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The Torah reading for the first day of the Yom Tov of Pesach begins with the words: וַיִּקְרָא מֹשֶׁה לְכָל זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, “And Moshe called to all the elders of Israel and said to them…”. (Ex. 12,21) His instructions were that they were to take an animal from their flock which was to be used [ READ MORE ]
On Chol Hamo’ed Pesach, as well as Succot, we read the Torah portion which deals with a discussion between Moshe and Hashem following the episode of the Golden Calf. Moshe asks that he be shown the glory of Hashem so that he will understand the workings of Hashem. The response he got was that no [ READ MORE ]
When Bnei Israel left Egypt we read that Pharaoh’s servants had a change of heart and said: MAH ZOT ASINU, “…what is this thing that we have done, that we sent them away…”. (Ex. 14,5) Their complaint is strange for they were the ones who early in the series of plagues urged Pharaoh to send [ READ MORE ]
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In the Haftora of Shabbat Chol Hamo’ed Pesach we read the prophesy of Yechezkel known as the “valley of the dry bones”. Hashem tells the prophet to speak to these dead dry bones and they will come back to life. The Talmud discusses this incident and comes up with three different opinions of what happened. [ READ MORE ]
When you plan a trip that you know will take a long time and there will be very little opportunity on the way to obtain food supplies you would naturally make the necessary arrangements You would buy what you think you will need and you will pack what you imagine will be useful during your [ READ MORE ]
Many years ago I visited the Ford Motor Company in Detroit and I watched the assembly line. Every man had his job cut out for him. One man put the car part on the chassis and another screwed it on. Yet another man attached the front light and another back light. I could not help [ READ MORE ]
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