to serve G‑d? The classic Jewish answer is that this is tefillah (Prayer) a labor of awakening the hidden love […]
The Power Of Prayer – Part 1
A key element of our relationship with our Creator is to “serve Him with all our heart.” The word serve in Hebrew is ‘Avodah’ which carries the sense of laborious work. But what kind of labor can the heart do to serve G‑d? The classic Jewish answer is that this is tefillah (Prayer) a labor of awakening the hidden love […]
The Shabbos Spell
“…For six days, work shall be done; on the seventh day, you shall have sanctity, a Shabbos of complete rest to G-d…” – Shemot 35:2 שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תֵּעָשֶׂה מְלָאכָה וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי יִהְיֶה לָכֶם קֹדֶשׁ שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן לַה’ – שמות לה, ב The command of Shabbos observance is first stated in the Aseres Hadibros, the Ten Commandments (Shemot 20:9-10): שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים […]
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