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YW Moderator-72. I'd rather not commit to do it every Erev Shabbos as they can sometimes be busy. But I will try to post every Thursday night or Friday if I have a chance.
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chofetzchaim
Ok. I will put you down as tentative.
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mod, you did not answer my question. Which night are you taking this week?
I will bli neder post a D'var Torah on Tuesday (day change) .
It is written and ready to go. I hope nobody posts the a similar D'var Torah first. YW Moderator-72
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don't wanna go off topic, but i have a yahrtzeit coming up. can we write the nightly dvar torah l'iluy nishmas for people also. thanx.
Yes. Put that on the top line of the post. YW Moderator-72
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mod72: please changed mine to not perm as well!!!! thanx!!!!
Done. YW Moderator-72
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mod72: thanx!!! i'm sorta working on an idea for me to do an original not googled devar torah!!! will see if i use it tho!!!
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****Dvar Torah for Sunday****
Parshas Bashalach
The Privilege of Mitzvos (by me)
Shemos (16:6), “And Moshe and Aharon said to all of the Children of Israel, in the evening you shall know that HaShem has taken you out of the land of Egypt. (16:7) And in the morning you will see the honor of HaShem…. (16:8) And Moshe said, when, in the evening, HaShem gives you meat to eat and bread in the morning to be satisfied….”
The meat, at night, would show them that HaShem took them out of Egypt. The bread, in the morning, on the other hand, would show them the honor of HaShem.
How are we to understand this?
Bamidbar (11:5) states, “We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt for free”—free from mitzvos (Rashi). Bnei Yisrael did not see the value and opportunity of keeping HaShem's commandments. They felt that HaShem took them out of the burden of Egypt in order to burden them with His demands. This issue is addressed in two ways.
The first idea is that HaShem had no intention to burden them (in the negative sence). “In the evening you shall know that HaShem has taken you out of the land of Egypt.” Their burden was over. The meat they ate at night had no commandments attached to it. HaShem had set them free.
“And in the morning you shall see the honor of HaShem.” The manna they ate in the morning did have commandments. They were not allowed to leave over of it until morning, and they were not allowed to search for it on Shabbos. Shemos (16:4) indeed states, “And HaShem said to Moshe, behold I shall rain down for you bread from the heaven, and the nation will go out and gather it day by day, so that I can test them, whether they will walk in My Torah or not.” Rashi explains that HaShem tested them by seeing if they would keep its commandments.
This brings us to the second idea. Once they realized, at night, that they were free, they would, in the morning, see “the honor of HaShem”—that HaShem gave them the mitzvos for their benefit.
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thank you.
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nossond: shkoyach R' Nossond!!! i really enjoyed that one!!!!
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anyway to get others to give? how about other mods?
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YW Moderator 25, you're new around here, can you post a D'Var Torah on Wednesday? Don't make me pull rank on you... :o)
btw... look at the bright side, I'm going on Tuesday so you will have a real easy show to follow...
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wow 72- i can't wait to hear it. i will tell it over to my family at the shabbos table...
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Thanks asdfghjkl.
Next week I'll post a femenist vort on Bashalach.
BTW does qwertyuiop work one floor up from you?
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moish: ha ha ha.$
mod72: i'm looking forward to hearing from you.$
chofetzchaim: you cnpost on thursday, and write on top: "MODS PLEASE POST ON E'SHABBOS".$Posted 6 years ago # -
moish01: wow!!! that's a great big one!!! will the family flip???
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asdfghjkl, you wish i'm going to! that was just a midda kneged midda.
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nossond: ha qwertyuiop's my brother-lives in the same house!!!!
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Hilchos Krias Shema She'al Hamitah
1. When one removes one's shoes at night one should untie and remove the left shoe first.
Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 2:5 MB82. One should not sleep in one's regular clothes, and one should not place one's clothes under the pillow {as this will cause one to forget one's Torah learning}. Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 71:5
Parnassah Self-Help
There are many ideas brought by our Chazal regarding how one can improve one's Parnassah from Hashem. All these segulos involve the strengthening of one's Emunah in Hashem, and/or diligence in the performance of a particular mitzvah, whereby one may expect Hashem to act in kind, midah k'neged midah (measure for measure). Inasmuch as we are living at a time when many are finding their financial situation more difficult than ever, each day we will discuss one Parnassah self-help technique mentioned by Chazal.The Power of Emes - Truth. One should scrupulously adhere to the truth in all situations in life, and Hashem will provide him with Parnassah. Sefer Hamidos Hatzlacha:14, Likutei Eitzos Parnassah:26, Imrei Pinchas R' Pinchas M'koritz Emes:11, Hanhagos Tzaddikim Parnassah:5
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Of the 613 Mitzvos, there are Six Constant Mitzvos. Rather than requiring the performance of a certain action, these mitzvos are a state of being, of living with the reality of God's existence. The Six Constant Mitzvos are:
* Believe there is a God.
* Don't believe in other gods.
* Believe God is one.
* Love God.
* Fear God.
* Don't be misled by your heart and eyes.Posted 6 years ago # -
Mod 72: You better make it good. We want moish's parents to be impressed.
Moish: Will brooklyn19 be there to shep nachas as well?
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no idea. maybe. but you know i'm not really gonna repeat it, don't you? it was just a joke...
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oh no... the pressure is on...
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moish, we heard you are a man of your word, and once promise to tell something over you always keep it...
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don't start with me now. i did plenty of frum things on here already. i think my parents would faint if i said i had a dvar torah that i wanted to give over... i don't usually even make it to the table on shabbos.
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joseph: that was great, i liked the piece!!!!
moish: revenge is sweet!!!!Posted 6 years ago # -
Imagine what it would be like if your food was directly connected to your religiosity. You would then see that your relationship with Hashem was the same as your food. You would see that your life and sustenance was dependent upon your relationship with Him.
This was the lesson of the manna.
The manna was their food and it was directly connected to their observance of the ratzon HaShem.
Devarim (8:3) thus states, “…and he fed you the manna that you did not know, nor did your fathers know, in order to let you know that not by bread alone does man live, but by all that emanates from the mouth of HaShem does man live.”
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Hilchos Krias Shema She'al Hamitah
In the previous Halacha we stated that when removing shoes at night one should simply remove the left shoe first, and then the right. Many readers emailed asking if in fact one should first untie the right, then untie and remove the left, and then remove the right. We therefore clarify: that is not the opinion of the Shulchan Aruch. The SA (2:5) states simply remove the left and then the right. This understanding of the SA is accepted by the Piskei Tshuvos 2:7, S'U Oz Nidbiru 5:26, and S'U Tiferes Odom 3:1, and Birrur Halacha Tinyana who states that this is the correct psak according to the simple reading of all the Achronim.
After saying Krias Shema one should say the following pesukim and tefilos mentioned by the Shulchan Aruch (printed in most siddurim) which protect a person, followed by Hamapil;
a) (Vehi Noam etc., &) Yoishev Besaiser Elyon etc.
b) Hashem Moh Rabu Tzoroy etc.
c) Boruch Hashem Bayom etc.
d) Vayomer Hashem El Hasoton etc.
e) Hashem Shom'recha etc.
f) Biyad'cha Afkid Ruchi etc.
g) Yevorechicha Hashem V'Yishmirecha etc. (according to some, say 3 times)
h) Hashkivainu etc. (from Maariv - without the beracha at the end)
Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 239:1 MB9Parnassah Self-Help
Segulah for Parnasah - For This Tuesday - Parshas Hamon
Reb Menachem Mendel M'Riminov (1755-1815, one of four primary talmidim of The Noam Elimelech) writes in Lechem Avirim that saying Parshas Ha'mon (Shnayim Mikroh V'Echod Targum - Hebrew twice and the Aramaic once) on Tuesday of Parshas Be'Shalach, (from Perek 16, Possuk 4 until Shevi'i) is a Segulah for Parnasah. Parshas Hamon can be found in most siddurim after tefillas Shachris, or Click this link for the complete text of Parshas Ha'mon: ParshasHamonLink{The power of Emunah through understanding of the Parshas Hamon is discussed in Yalkut Shimoni Shemos 17: 247 & 258}
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tonight's dvar torah, l'illuy nishmas my bubby, yitta chaya bas chaskal noach. 9 shvat.
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please let me ask mechilla from the whole cr and the wonderful people that give the dvar torah at night. there seems to have been a misunderstanding here. i wanted that the person who is in charge of tonights dvar torah, just to have in mind the l'iluy nishmas. please if someone can write a small vort so that we do not go without something. i'm sorry again. amichai
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i'm sorry everybody, but i didn't wanna google one, and i don't have time for a normal one, so this is probably one everybody heard in 1st grade.$
l'illuy nishmas amichai's bubby, yitta chaya bas chaskal noach. 9 shvat.Everybody knows, that the Gematriah of Bo=3, the 3 Makkos listed in Bo, and Va'era=Vav=6, and Alef=7(the first Vav, and last Alef, which equals 10, the 10 Makos.$
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qwertyuiop: nice, short, sweet & to the point!!!! mine's on the way!!!
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here's a devar torah on something that i'm currently working on in the area of improvment, working on saying it with more kavana-thinking of the meaning while while saying it from a text not by heart!! it's on asher yatzar!!!
"Asher Yatzar"
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Elokai neshama" is a berakha which does not start with "barukh." Here are the possible reasons:
1) It is a berakha of thanksgiving on the return of our soul to us, and berakhot of thanksgiving never start with "barukh."
2) It is adjacent to "asher yatzar" and as such does not need to start with "bracha."
3) According to the gemara it is the first bracha of the morning and it is to be feared that one would begin reciting it while still sleepy and lack the proper focus. Its beginning was therefore extended to ensure that one is completely alert before the "brachos" at the end."Asher Yatzar"
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When is one obligated to say "asher yatzar"?
It is said at any time of day after relieving oneself - even the smallest amount, for that too requires thanksgiving (Bais Yosef ).
What if one delayed reciting the bracha? Much ink has been spilled about this issue. The Nimukei Yosef (Pesachim 46a) wrote:
"That which was said [in the gemara] that netilat yadayim must be done even if one must walk a parsa in order to find water, that refers to one who relieves himself and must therefore wash his hands in order to say 'asher yatzar.' And it does not matter that this means a delay in his recital of the berakha, since it is not a berakha on a mitzva or a berakha on food but rather a berakha of praise and thanksgiving."
Others provided different time periods. The Ben Ish Chai (Vayeitzei 12) ruled that one may still say the bracha up to half an hour later.
In practice, one should say the bracha immediately, both because the obligation begins immediately and one must not delay it without a good reason, and because once one feels a need to relieve himself again he has lost the opportunity to say this bracha (since he may now say only one bracha after relieving himself twice). If he did delay, it appears that he can still say it for seventy-two minutes, which is a Rishonim-era opinion (the Nimukei Yosef), and in fact those Acharonim who disagree never saw this opinion!!!!!!!!!Posted 6 years ago # -
thank you and sorry again for the mixup.
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asdfghjkl: that was great, thanx.$
amichai: i did pot mine before i saw your post about the misunderstnding.$Posted 6 years ago # -
it's fine amichai.$
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asdfghjkl, credits go to who? you so did not write that up.
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qwertyuiop: thanx buddy!!!!
amichai: sorry i forgot to post it, but i had it in mind!!!! her neshama should have an aleya!!!Posted 6 years ago # -
moish: your right, i should have said it beshaim amro-credits to The Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beis Midrash-they have some great vortlach!!! i really wanted to talk about this topic, so i googled it!!!
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This is L'Illuy Nishmas my grandmother (Yehudis Dasha Bas Zev) whose Yarzheit is today, the 9th of Shvat.
(Mod, if you want to have this as the Tuesday d'var torah and you'll give Wednesday that is fine, also if you want me to give another so we have one for Wed, that is fine too).
(nossond, hope this is not your d'var torah for next week)
R' Shimon Schwab inquires about the placement of a particular passuk in this weeks Parsha. In between the Shira of Az Yashir and the Shira of Miriam and the women, the Torah tells us: כי בא סוס פרעה ברכבו ובפרשיו, בים
(Rashi says that it was because Paroh and his people were chasing, therefore Miriam and the other women took musical instruments)
Nevertheless, why the interruption?
The Gemarra in Sotah says that it was in the zechus of the righteous women that Klal Yisroel escaped mizraim. R' Schwab says that we can even say that durin the miracle at the Yam that the Women had a higher level of Emunah and Bitachon then the men.
The men only said their Shira after וירא ישראל את-מצרים, מת על-שפת הים. Only after the men saw that the Mitzrim were dead did they say shira (they were afraid that the same way they went in, so too the mitzrim, and the same way they'd come out, so too the mitzrim). And only אז, only once that fear was calmed, then ישיר-משה ובני ישראל את-השירה הזאת, were they able to say their shira.
The women, however, said shira once כי בא סוס פרעה ברכבו ובפרשיו, בים. Since they did not have the same fear as the men, and they were able to recognize the fact that a נס was occurring and would continue to occur to provide them with salvation. Thus they were able to say their shira before the men did.
This is the lesson of the interruption of the one passuk.
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D’Var Torah for Tuesday
Based on the writings of R’Eliyahu Kitov.
There is a custom amongst some people on Shabbos Shirah to save the leftovers from their Shabbos seuda in order to scatter them outside for the birds. The reason behind this custom goes back to the receiving of the manna in the wilderness.
As we know, we received a double portion on E’Shabbos that would last for both E’Shabbos and Shabbos. We see in the Parsha that there were some who schemed to discredit Moshe by taking the extra manna that they had received and they stealthily scattered it in the fields at night so that the next morning, they could go and gather it.
The next morning these evil people went out to gather the manna – they could not find any. HaShem sent birds to gather the scattered manna so that the words of Moshe would be validated and also so that Shabbos would be sanctified amongst the people.
For going and gathering the bread, the birds are deserving of this reward as an expression of our gratitude.
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The rest are our my thoughts (so feel free to stop reading at this point)
While on the subject of gratitude, perhaps we can examine this a little further. We feed the current generation of birds as a thank you for what a few birds did 3,321 years ago, how much more so do we need to show appreciation for more recent events.
We need to remember to express gratitude to our parents, and our grandparents.
We have to remember to thank our children when they do something for us.
We need to show appreciation to the Rebbi(s) who we appointed as a shaliach to educate our children.
We need have gratitude for all of our Rabbonim.
We should say thank you to those whom we come into contact with that provide a service for us from the bagger at the grocery store to the doctor.
The list can go on and on… however… I will just give two more examples to wrap up:
Do we remember to say thank you to the one who shops, cooks, and serves the meals?
Most importantly, do we remember to sincerely thank the One above who provides us with all our needs at all times and in all situations?
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thank you, moderator-72. read it and processed it.
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mod72- lucky wife ;)
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Wednesday night is still open. any takers?
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areivim, i'll bet your wife would love if you would take a leaf out from 72's book
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Thank you, mod72. Another aspect of this would be appreciating everything that's going good in your life instead of focusing on everything that's wrong. (Easier said than done, I know...but it can truly change you as a person by thinking this way.)
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very nice vort, thank you.
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mod72: you forgot one thing: We must show gratitude to the mods.$(thanx mods)
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JayMatt19: great vort!!! your grandmother's neshama should have an aleya!!!
od72: wow great vort!!! i didn't thing you had it in you, to say such an amazing vort!!!
beacon: welcome to the devar torah thread!!! you wanna do wednesday night's devar torah???Posted 6 years ago # -
I'll think about it, asdf :)
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beacon: please thing about doing it!!! the oilem wants to hear a voty from you!!!
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