BS”D Parashat Aikev 5783
This week, we commemorate the 15th of Av – Tu B’Av. The Mishna in Tractate Ta’anit states: “There were no happier days than Yom Kippur and the 15th of Av.” Why is Tu B’Av elevated to that level of happiness?
This week, we commemorate the 15th of Av – Tu B’Av. The Mishna in Tractate Ta’anit states: “There were no happier days than Yom Kippur and the 15th of Av.” Why is Tu B’Av elevated to that level of happiness?
I cannot determine if it is old age or the penetrating introspection that comes in the “nine days” that direct me to think “out of the box”, but here I am pondering several issues.
Rav Shalom Gold zt”l passed away on the Shabbat of parashat Pinchas, and I lost one of my closest friends and confidants. The bond that connected us has an interesting history.
Three Questions: What motivated HaShem to refrain from His usual “routine”? What is the spiritual reward that awaits a Jew after 120 years? Why does the euphoria of passionate total love dissipate?
We learn from the Rambam that the much sought-after leader for our time is a talmid chacham, a political figure, a truly religious person, a military man, and a charismatic person. If you were assigned the task of finding a person who fulfills all the requirements, where would you look?
In King David’s combat units only the most spiritually gifted served, because they brought with them heavenly protection; Tzahal, as the most respected institution in the country, will one day be a holy Jewish army, and it will cast its influence on the land and all its people.