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- Only For the Sake of the Temple Did They Merit to Receive the Land of Israel -Vilna Gaon on Deut. 26:9
- Why the Holocaust ?
- Torah Codes by Professor Daniel Michelson
- The Task of the Spy, Eli Cohen, H”YD. – A Torah Hint About This
- Monotheism Vs. The Outlook That Everything is G-d
An Article Against The Attempt To Deify The Rebbe Of Lubavitch, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Issues Involving The Ascent To The Temple Mount – An Exchange Of Letters Between S. Scheinman and Rabbi Avigdor Neventzal
- The Location of the Temple on the Temple Mount and Other Temple Related Issues
- Argaman – An English version of the halachic article that appeared in Techumin, Vol. 26
- Why G-d Let Bin-Laden Succeed!
- When Is It Permitted to Bow to Men and When Is Bowing Forbidden Intermediary Worship , According to Rabbeinu Nissim
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Video: Refusing Orders by Menachem Gottlieb & Why David Believed that Uriah Was A Rebel Against the Kingdom?
Source: https://vilnagaon.org/media/refusing2.mp4
See the comment below on Why David Believed that Uriah Was A Rebel Against the Kingdom?
Why David Believed that Uriah Was A Rebel Against the Kingdom?
II Shmuel/Samuel 11:11 states: Uriah answered David, “The Ark and Israel and Judah are located at Succoth, and my master Joab and Your Majesty’s men are camped in the open; how can I go home and eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As you live, by your very life, I will not do this!”
Rashi to tractate Shabbat 56a held that the act David considered to be rebelliousness, was the fact that he called Yoav/Joab his master in the presence of King David. Yoav/Joab was under the command of King David and it was not the way of the land to give such honor to a subordinate in the presence of the King.
Tosafot brings the opinion of Rabbeinu Meir, that the rebellion was Uriah’s refusal to listen to King David who had told Uriah to go home to eat and drink and sleep with his wife.
Most commentaries follow Rashi’s viewpoint. Menachem Gottlieb in his talk about “Refusing Orders” follows Tosafot.
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Book 2: Interpretation of the Bible
- Messianic Movements That Failed
- False Prophet
- The Tradition
- The Mitzva To Appoint Judges and Officials to Enforce the Law
- Let Us Make Man… (Genesis 1:26)
- The Man That Blasphemed
- Resurrection of the Dead
- Most of The Prohibitions of The Bible Do Not Apply To Gentiles
- Was It a Mitzvah [Good Deed] Or a Sin Not To Kill King Sha’ul {Saul}? – Part 1
- Was It a Mitzvah [Good Deed] Or a Sin Not To Kill King Sha’ul {Saul}? – Part 2
- Deciphering Daniel’s Prophecy Regarding The Building
And The Destruction Of The Temple And The Coming Of Messiah - Why the Bible is Immune to Scientific Criticism
- The 430 Year Gap
- Biblical And Historical Precedents For Resisting Army Service
B”H Excerpts from An Anthology of the Gaon by Rabbi Moshe Zuriel {Tzuriel}
A Selection of sayings of the Vilna Gaon regarding beliefs, extracted from most of the writings of his disciples, of those faithful to him, and from some of his own writings.
Swiftness
The fact that a person puts off performing a mitzvah until the morrow leads to his not performing it at all, rather, as soon as he has the opportunity he should immediately perform it – to Proverbs 10/8, 14/23, 27/1
If not now, then when?” (Avot I) – the Sages did not say ”if not today”, for even on the same day, one should already now, perform the mitzvah.- to Proverbs 6:9
This Anthology of the sayings of the Vilna Gaon is Not Appropriate For Non-Jewish
Souls. Instead they should scroll up this page to the section A Light Unto the Nations which is more appropriate for a mixed audience.
Anthology Topics: 1 Cruelty 2 Erev Rav 3 Father 4 The First Man 5 Forefathers 6 Heretics 7 The Holy Temple 8 Limbs 9 Love of G-d 10 Man 11 The Nations of the World 12 Prophecy 13 Reproof 14 Reward and Punishment 15 Suffering 16 Swiftness 17 Torah 18 Torah Study 19 The World to Come
–B”H
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