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In sefer Taamei Haminhogim at the end you find inyonei segulas before ayin hora from the Igra Depirke 63 to say kapitel 121 before stepping out of shamonei asrei helps to find the besherte.
The above about teshuva from love is yefashfesh bemasov. If yemashmesh bemasov, when he has the proper machshovo when doing positive commandments מחשבה טובה הקב’ה מצרפה למעשה, the machshvos are also figured as mitzvos and he doubles the positive mitzvos to 496 which is more than 365 and becomes better to be born than not.
Rand0m3x – You know the Mehrsho at the end of Makus says on this that they counted the number of commandments and found that there are 365 negative commandments which gets done automatically by just not violating it, but 248 positive commandments which must be done physically. Therefore you accomplish more by not being born and doing anything than being born. If he does teshuva from love, he can convert his negative violations to positive commandments and thereby having more positive commandment making being born more worthy.
I saw my rebbi the Frierdiker Matersdorfer Rav ztz’l wearing a gartel under his jacket.
ubiquitin, Misnagdim were a belt, but even the rubber band in the underwear is good enough.
I heard once that only a pasul sefer torah wears a gartel on the outside.
The MB 581, s”k 27 says that the reason we should go to the ztadikim in the beis hakavoros because it is a place of kedusha and the tefila is more listened to there.
See the Chasam Sofer about kabalah for cutting beards in O”CH 159.
I heard an interesting anecdote: A man deserved to be hanged so when a king had mercy on him, he decreed that he must wear a rope on his neck all his life to remember the king’s benevolence. The wearing of a neck tie reminds us of this.
Gaon, what about the Magon Avrohom to tuck the ztitzis in the kanfos among the goyim?
It says in Tomer Devorah that Keser is humility. If someone has a swollen head, his crown will not fit. It is brought down in sefer Peninim Yekorim, it says, wherever you find a greatness (or a multiple) of Hashem, you will find there His humility. This can be shown numerically. The small count of Hashem 26 is 8, When you multiply by 2, you get 52 now 5 and 2 = 7, take it three times, you get 78 where 7 and 8 is 15 and 1 and 5 is 6. Continuing like this, you get down to 1 and then to 9 going down to 1. By Hashem, His humility is His greatness. Since 8 is 1 away from 9, this also works with 8 itself.
Usually all Shuls have a talis to borrow.
Joseph, under the coat or take it before Shabbos.
כדי להסבר את האוזן – The science of string theory says that everything consists of strings of energy. Hashem is the source of all energy. Things were created from yesh mayin, from energy. According to the Einstein’s Law of Relativity, e=mc(square) when something is greater than the speed of light, it has infinite energy. Hashem being everywhere, is faster than the speed of light.
The sun does bad and good, but if it burns, the fault is in the receiver who is not being able to take it and not the provider.
They say that you cannot look at the sun only what it does, similarly we cannot look at Hashem only what He does, Veyodato Hayom.
In S”A O”CH 5 explains what to have in mind when we pronounce Hashem. It is pronounced diferently than written. So when we say it, keep in the Master of Universe. It is witten as He existed, exists and will exist. When it comes to the name Elo-him have in mind Strong with All Abilities and All Might.
I inquired about it, but the above sefer Beis Elokim about the Rambam’s 13 beliefs, has not been translated into English.
I think according to Rav Moshe, you are not suppose to wear a talis openly showing that you don’t rely on the eruv.
Not Rashi by Kayin but the pasuk itself tells how good and bad behavior are dealt with, and your Rashi above, even though not mentioned, has to the refer to the opening in the hey otherwise a ches would also suffice. The GRA explains that on Pesach chametz is assur bemashehu because the difference between chametz, the yetzer horah, and matzoh, the yetzer tov is only that mashehu, the opening on the hey. If we don’t watch matzoh carefully, it becomes chametz. That is what we say Ha Lachmo Anya, the hey makes it a lachma anya.
Expectation from having a beard and peyos and chasidishe garb for example does create a chilul Hashem see Rambam Hilchas Yesodei Hatorah 5:11.
The Baal Haikerim asks how tefila works, doesn’t Hashem change His mind
through tefila? He explains that the person praying changes and gets closer to Hashem and therefore listened to.Hashem wants and enjoys to do good as a loving father. We should ask from Him like a poor person knocking on the door without any of his own zechusim but the zechusim of the tzibur. We should daven betzibur. If we can’t, daven in Beis Haknesses where the place of unity makes Hashem’s residence or at least daven at the time when people daven.
Refer to the Sefer Beis Elokim from the Mabit for more details.
As our thirteen beliefs according to the Rambam teach us, we cannot visualize a Supreme Being who has no physical form, When we open our mouths, we must keep in mind that we are not worthy to utter our praises to Hashem and ask for help Him to open our lips and give us the strength and abilities to praise Him by asking for our daily needs. When we utter the first three brochos of the 18 or 19 brochos we must keep in mind that we are standing infront of the Almighty who has the ability to grant us all our necessary wishes the way He granted his promises to our forefathers. He is the only One who has the power and ability to do this.
apashitatyid, The samech and mem where suspended because the Torah can be sam chaim or vice versa
The answer lies in what was told to Kayin Bereishis 4:7, If you do good, they will elevate you, but if you don’t do good, you are lying at the door of punishment for your sins, your sins bring you to other sins and eventually he, the yetzer hora, will rule over you.
The tzadikim, realizing that this world is temporary, are given what they desire. They want to be cleansed through yissurim in this world for their sins to be saved from the gehenom, and the rashaim are given their desire. They are rewarded for their good deeds in this world because they want instant gratification and they don’t belief in after life.
Whether you do a little or lot the importance is that it should be done for heaven’s sake.
It says honor your parents to have a long life. Explains the Abarbanel that the child seeing how you behave towards your parents will behave towards you. There was a grandfater, father and son. The grandfather was fed in a wooden plate being afraid that a glass plate will break. When the grandparent died, the father wanted to get rid of the plate. The son said don’t throw it out because we need it for you.
Gaon, can you give me the reference to the MY.
CS, There is an argument between the Rambam Hilchos Teshuva 8:2 and the Raavad what is the meaning of Olam Habo. The Rambam hoilds that Olam Habo is after life whereas the Raavad holds it is Techiyas Hamesim.
There are three views in a Bas Mitzva, Rav Moshe Stern, Beer Moshe, Debretziner Rav who holds that it is something being done by the reformers and if invited, not to go. There is no open distinction before reaching of age and after, whereas a bar mitzva puts on tefilin. Reb Moshe who holds that it is optional no mitzva involved like any other birthday party and Rav Yaakov Weinberg the Saridei Aish who says that it is necessary to make it so the girls should not feel left out. Examining all the pros and cons, I decided, for modesty reasons, to make it for women only.
What about a Bas Mitzva? For my daughter, I allowed the celebration for women only.
I think it is true. A caring loving person will also be a good father.
unommin, the gemorah in tractate shabbos darshans the shape of letters which is halachically significant teaching us how to write letters for a sefer torah. If he makes a ches a hey or vice versa makes him mecharef umgadef.
The gemora above says that he needs a new opening because to return and repent cannot be done in the same manner as he fell as he is used to his old ways and therefore a ches will not work.
That gemora says in Menochos that the ‘hey’ has an opening on the side so that he should be able to return if he falls. if he does not return or repent, he will gain gehinom to cleans himself from his wrong doing. Everyone is rewarded according to intentions for doing mitzvos. The Rasha wants to be rewarded for his good deeds in this world, so he is, whereas the tzadik wants his reward in the next world. See Ramban Parshas Achrei on Asher Yaaseh Adam Vechai Bohem beginning Vedaa
Gaon, I am really greatful for all your work above, but can you give me the marei makomos for the Rash, Chidushei Haran and the Mishkanos Yaakov.
Gaon, I appreciate your effort but his view is unique, so you didn’t answer the question. What is the source where do you find an accumulation of streets? Where do you find the 12 mil by 12 mil? The Aruch Hashulchan also disagrees.
Is there someone else who agrees with Reb Moshe’s ztz’l
interpretation in writing?Gaon, explain to me the source of Rav Moshe’s view as there is no park or market with the accumulation of 600k people every day in Brooklyn and no street that contains that
Today is כ”ה תשרי the 179th yahr zeit of the Chasam Sofer.
Correcting above post about continued fractions series for pi,
3, 22/7 “333/106” 355/113 …The RMA and Maharshal are around 100 years difference from Rishonim ending at the year 1400. The Rambam above Kiddush Hachodash 17:24 says the “goyish” mathematics can be relied on because its truth is evident. If I remember correctly the GRA multiplies the value by 3, why because it is an adjustment as I pointed out, pi/3 has no meaning, there is no indication in pasuk to divide by 3, it happens to have that value.
If you look at pi as a continued fractions 111/106 is the first continued fraction 355/113 accurate to 6 decimal places is the next 3.1415929 where the correct value is 3.1415926..
See the Minchas Kohen מבןא השמש who paskens like the Rabbenu Tam. The Chasam Sofer O”CH 80 paskens like the Rabbenu Tam even lekula, so he questions why do we consider it a safek and pospone mila in the four mil? Could be according the Rambam has to be a vaday mitzva because a safek is only darabonon, but the Chasam Sofer held that it is a vaday mitzva.
The current philosophy of women would exclude King David from being a Jew. A maovis is allowed to join because it is improper to give water and sustenance among the men as women belong inside. The women don’t believe in this modesty so women would also not be allowed to join.