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Lavan {Laban}, the Father-in-Law, the Trinity Believer, the Swindler, the Aramean is Blamed for Destroying our Forefather Yaakov Background Breishit/Genesis Chapter 31 as translated by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan Yaakov’s Journey or as translated by Rabbi Kaplan, Jacob’s Journey, Marriage and … Continued
As Yom Kippur draws near (the Biblical book of Yona is read in synagogues on Yom Kippur) it is up once again for the general public to decide if they want to be like the sailors of Yona {Jonah} and … Continued
What is meant by He is Shaul the son of the Canaanite … He is Zimri? Vilna Gaon to Deut. 29:17 Dvarim/Deut. 29:17 Perhaps there is among you a man, woman, family, or tribe, whose heart strays this day from … Continued
Only For the Sake of the Temple Did They Merit to Receive the Land of Israel -Vilna Gaon on Deut. 26:9 Dvarim/Deut. 26:9 “And He brought us to this place, and He gave us this land, a land flowing … Continued
Do Gentiles Have a Share in the World to Come? In the Talmud tractate Sanhedrin 105a Rabbi Eliezer takes the extreme position that none of the Gentiles will have a share in the World to Come while Rabbi Yehoshua and … Continued
The Torah’s National Structure in the Jewish Nation-State of Israel – part1 By Ariel Natan Pasko This week’s Torah reading is Parshat Shoftim, yet just a few weeks ago, the Jewish people observed Tisha B’Av, mourning the destruction of the … Continued
The Talmud, Tractate Sanhedrin 26b states (as translated by https://www.sefaria.org.il/Sanhedrin.26b.19-20?lang=en&with=all&lang2=en ) Rav Naḥman says: Those who eat something else, a euphemism for pork, are disqualified from bearing witness. This is referring to those who accept charity from gentiles, thereby causing a desecration of … Continued
Regarding Relying on Non-Jewish “Friends” to Support Israel Historically, our best “friends” in one generation, became our worst enemies in another generation. Avraham our forefather was a friend (Breishit/Genesis 14:13) of the Emori {Emorites}. Sichon and Og of that same … Continued
https://www.ou.org/torah/mitzvot/sefer-hamitzvot/mitzvah_431_loving_the_convert/ Mitzvah 431: Loving the Convert by Rabbi Shalom Rosner
G-d’s Tefillin The Talmud in tractate Berachot 6:a records a most unusual series of scriptural references and proofs discussed by the members of the Rabbinical Academy: Rav Avin bar Rav Ada taught in the name of Rav Yitzchak: What is … Continued