Vayeishev/Chanuka: Olives and Oil ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
Olives and Oil During these days of Chanuka, everybody is talking about the miracle of the Menorah and the jug of shemen zayit zach (pure...
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yehoshua steinberg
- Mar 31, 2021
- 5 min
Mikeitz: Chanukah wisdom ~ Wonders of The Holy Tongue
Article abstract: In the Torah portion Miketz, the word "חכם" (wise) appears for the first time in Scripture - used by Pharaoh to...
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yehoshua steinberg
- Mar 30, 2021
- 5 min
Mikeitz/Chanukah: Playing with Fire ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
Playing with Fire When telling of the future downfall of the descendants of Esau, the prophet Ovadiah (Obadiah 1:18) refers to the House...
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yehoshua steinberg
- Jun 30, 2020
- 12 min
Terumah/Yom Kippur: To Cover up or to Clean Up, That is the Question ~ Yehoshua Steinberg
Article abstract for Parashat Terumah: This week's Parashah acutely delineates the makeup and measurements of the Tabernacle and its...
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rabbircklein
- Jun 29, 2020
- 5 min
Terumah/Rosh Chodesh Adar: The Beauty of Adar ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
This week ushers in the month of Adar in all its glory. Like all the months of the Jewish calendar, the name Adar is derived from the...
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rabbircklein
- May 30, 2020
- 3 min
Tetzaveh/Purim: For Crying Out Loud ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
When Esav found out that the blessing from his father Yitzchak had been given to Yaakov, Esav “cried out a great and bitter cry” (Genesis...
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yehoshua steinberg
- May 12, 2020
- 4 min
Lag B’Omer: Putting the Bar in Bar Mitzvah ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
On Lag B’Omer, Jews all over the world celebrate Rashbi’s hillula. Rashbi, of course, is an acronym for the Tannaic sage, Rabbi...
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yehoshua steinberg
- Apr 13, 2020
- 8 min
Pesach: Cutting the Sea Open ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
On the Seventh Day of Passover, we read one of the most captivating stories in the entire Bible: the splitting of the sea. After the...
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yehoshua steinberg
- Apr 8, 2020
- 6 min
Is Pesach really Passover?
Yehoshua Steinberg I. Merciful Skipping שמ’ יב:יג – וראיתי את הדם ופסחתי עלכם. Ex. 12:13 – I will see the blood and pass over you. מכילתא...
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yehoshua steinberg
- Apr 8, 2020
- 9 min
Geula: emancipation or Expulsion?
Geula: emancipation or Expulsion? I. You Can Take Slaves out of the country, but… The Zohar Chadash tells of two types of salvation in...
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yehoshua steinberg
- Apr 7, 2020
- 5 min
Pesach: Liberty and Freedom for All ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
The Holiday of Passover, when the Jewish People were emancipated from slavery in Egypt, is described in our liturgy as Zman Cheiruteinu,...
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yehoshua steinberg
- Dec 26, 2019
- 3 min
Chanukah: Spinning in Concentric Circles ~ Reuven Chaim Klein
Long before the fidget spinner became the world’s favorite pastime, Jewish children played with spinning tops on the holiday of Chanuka....
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yehoshua steinberg
- Oct 2, 2019
- 4 min
Yom Kippur: Degrees of Sin ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
Throughout the Yom Kippur services we repeatedly confess our sins and beg for forgiveness. In doing so, we mimic the confessionals of...
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Reuvan Chaim Klein
- Sep 29, 2019
- 3 min
Tazria-HaChodesh: Old Month versus New Month ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
This Shabbat we read Parshat HaChodesh, the last of four special Torah readings before Pesach. Parshat HaChodesh establishes Nissan as...
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yehoshua steinberg
- Sep 25, 2019
- 8 min
Rosh HaShannah: A Tale of Two Beginnings ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
The Mishnah teaches that on Rosh Hashana all the inhabitants of the world pass before G-d like the animals of a corral, and G-d passes...
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yehoshua steinberg
- Jun 7, 2019
- 12 min
Shavuot: Preparing for Kabbalas HaTorah ~ Tzvi Abrahams
Shavuos שָׁבֻעוֹת Preparing for Kabbalas HaTorah כִּלָה: finish, complete כְּלִי: receiving vessel תַּכְלִית: purpose תְּכֵלֶת:...
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yehoshua steinberg
- May 30, 2019
- 3 min
Shavuos: The Mountain of Many Names ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
We are all probably familiar with the name of the site of the greatest mass revelation of G-d’s existence—Mount Sinai. However,...
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rabbircklein
- Apr 29, 2019
- 3 min
Behar: Words of Redemption ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
The end of Leviticus speaks about different forms of redemption in the legal sense. It mentions the rights — or even commandments — of...
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yehoshua steinberg
- Apr 19, 2019
- 5 min
Pesach: The Pele(wonder) of Pesach — “And It Makes Me Wonder” ~ Tzvi Abrahams
פֶּלֶא: wonder נְפִילָה: falling פִּיל: elephant תְּפִילָה: prayer הִפְלָה: separate, distinctive פֶּלֶא: Wonder There are foolish people...
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yehoshua steinberg
- Apr 17, 2019
- 3 min
Pesach: Jumping for Passover (Part 2/2) ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
We mentioned in Part 1 that the Hebrew name for the holiday of Passover is Pesach and the sacrifice associated with that holiday is...
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