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This Google Custom Search looks only in this website. Shmittah Comes to Har Sinai
Tens of thousands of bnei Torah rallied under the sponsorship and attendance of HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, and members of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, roshei yeshivos and rabbonim from places throughout the country for a historic event organized by, "The Bnei Yeshivos in Eretz Hakodesh Event" which took place this past Sunday evening in the Arena Stadium in Yerushalayim.
I am conveying the message as I was requested by my father, verbatim as written:
In anticipation of the beginning of the zman, yeshiva students are obligated to strengthen themselves exceedingly, in arising to attend prayers in time and not to, chas vesholom, forfeit saying Krias Shema beyond the permitted time, for this is an explicit mitzvah of the Torah, one which cannot be atoned for, as is stated in the gemora Brochos at the beginning of Perek Tefillas HaShachar.
It should be known that throughout the generations, the success of a yeshiva student has been ...
The subject of Torah is not a simple one. During every moment that a person studies it, he is sanctified, as is brought in the Zohar, "The Torah and Hashem and Yisroel are one entity." By studying Torah we connect to Hashem, strengthening a bond to the source of holiness.
We must also know that Torah itself is very interesting...
The Pashtuns - even if the process of many years of assimilation and Islamization has rendered them as non-Jewish - still adhere to certain customs common among them which are similar to Jewish customs.
They light candles on Friday before sundown (they refer to Friday by its Arabic name and Shabbos as 'Shamba'). They don't do laundry on Shabbos...
This essay was first published in 1996.
The Secret Of Gaining Torah Knowledge
"No person ever became a godol beTorah merely by studying Torah. It was only by reviewing his studies," wrote the gaon HaRav Yitzchok Hutner zt'l.
When we talk about a skyscraper, everyone understands that the building's secret is not in its top floors, but rather in its bottom floors, many basements, and deep foundations. The top floor is less reinforced with thick steel beams than the lower ones since it need not carry so much weight. Any thoughtful person will point to the building's underlying infrastructure, as disclosing the key to its towering height: the secret is the massive, solid foundation. A foolish person, however, will look at the skyscraper's incredible height and become excited over seeing the uppermost floors touching the clouds.
The secret of gadlus in Torah study and the way to excel in Torah knowledge, is not in the "top floors" — the extra knowledge that a godol beyond that of a regular person. The secret of towering Torah greatness is also at the very foundation. The difference between a godol beTorah and a regular person is in his foundation's strength.
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