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Archive for July 22nd, 2008 - 19 Tamuz 5768
Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
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On page 325, paragraph 14, The four parts of the daily prayers service actually parallel the four-part structure of the creation. The first three parts of the service rectify the lower worlds.
On page 325, also, paragraph 15, Attached to this order are other prayers, designed to incite HaShem to bestow both mercy and additional blessings. These are the “Viduy” (Confession), the Thirteen Attributes, and the “falling upon one’s face” (in the Tachanun).
The purpose of the Confession is to prevent the Accusers from speaking out and causing the service to be cast aside. We then recite the Thirteen Attributes (of Mercy) because they have the power to cause HaShem to be grasped through His Attribute of Mercy. The “falling on one’s face” in Tachanun is also a high degree of self-subjugation before HaShem. It therefore has the power to appease the Attribute of Justice and arouse mercy.
From the “RaMCHaL”–Derech HaShem–Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. Page 325.
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
The tribes of Reuven, Gad and half the tribe of Menashe seem to have their priorities upside down, as they express concern for their livestock before their own offspring, omit G-d in their plans, and seem to spurn the land of Israel, choosing to settle east of the Jordan River. After receiving strong rebuke from Moses, they vow to join the struggle of their fellow tribes to realize their inheritances in the land, and by ultimately fulfilling their word, sanctify the land on which they settled.
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Matot (Numbers 30:2-32:42)
Parashat Matot is read on Shabbat:
Tammuz 23, 5768/July 26, 2008
Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
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In Bereishit Rabbi (6:3) we read, “It is natural the older of two brothers should set his calendar by the great luminary, and the younger by the lesser light. The descendants of Esav, the older son of Yitzchak, constructed their calendar by the sun, the greater light, and the descendants of Ya’akov base their calendar on the moon, the lesser one. This is to benefit Yisrael. Just as the progeny of Esav calculated by the sun and the sun functions only by day, not by night; so, the successors of Esav have power only in this world and no place in the future world. The grandchildren of Ya’akov set dates by the moon. Just as the moon shines by day, the descendants of Ya’akov have some power in this world and more especially in the future world. Too, just as moonlight is not evident as long as the sun shines, but when the sun sets the light of the moon is obvious, so, as long as the power of Esav is bright the light of Ya’akov is invisible. When the light of Esav will set, the light of Ya’akov will burst forth, as the novi (Yeshaya 16:1) sings, “Arise Yerushala’im, my light, because your light has risen, and the glory of HaShem shines on you. Darkness will cover the land, and blackness, the nations, and on you HaShem will shine, and His glory will be evident on you.”
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 149–152.
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