Archive for September, 2008
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
we wish everyone a Shana Tov and well over the Fast
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Beit Aharon wishes everyone a Shana Tova- a Healthy and Happy New Year and well Over the Fast
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Monday 29 September
Candle lighting 6:04 pm
Mincha 6:15 pm
Maariv 6:35 pm
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
This week's parsha opens with the beautiful words describing the bikkurim, the first fruits that were brought to the Cohanim in the Temple. The phrase used is
ולקחת מראשית כל-פרי האדמה... דברים כו:ב
“… you shall take of the first of every fruit of the ground... (26:2)
Upon settling the ...
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
“Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” - Robert Fulghum
This week’s mitzvah-dense parasha covers a range of topics including laws governing marriage and family, ethics in war, humane treatment of animals and the socially vulnerable, finances and the importance of remembering ...
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
According to the Sifri, Parshat Shoftim starts expansively, but continues in an extremely circumscribed manner. The parasha begins by stating
שפטים ושתרים תתן לך בכל שעריך
“Set for yourselves judges and officers in all your gates.”
The Sifri focuses on the phrase, “all your gates” to clarify that this injunction ...
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