Showing posts with label Sheva Brachos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sheva Brachos. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Parshas Eikev (Sheva Brachos #10)

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Picture this: I register my usual complaint about having to prepare a drasha for a Sheva Brachos with my wife. Mrs. Sympathy says, "...
Monday, July 01, 2019

Shlach. Word Choice Exposes Secret Thoughts

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Reading the Parshas HaMeraglim reveals very little about what the problem was, about the root of the tragic episode.  Only in Arvos Mo'...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Beshalach. Marriage and the Splitting of the Sea. Drasha for Sheva Brachos (#9)

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Sota 2a: אמר ר' יוחנן וקשין לזווגן כקריעת ים סוף שנאמר (תהילים סח) אלהים מושיב יחידים ביתה מוציא אסירים בכושרות Reb Yochanan said, it...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Lech Lecha. Journeys and Odysseys. Drasha for Sheva Brachos (#7)

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My wife and I just got back from Memphis, where we attended the wedding of a young man with whom our family has been very close.  We drove t...
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Monday, September 26, 2011

Yom Kippur: On Behalf of His Wife: וכפר בעדו ובעד ביתו- ביתו זו אשתו

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Yesterday, I attended the joyous Lechaim for the engagement of my youngest son, who became a Chassan just before Shabbos.  The Chassan was p...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

PInchas, Drasha for Sheva Brachos (#5)

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The Medrash ( בראשית רבה פרשה ס" ח :ג-ד,  ויקרא רבה פרשה ח:א,  במדבר רבה פרשה ג:ו)   tells the following story. רבי יהודה בר סימ...
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Monday, March 14, 2011

Tzav: Drasha for Sheva Brachos (#4) The Korban for Newlyweds.

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This is Drush, and not intended for analysis with scalpels. Rabbeinu Bachay in Parshas Tzav says (second column sixteen lines from the ...
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