Simchas Avraham

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Pesach - Not Your Regular Kiddush

Apr 10, 2024

4:12

When we make kiddush at the Seder, it’s not just a kiddush like we make all year round- it’s the first of the four cups that must be drunk.

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Parshas Tazria - Experts Only

Apr 8, 2024

4:27

Only a doctor can tell you about your sickness. Only a Kohein can tell if a person has tzaras. And only Hashem can take us out of Mitzrayim.

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Parshas Hachodesh - Above Nature

Apr 5, 2024

4:10

From both Parshas Hachodesh and Parshas Shemin we see that there’s things above and beyond nature, beyond our comprehension .

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Parahas Shemini - It’s Easier To Be A Tzaddik

Apr 3, 2024

4:23

When a person wants to be a Tzadik he gets an infinite amount of heavenly assistance. Thus, it’s easier to be a Tzaddik and receive that assistance than be a rasha and not get it at all.

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Parahas Shemini - Striving For Greatness

Apr 1, 2024

4:37

Nadav and Avihu were punished for bringing a Korban they weren’t commanded to. But their desire for greatness was there, albeit done incorrectly.

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Parshas Parah - Preparing For Pesach

Mar 29, 2024

4:19

Parshas Parah comes immediately following Purim to show us that it’s time to get ourselves ready for Pesach. Not just cleaning for chametz, but ourselves too.

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Parshas Tzav - Learning Is Like Doing

Mar 26, 2024

4:27

Unfortunately we don’t have a Beis Hamikdash to bring korbanos today. However, there’s a way to make like they are brought.

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Parshas Vayikra - Purim Revealed

Mar 18, 2024

4:27

The Torah uses the term of affection at the outset of the parsha. There’s a similar word in the Megilla as well that could perhaps connote the same theme.

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Parshas Pekudai - Just Hold On

Mar 15, 2024

4:26

Sefer Shemos is a blueprint for our history. All the way from the enslavement in Mitztrayim, to the building of the Mishkan.

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Parshas Pekudai - Details Matter

Mar 13, 2024

4:41

The Torah spells out each time that Moshe did it because Hashem said to. I wasn’t just an overall nice thing. He focused on each thing individually which contributed to the overall picture.

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Chodesh Adar - True Joy

Mar 11, 2024

4:47

Rashi tells us the Purim & Pesach are times that miracles took place. Thus, there’s more happiness in these days. Why specifically them? We have other Yamim Tovim also? Maybe it’s because we came out alive on the other end of it.

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Parshas Shekalim - Doing It 100% Correctly

Mar 8, 2024

4:37

HKB”H showed Moshe Rabbeinu a coin of fire to show that even if you may not have the best of intentions, it’s as if you’re doing it for it totally correctly for no external reasons.

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Parshas Vayakhel - You Bring The Shechina

Mar 6, 2024

4:30

The Mishkan could have had donation by just one or two individuals. However, that wasn’t the case. Everyone has a portion in bringing the Shechinah down to this world.

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Parahas Vayakhel - Wisdom Is In The Heart

Mar 4, 2024

4:36

When one thinks about wisdom, you’d assume it about what’s in a persons mind. But the Torah tells us that’s not true.

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Parshas Ki Sisa - You Are Beloved

Mar 1, 2024

4:28

Moshe Rabbeinu wanted to know why bad things happen to good people. But Hashem wouldn’t tell him. What he did do was show him that after all is said and done, you are beloved in my eyes.

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Parshas Ki Sisa - A Purim Prelude

Feb 28, 2024

4:50

The Chiet Haegel was a prelude of sorts as how the Purim story took place years later.

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Parshas Ki Sisa - Intentions 101

Feb 26, 2024

4:41

Bnei Yisrael's error with the Eigel was that it wasn't commanded of them. If so, that could be why Moshe Rabbeinu's name is omitted specifically from Parshas Tetzaveh.

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Purim Katan - We’re Still Here

Feb 23, 2024

4:37

Purim Katan shows us that we have to be so ever grateful for the fact we’re still here. Yes, even though it’s not the actual Purim, it still needs to be shown.

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Parshas Tetzaveh - You Can Also Be A Kohein. Part 2

Feb 21, 2024

4:15

Just because one isn’t near the Kosel Hamaravi, doesn’t mean that The Shechina isn’t available to him. Not only is it accessible, it’ll even come to you.

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Parshas Tetzaveh - You Can Also Be A Kohein

Feb 19, 2024

4:32

Shevat Levi was specifically chosen to be the ones to do the daily tasks in the Beis Hamikdash. However, that doesn’t mean everyone else isn’t one.

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Parshas Terumah - Bring Out Your Inner Shechina

Feb 16, 2024

3:51

The Shechina dwells inside everyone.. The challenge is to manifest it to its full potential.

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Parshas Terumah- The Significance Of 40

Feb 14, 2024

4:32

The end of Mishpatim and the beginning of Terumah teach us a lesson as how one acquires Torah, and makes it his own.

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Parshas Trumah - Come Get It —It’ll Carry You

Feb 12, 2024

4:34

The Aron was very unique in that the poles were never allowed to be removed from it. This shows us the power of the Torah, and how it can carry and lift a person.

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Chodesh Adar - A Double Dose

Feb 9, 2024

4:28

Adar is the month that we have two of during a leap year. There’s a reason why it was chosen over the other 11 months of the year.

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Parshas Mishpatim - Loving To Lend

Feb 7, 2024

3:58

The Torah tells us the obligation of lending money in a roundabout way, to teach us a valuable lesson for both the borrower and the lender alike.

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Parshas Mishpatim - Our Laws Are Different

Feb 5, 2024

3:46

The many halachas we have are vastly different than those of the world. Thus we have to use a Beis Din and not a secular court in order to bring that out, in any and all circumstances.

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Parshas Yisro - A New Twist On Mitzvos Bein Adam Lchaveiro

Feb 2, 2024

4:16

The Rambam reveals to us a new meaning as to what Mitzvos Bein Adam L’chavairo are. It’s not just the mitzvah alone, it’s the benefit of the mitzvah down here in this world.

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Parshas Yisro - Knowing & Doing

Jan 31, 2024

4:34

When Bnei Yisrael heard the first two of the Aseres Hadibros from HKB”H they knew it was the real deal. The next step however, is to take that knowledge into action.

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Parshas Yisro - The Miracle Is Greater Than You Thought

Jan 29, 2024

4:25

When we hear about an amazing story, or maybe even a miracle, there is so much more that meets the eye. Every detail adds to the greatness of what took place.

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Parshas Beshalach - The Ultimate Merit

Jan 26, 2024

3:28

What was the ultimate merit that Bnei Yisrael left Mitzrayim? It was one common thread that was present throughout.

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Parshas Beshalach - Visual Reminders

Jan 24, 2024

4:31

When the Jews fought with Amalek, their knowledge of Hashem didn’t suffice. They needed a visual representation of this, which helped them in their battle.

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Parshas Beshalach - When There’s Nowhere To Turn

Jan 22, 2024

4:22

When they reached the Yam Suf, Moshe Rabbeinu and Bnei Yisrael had nowhere to turn. What he didn’t realize was that sometimes you just got to go on…your davening has already been answered.

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Parshas Bo - Tefillin 101

Jan 19, 2024

4:30

When one puts on tefillin daily, he will make sure to learn in order to do all the mitzvos correctly.

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Chodesh Shevat & Snow - One And The Same

Jan 17, 2024

4:19

Even though Chodesh Shevat is the new year for the trees, it can still be snowy outside. It’s not a contradiction.

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Parshas Bo - It’s Not How, It’s Why

Jan 15, 2024

3:47

That which happens in the universe is for one sole reason. And it’s not how we perceive it.

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Parshas Vaeira - The Grave Error of The Eygptians

Jan 12, 2024

4:17

The Egyptians were able to replicate the first two makos. However, their error was that they didn't understand that the way Hashem did the two makos was vastly different than how they did.

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Paraha Vaeira - Moshe, Aharon, & You

Jan 10, 2024

4:06

You can be just like Moshe Rabbeinu. He reached the peak of the mountain, and you can as well..

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Parshas Vaeira - Lacking In Emunah? You're In Good Company

Jan 8, 2024

4:22

Moshe Rabbeinu merited to speak to Hashem with utmost clarity, but he still had doubts about emunah and Bitachon. If Moshe had these questions, of course we can too.

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Parshas Shemos - The New You

Jan 5, 2024

3:50

A person can be one person one second, and just by a mere thought make a total 180.

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Parshas Shemos - Understanding Miriam's convincing retort

Jan 3, 2024

4:25

Miriam convinced Amram to remarry Yocheved after originally divorcing her. When Amram decided that was the correct thing to do, it was a real psak he made due to the circumstances. But Miriam made him look at the situation differently, thus overturning the psak.

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Intro to Sefer Shemos - Moshe Rabbeinu & Becheirah

Jan 1, 2024

4:25

Moshe Rabbeinu achieved what his purpose was. He reached such a level, that it was second nature to him. There wasn’t even a second thought.

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Parshas Vayechei - The Origins Of Saying Chazak

Dec 28, 2023

4:19

What is the source of saying Chazak at the end of finishing a whole chumash? Why do we do it? Whats the message?

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Parshas Vayechei- Alive Till The End

Dec 27, 2023

4:30

Just as Yaakov Avinu hasn’t died in essence, so too, we also won’t till we get to our homeland.

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Parshas Vayechei - Use Your Weapon Wisely

Dec 25, 2023

4:08

When one davens, there’s a certain power that one has with even a slightest amount of energy to have major implications. Of course, the more the energy, the more the effect.

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Asara B’Teves - Preventative Medicine

Dec 22, 2023

4:20

Strictly speaking, we don’t fast erev shabbos. The one exception is Asara B’Teves. Why? Because sometimes you need to make sure the situation doesn’t get worse.

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Parshas Vayigash - Yosef Reveals Himself.... Why?

Dec 20, 2023

4:23

Yosef revealed himself to the brothers after them not figuring out that it was him. Perhaps it wasn't for the brothers necessarily, but to save his father, Yaakov, any more pain.

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Parshas Vayigash - The Power Of Tears

Dec 18, 2023

4:22

When Yosef and Binyamin met up after so many years they both cried. But the crying was for something much more meaningful than not seeing each other.

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Parshas Mikeitz/Chanukah - Making The Good Last

Dec 13, 2023

4:17

It's easy to forget and get used to the good that takes place. But there's also ways to remember them.

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Chanukah - Not Just Lighting The Menorah

Dec 11, 2023

4:13

Chanukah is more than the physical activity of lighting the menorah. It’s about thanking HKB”H for that took place.

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Chanukah - Cause For Celebration

Dec 8, 2023

4:21

There could possibly be a difference what the main moment we’re celebrating. Accordingly, this might answer the famous question of the Beis Yosef.

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