Esrog In The Left Hand
But the esrog is your heart(Zohar)
And the heart of a fool is on his left(Koheles)
Who are we fooling?
Shabbos Shalom
Chag Sameach!
Dozens Of Confessions
Repeated throughout Yom Kippur.
Not one mentions the worst aveirah of all
- anger -Why not?
Coronation Parade
You’re flag waving and cheering the King
Planes swooping in unison
Synchronized soldiers marching
Royal band blazing
Unbridled simcha
Prime opportunity to shout requests at the King.
Right?
Kesiva V’Chasima Tova
Shabbos 138b
Rabbi Shimon’s Colleagues
Contend the Torah will be forgotten.
How can they argue with a clear possuk in parshas Vayelech?
Rashi sides with Rashbi against the majority opinion?
Shabbos Shalom
Hoshana Raba
Read the entire Sefer Devarim?
Stay up all night learning?
Midnight moonshadowing?
Seven hakafos with four minim?
Tying five aravos together, then untying, then whacking them on the Earth specifically?
If it makes sense to you, don’t tune in at 9pm.
Chag Sameach
Amalek’s Name
Should never be mentioned
That’s Rashi’s approach
But the Torah mentions this name repeatedly
And we verbalize this in our learning
Rashi seems impossibly difficult.
Shabbos Shalom
תורה אחת
Based on two contradictory Targums of Onkelos
Prove there are varying levels of law enforcement
Despite the fact that each category of Jew has the same laws
Shabbos Shalom
Elul Is A Time For Action
Which action?
What kavana?
Why is this month different?
Who am I to be an Elul Yid?
Where should I invest my energy?
How much will this cost me?
Tune in to tonight’s kickoff shmooze for details!
Chodesh Tov
Parshiyos Progression
Devarim
Va’Eschanan
Ekev
Re’eh
Shoftim
Creates a vector?
Shabbos Shalom