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פרשת בהעלותך Why does the Trumpet Blast Save Us From Our Enemies? In this week’s parsha we find a pasuk (Bamidbar 10:9) that says, “And when you go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with two trumpets; and you shall be remembered before Hashem …
HaRav Aharon Perlow The Poritz Obeys the Karliner Rebbe’s Demand – Just to Save His Own Skin HaRav Aharon Perlow, זצוק”ל, author of the Bais Aharon (and often referred to by that name), was born to his father Harav Rav Asher from Stolin, who was, in turn, the son of Rav Aharon Hagadol from Karlin, …
ב”ה פרשת נשא Parshas Naso The Torah is Given to All Jews and We are All Able to Observe it in its Entirety וכל תרומה לכל קדשי בני ישראל אשר יקריבו לכהן לי לו יהיה, ואיש את קדשיו לו יהיו איש אשר יתן לכהן לו יהיה – “And all that is raised up (terumah) to …
Reb Meir’l of Premishlan Born: 1783 Died : 29 Iyar 1850 Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan, 29 Iyar, is the yahrzeit of the famous tzadik, Reb Meir’l of Premishlan. He was the son of R’ Aron Aryeh Leib of Premishlan, who was the son of R’ Meir “HaGadol” of Premishlan, a student of the Baal Shem …
פרשת במדבר Enjoying the Yom Tov Shavuos Someone once asked the great Chassidic leader, the Chiddushei HaRim [1], the following (somewhat wryly I might add), “We know that both the Shabbos before Sukkos and the Shabbos before Pesach have special names. In most years, the Shabbos before Yom Kippur (which happens to be immediately preceding Sukkos) …
פרשת בהר-בחקתי Parshas Behar-Bechukosai Hashem’s Rebuke is a Reflection of His Mercy The Tochacha (words of rebuke) in this week’s Parsha concludes on a positive note. Hashem promises [1] “ואף גם זאת בהיותם בארץ איביהם לא מאסתם ולא געלתים לכלתם להפר בריתי אתם כי אני ה’ אלקיהם וזכרתי להם ברית ראשונים אשר הוצאתי אתם מארץ מצרים …
The Helige Detroiter A Pillar of Chesed comes to America On July 7, 1923, כ”ד תמוז תרפ”ג, Harav Hatzadik Rav Yaakov Chaim Perlow, born in 1888, the son of Harav Yisroel the Rebbe of Stolin, came to America. There were already many Stoliner Chassidim in the USA. The cream of the crop Chassidim, many who …
פרשת אמור Parshas Emor “Truth” (and consequences) We are now in the midst of the days of the counting of the Omer. Coincidentally, this special mitzvah is mentioned in this week’s parsha. The pasuk [1] says “וספרתם לכם ממחרת השבת מיום הביאכם את עמר התנופה שבע שבתות תמימות תהיינה – you shall count for yourselves from the …
פרשת אחרי מות-קדושים The Role of the “Scapegoat” in the Yom Kippur Service Rashi on the pasuk in Bereishis, ויאמר אלקים תדשא הארץ דשא עשב מזריע זרע למינהו עץ פרי עשה פרי – “And Hashem said, ‘Let the earth cover itself with vegetation, plants that reproduce through seeds, fruit trees that are fruit…’” (Bereishis 1:11), …
Parshas Tazria-Metzorah The Purpose of the Impure Condition is its Resultant Rapprochement with Hashem וידבר ה׳ אל משה לאמר, דבר אל בני ישראל לאמר אשה כי תזריע וילדה זכר וטמאה שבעת ימים כימי נדת דותה תטמא – And Hashem spoke to Moshe, saying. Speak to the children of Israel, and say: “If a woman conceives …