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Carobs and Dates
2007-05-04 23:52:00 Don't forget to vote for Reb Chaim HaQoton for the following individual post catagories for the JIB Awards:Best PostBest Religious PostBest Torah PostBest Series (I like Torah's beauty the best)The Talmud says (Shabbos 33b) that when Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai was hiding in a cave with his son for thirteen years, HaShem miraculously created a carob tree and a spring of water from which the duo was physically sustained. Rabbi Shmuel Eidels (1555-1631) explains (Maharsha to Shabbos 33b) that the significance of the carob was because there was as double miracle involved: The Talmud (Ta'anis 23a) says that one only reaps the fruit of a carob tree only after seventy years has passed since the tree was planted. So, not only did HaShem sponteanously generate a carob for usage by Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai, but He also allowed its fruits to grow immediately. Rabbi Yehuda Low (Maharal to Shabbos 33b) explains that the fact that Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai is especially significant because although ... More About: Dates
Entering the Holy of Holies
More articles from this author:2007-04-27 23:58:00 Don't forget to vote for Reb Chaim HaQoton for best Torah blog and best religious blog!The Torah says (Leviticus 16:3) "with this Aaron shall enter the Holies". What is "this"? Rabbi Moshe Heinemann explains that in the prayer Unesanah Tokef recited in Yom Kippur and Rosh HaShannah, one says that "repentence, prayer, and charity remove the unfavorable decree." Above each of these three elements, the standard liturgical prayer book has the words "fast, voice, and money." The numerical value of each of these words equals 136 and the total is 410, which is the numerical vlaue of the word "this". When the Kohen Gadol enters the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur, it is with fasting for repetence, voice for prayer, and money for charity. It is in the merit fo these three actions for which one can be saved from an unfavorable verdict for the year in the Heavenly court.Rabbi Heinemann relates a story which occured in Baltimore. A Jewish business owner once has a gentile worker who was a loyal w... More About: Teri , Lies , Erin 1, 2 |
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