על נהרות בבל
How did we get here?
לשון הרע
From the inception of mankind
The rivers of exile rage on and on
חנוקת הבית Chanuka celebrates
הנרות הללו We sing
rectified לשון הרע
In Perek Shira, the ninth speaker
נהרות ימחאו כף יחד הרים ירננו
חזון ישעיה בן אמוץ = נהרות = לשון הרע = הנרות
When we light our candle tomorrow night
On the floor
Welcome another candle
Then more
אז אגמור
What’s Bothering Rashi?
On the words זכור את יום השבת לקדשו
Rashi mentions the opinion of Shamai
Despite Hillel’s dissenting opinion
In Shas this is normally a no-no
In honor of Rashi’s yahrtzeit
Justify his apparent impropriety
Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Shalom
The Shul I Don’t Daven At
Has three men who took charge
ויקח קרח and two other בעלי מחלוקת
משכן קרח דתן ואבירם
Subterranean
I daven at Hashem’s place only
משכן השם
Not even משכן משה
It doesn’t exist
Twelve windows open to שמים
משכנותיך ישראל
Shabbos Shalom
The Jews Ate המן For Forty Years
That’s what it says at the end of parshas Haman
Why is this important enough to be mentioned in a posuk?
The Meraglim said the land of Israel consumes it’s inhabitants
They spoke אמת?
The Meraglim corrupted their vision with their words
The Arizal says to touch eyes and mouth with our tzitzis
Two of the pesukim in parshas tzitzis contain ten mentions of אמת
Find them
It won’t take you forty years
אמת vaccinates against loshon hora
The Arizal says, Tehillim 110:4 atones for it
Among the forty letters there
You’ll find אמת
Military Analyst
The Baal Shem Tov
Says, all wars result from a yichud
Deficiency
The Maggid says, חצוצרות=חצי צורות
Division induced deficiency
תרועה is both an expression of חורבן and of חיבור
One trumpet is insufficient
You’ve been drafted!
Focus on yichud Hashem
Join the war effort
Say, “הריני עושה זאת לשם יחוד קודשא בריך הוא ושכינתיה לעשות נחת רוח לבורא יתברך שמו”
As often as possible
Shabbos Shalom
The Golem of Prague
Was deactivated before every Shabbos.
By removing a Name of Hashem from it’s throat.
The Maharal prohibited this action on Shabbos.
This is related by the great Eshel Avraham of Butchatch.
What’s assur about removing a Name from a golem’s throat?
Shabbos Shalom
Birchas Kohanim
Is addressed In the Zohar immediately after the Idra Raba
Connecting it directly to Shavuos
Matan Torah
Birchas Hatorah
In your siddur
Is followed immediately by
Birchas Kohanim
Birchas Kohanim
Is the 48th brocho of your day
Corresponding to “the 48 ways”
The Torah is associated with the letter vav
Birchas Kohanim too
Learning Torah requires hands-on
Birchas Kohanim two
There’s another brocho d’Orayso
How does it connect to the above?
Shabbos Shalom
One Eye On Hashem
One eye not
We graciously received the entire Torah
Not
Dovid Hamelech
A staple of Shavuos
His great grandson not
On your feet tonight
Tie the knot
Nineteen
Pesukim to absorb the chesed of אז ישיר
Nineteen
Letters to absorb the chesed of the last posuk
Nineteen
Brochos of תפלה to absorb the chesed of אצילות
Nineteen
Tikunim in Zohar to unleash ספירת העמר
Nineteen
Days of Kislev to unchain the Alter Rebbe
Nineteen
Parts of אדם to absorb his Twenty Six
Nineteen
Letters of שמע ישראל to provide the chesed of ה׳ אחד
Shabbos Shalom
Tonight’s Avoda
1-During your meal, focus on the word “מאכל“
2-Imagine yourself a מלאך eating מן
3-Recite Tikunei Zohar:10 slowly (attached)
4-Imagine your words depleting the breath of your enemies
Shabbos Morning Avoda
1–Sing אז ישיר savoring each one of the 19 pesukim
2-Imagine yourself ביבשה בתוך הים
3–Try to connect each of the 19 words in the last posuk to the 19 pesukim
4-And the 19 brochos of shemoneh esreh
Points To Ponder
1-Why 19?
2-Why is the last posuk the most important?
3-Why is אז ישיר greater than all other שירות?
4–Why is it specifically the שור that says אז ישיר in Perek Shira?
Shabbos Shalom
Chag Sameach