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Pirkei Avot
Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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All three acts of Creation; to create, to form, to make; were involved in every creation, because everything has substance, form and a Divine aura. Scripture uses only one or two of the terms for each thing, as appropriated to its prominent characteristic. The human being exists fully at every level of creation, and so all three terms are used in the account of man’s creation: “And G-d said, Let us make man.” “And G-d created man.” “And HaShem. . .formed man.”
Dedicated to Jorge and Andromeda Mancha
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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Five possessions did the Holy One, Blessed is he, acquire for Himself in His world, and they are: Torah, one possession; heaven and earth, one possession; Avraham, one possession; Yisra’el, one possession; the Holy Temple, one possession.
1) Torah is the set of His Divine decrees upon all created.
2) Heaven and earth are the entire world.
3) G-d’s Name is called upon Avraham.
4) G-d’s Name is called upon the nation of Yisra’el, for He is called “the G-d of Yisra’el.”
5) His Name is called upon the Temple as it says, “this house is called by Your Name.”
In summary, these five things are G-d’s possessions because they are fully in His domain; they are pertinent to G-d as the Deity; and they are unique in fulfilling that role.
Dedicated to Jorge and Andromeda Mancha
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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A teaching from Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin. Ruach Chaim.
Any new novel idea and/or Torah idea, a student might consider as new to them, they should realize that it was taught to Moshe at Mt. Sinai directly from the mouth of HaShem. In fact, this is true today; whatever a person is learning at a present stage of their life it is being expressed by HaShem as well. Thus, David said, it is the Torah of my mouth that brings me to love for the Torah. It is then when David realized that he and HaShem recited the words of Torah together.
For it is when you walk with the Torah it will guide you and led you all the days of your life. Whenever a person is in doubt, one should seek how to proceed through the studying of the Torah. For within the Torah lies an answer. And if you stay true to the instructions of the Torah you will not stumble.
Dedicated to Pete and Laurie Haney
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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Rabbi Yose would indeed have agreed to come if they needed him to teach Torah, but he was not willing to leave his strong Torah community solely to become an adviser. He refused the post because of his commitment (close to Torah) to Torah study; indeed, his soul was bound up with love for Torah.
Dedicated to Pete and Laurie Haney
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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The Maharal does not include “hoary age” as one of the qualities, and he explains the Baraita in the following order: Beauty, strength, wealth, wisdom, children, old age, and honor.
Are there only seven qualities that befit the righteous and no other?
The number seven is a symbol of completeness, just as Creation was completed in seven days. Each of the qualities listed here is representative of a type of quality and there are seven types altogether. All other good qualities are included in these seven types or are similar to them.
Dedicated to Carolyn McLarge
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Why does the verse use the phrase “to those who find them” rather than “to those who learn them”? The point may be understood by comparison with someone who finds this article. When an individual picks it up it becomes theirs, but they will never feel as attached to it as something they had earned or otherwise been involved with. The phrase “to those who find them” refers to the aspect of Torah that so transcends mundane human life that our involvement with it remains tenuous. That high level of Torah is the level from which life originates, and which endows Torah with its ability to confer life to those who find it.
In memory of Bernell Kirkland
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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How will we hide our faces in shame when we come to the next world empty handed! The situation has not been this bad since the day that the Torah was given on Mount Sinai.
Furthermore, the earlier generations fulfilled the Torah from conditions of great financial duress and under oppression from the nations. Today, we sit tranquilly in our houses, and when a matter of halachah arises, or halachic decisions need to be rendered, we search every nook and cranny to find relevant references. We search through topics until we find what we are looking for, or something close to it, and then proudly invoke the Rabbinical dictum: “Believe one who says: I labored and I found.”
In memory of George Thomas Brown
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