Parashas Vaeira
The Hidden King and His Kingdom
Rabbi...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Yosef and the Para Adumah.
By Joe Indomenico.
One
must bring to mind that the Lucchot - Tablets of the Commandments
were shattered by Moshe Rabbeinu on the day he witnessed the
debauchery of the Eigel haZahav - The Golden Calf. The Sages teach quite
adamantly that the Para Adumah - the Red Heifer was the rectification
of the sin of the Golden Calf.
However,
there is also a deep relationship between Yosef ha Tzaddik and the
Parah Adumah that is more obscure that will aid us to unravel a bit more
of the jigsaw puzzle. The mystery still remains but the picture is
coming into sharper focus.
The
cryptic puzzle begins in Bereshit 49 v 6 where it states that...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
The Creation of Man: Thinking Shabbat #2
Contemplating Sinai
Sinai IS Torah
The Mishcan and You
Shabbat Labor
Shabbat of Gerim
"My" Place in the World
Interactive Torah
etc.
...
Monday, December 23, 2013
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Nega-tivity to Oneg-tivity.
By Joe Indomenico.
I found great solace in pondering that Geulah - Redemption has already happened.........it is just that we have not arrived there in time and space.........but occurred, it certainly has.
What do you see ..... The destruction and ruins of temples, the ashes of crematoria, the dust of wilderness or do you see the vibrant light of the rebuilt Beit haMikdash, and the industrious labour of love of G-d fearing Yehudim reclaiming the ancient sites and barren sands? We must see with clarity. The blind negativity of the left eye must be transformed by the light of the right eye. And it has.........just open the eyes.
Jewish...
Friday, December 20, 2013
Shabbat Shalom : Shemot.
ט וַיֹּאמֶר, אֶל-עַמּוֹ: הִנֵּה, עַם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל--רַב וְעָצוּם, מִמֶּנּוּ.9 And he said unto his people: 'Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us;
י הָבָה נִתְחַכְּמָה, לוֹ: פֶּן-יִרְבֶּה, וְהָיָה כִּי-תִקְרֶאנָה מִלְחָמָה וְנוֹסַף גַּם-הוּא עַל-שֹׂנְאֵינוּ, וְנִלְחַם-בָּנוּ, וְעָלָה מִן-הָאָרֶץ.10 come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there befalleth us any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.'
יא וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלָיו שָׂרֵי...
