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Kabbalah u'Madda: June 2009
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Kabbalah u'Maddah explores the connections and commonalities between mystical Judaism and the Modern World. Monday, June 29, 2009. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a Jew? How many of you ever considered the possibility that a classic piece of children's dogrel was actually inspired by the Tanakh? Hopefully the the title of this post has led you in the direction of the following poem:. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy - was he? Today I finished מלכים ב' פרק ב. I believe that fu...
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Kabbalah u'Madda: July 2009
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Kabbalah u'Maddah explores the connections and commonalities between mystical Judaism and the Modern World. Wednesday, July 29, 2009. Leaders Don't Fail Me Now. The last mishnah in Massechet Taanit lists five events that occurred on the 17th of Tammuz and five that occurred on Tisha B'Av. It states that the חטא עגל. Took place on the 17th of Tammuz, and the חטא מרגלים. Took place on Tisha B'Av. Normally I would have thought that the חטא עגל. Was a more serious failure of B'nei Israel than the חטא מרגלים.
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Kabbalah u'Madda: The Original Cup of Coffee
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Kabbalah u'Maddah explores the connections and commonalities between mystical Judaism and the Modern World. Thursday, November 26, 2009. The Original Cup of Coffee. I recently was struck with a difficult dilemma, how do you make that first cup of coffee in the morning? Certainly my experience with the original cup of coffee is similar to Chazal's comment about the original pair of tongs in Pirkei Avot 5:9. Ten things were created at twilight on the eve of the first Sabbath:. Posted by Reb Yaakov. JBlog C...
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Kabbalah u'Madda: March 2009
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Kabbalah u'Maddah explores the connections and commonalities between mystical Judaism and the Modern World. Sunday, March 29, 2009. Maybe I could just pretend that Google could be a well-run benevolent organization making the Internet better for the entire human race? Maybe they could take over the UN? Well a fellow can dream. What can I say, I love Google. Posted by Reb Yaakov. Links to this post. Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Gedolei Yisrael - Maharal of Prague. Gedolei Yisrael - Maharal. As you can see w...
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Kabbalah u'Madda: The True Miracle of Chanukkah
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Kabbalah u'Maddah explores the connections and commonalities between mystical Judaism and the Modern World. Sunday, December 13, 2009. The True Miracle of Chanukkah. In true Modern Kabbalistic Chassidic (and even possibly post-modern) style, this is not a disagreement ( מחלוקת. That is meant to be resolved. The tension between the two miracles reflects two fundamentally different approaches to describe how HaShem interacts with the world. The miracle of the oil is an obvious miracle which contrad...Altho...
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Kabbalah u'Madda: April 2009
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Kabbalah u'Maddah explores the connections and commonalities between mystical Judaism and the Modern World. Monday, April 27, 2009. Ramban Says, “Make Aliyah Now! Dramatic pause for self-satisfied Zionist sigh of contentment. The land became defiled, and when I directed My providence at the sin committed there, the land vomited out its inhabitants. Yet, the Ramban does not stop there - he states that mitzvot have a limited effect outside of. For example then nation of Brooklyn is outside of. Eretz Yisrae...
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Kabbalah u'Madda: A Kabbalistic Explanation of a Vexing Verse
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Kabbalah u'Maddah explores the connections and commonalities between mystical Judaism and the Modern World. Thursday, January 14, 2010. A Kabbalistic Explanation of a Vexing Verse. Parshat Va'Era contains a vexing verse:. וארא אל אברהם אל יצחק ואל יעקב בא-ל ש-די ושמי יקוק לא נודעתי להם. I revealed Myself to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as God Almighty ( E-l Sha-ddai. And did not allow them to know Me by My name YHVH. And YHVH spoke to Avraham). How do we understand this pasuk from Parshat Va'Era? And now HaS...
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Kabbalah u'Madda: August 2009
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Kabbalah u'Maddah explores the connections and commonalities between mystical Judaism and the Modern World. Monday, August 31, 2009. Gedolei Yisrael - R. Tzadok HaKohen. R Tzadok (1823-1900) was a prolific author and a profound thinker. A chassidic Rebbe who was a talmid of the Ishbitzer Rebbe. R Tzadok grew up as a Litvak and was later convinced to "do teshuvah" and follow chasidut. (A good lesson for all of us, it is never too late to become a chasid! Posted by Reb Yaakov. Links to this post. And I can...
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Kabbalah u'Madda: October 2009
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Kabbalah u'Maddah explores the connections and commonalities between mystical Judaism and the Modern World. Thursday, October 29, 2009. Avraham vs. Tevye. The first of Avraham's ten נסיונות. Of Avraham, while he aced that test with flying colors. The Ishbitzer Rebbe explains that Avraham had to forgo his affluent life in Charan - Avraham needed to focus on the מידה. The Ishbitzer Rebbe takes this idea one step further, what should Avraham ask from HaShem? What level of basic needs and. Contradicts one of...
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Kabbalah u'Madda: December 2009
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Kabbalah u'Maddah explores the connections and commonalities between mystical Judaism and the Modern World. Thursday, December 24, 2009. I was learning a Mishnah the other day and came across an interesting piece of Talmudic realia. כל המעות הנמצאין בירושלים- הרי אלו חולין, אפילו דינר זהב עם הכסף ועם המעות; מצא בתוכן חרס וכתוב עליו מעשר, הרי זה מעשר - מעשר שני ד:י. All money that is found in Yerushalayim is chullin. Posted by Reb Yaakov. Links to this post. Sunday, December 13, 2009. There is a well know...
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