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Creator, that one should accustom himself to set a designated hour every day to express his words before Hashem Yisburach in his native tongue specifically. And everything that is with (-on) his heart he should converse before Hashem Yisburach, be it to ask for pardon and forgiveness on the past, be it to entreat for the future that Hashem
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The opening words of this book are Eleh devarim—“These are the words.” The
Alan Lew • This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation
leader does not stand above the people. He serves the people, and he serves God. The
Jonathan Sacks • Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible (Covenant & Conversation Book 8)
Despite this the Talmud understands the Torah to be commanding us to remonstrate even with our teacher or leader, should we see him doing something wrong.
Jonathan Sacks • Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible (Covenant & Conversation Book 8)
Each Shabbos deposits a baseline of preparedness for further growth. Every Shabbos enriches – blesses – the following weekdays, to enable them to be days of preparedness for the Shabbos to come.
Nehemia Polen • Stop, Look, Listen: Celebrating Shabbos through a Spiritual Lens
According to Shiurei Torah, p. 118, a litra is a pound in contemporary measure.
Sichos In English • Shulchan Aruch of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Volume 12: Choshen Mishpat
For Sefat Emet, we make Shabbos happen by affording Shabbos entry into our neighborhoods, our homes, our hearts.
Nehemia Polen • Stop, Look, Listen: Celebrating Shabbos through a Spiritual Lens
IN THE REBBE’S OFT-REPEATED words—paraphrasing the Mishnah408—”hamaaseh hu ha’ikar,” which means that the essential thing is the deed, not abstract study. Otherwise, teachings and words, no matter how beautiful, wise, or aesthetic, are devarim beteilim “empty expressions” and their