Month: February 2019

Parshas Terumah (5779)

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Parshas Terumah (5779)

By Mordechai Dolinsky

The pashtus of how we perceive the middle קנה of the מנורה is what we would call the top perch where the כוס is placed.  However from Rashi it really seems that the קנה is one big cup for the oil and the wick.  The stand is really one long deep cup.  The difference is as if the cup is perched on the ground with the oil and wick.  It is as if the ground of the world is producing the light. We know that the object which is the exact center of the avodah brings the special ברכה of the avodah.  It is as if the oil and the wick is on the ground of the world.  This is perhaps the understanding of the awesome greatness of the light of the menorah. 

Have a wonderful, lit up Shabbos.

Parshas Mishpatim 5779

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Parshas Mishpatim (5779)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

A few words for those that might have a negative taste for  אמה עבריה.  A young lady born to a religious family back back in those years; no framework, no educational system and maybe no circle of friends.  Her father finds a fine respectable family with good character.  Among the siblings there is fine young man that the father sees will eventually be compatible for her.  It is clear to all that it would be very beneficial for her to be part of all this.  When the time came the young man was presented to her as a fine חתן.  

The grand gift to us of the משפטים structure is the greatest gift to straighten our minds.

Have a wonderful Shabbos and a redeeming חודש.