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Torah inspiration and practical lessons for mothers in a few minutes a day by Rebecca Masinter. Find more Toras Imecha content on www.torasimecha.com. Listen to audio messages on WhatsApp with this link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JmNYPkAoLqxDXA0sxJhJRf Check out more resources and my free parenting e-book at www.mothersguidance.com. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/torasimecha/support
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A discussion on a topic from the week's Parsha covering many important parts of Judaism that are not regularly addressed. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zalman-gordon/support
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Each day we learn the Chumash of the day, completing the Parsha each week. We do this with Rashi's insights, often with the Lubavitcher Rebbe's illuminating perspectives into Rashi's meaning, and other commentaries as well. Staying true to the literal - peshat of the words. Then we move on to the rest of Tanach where we study it with various commentaries Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rabbi-levi-avtzon/support
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One of the most persistent and dangerous anti-Semitic accusations against Jews has been the blood libel. While it came in various forms, it included the claim that Jews participated in slaughtering non-Jews for ritual purposes. Despite the absurdity and offensiveness of the claim, blood libels, led to countless arrests, torture, sham-trials and mas…
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It is important to plan ahead and write a will while one is young and healthy to ensure their wishes are fulfilled after their death. For Jews, it's important that our wills not only conform with local laws that will ensure that the wishes of the deceased are carried out. We must also ensure that our wills conform with Jewish laws and values so tha…
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When Jews lived in the Land of Israel and our religious judicial system was in force, we had 6 cities of refuge for someone who killed a person unintentionally (manslaughter). The killer would flee to a city of refuge and be safe there from any relatives of the victim wanting to avenge the murder. A fascinating discussion about the Cities of Refuge…
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Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah) teaches that prior to creating our own universe, G-d creates a previous universe called Tohu (Chaos). The universe of Tohu could not survive and therefore crashed. Our universe called Tikkun was then created on top of the broken shards of Tohu leaving us humans with the job of cleaning up the shards of Tohu in our univer…
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Jewish Aramaic was an ancient language spoken by most Jews for well over 1,000 years. Aramaic is used in Tanach (Jewish Scriptures) and many important Jewish works including the Babylonian Talmud, Jerusalem Talmud, Midrash Rabba and Zohar. A fascinating discussion about the forgotten language of Aramaic that is so central to our history and teachin…
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Many people believe is paranormal forces that can be invoked or tapped into to discover otherwise unknown information and advise or to manipulate the forces of nature. Many people reject that paranormal forces exist and claim such beliefs to be primitive. What does Judaism say about magic and paranormal forces? Do we believe they are true? Do they …
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Strife and divisiveness have challenged humans since the earliest of time. As long as we've had communities we've had divisiveness between people and as long as we've had nations we've had divisiveness between nations. What is the cause for this human tendency of fighting with each other? How can we counter it? A fascinating discussion about the hu…
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One of the worst tragedies that befell our people was the ant-Jewish pogroms during the Khmelnytsky uprising in Poland and Ukraine in 1648-1649. The Khmelnitsky Pogroms, known to Jews as Gzayrois Tach Vetat decimated Jewish communities across Eastern Europe and was one of the most cataclysmic events in the history of Eastern European Jewry. Learn t…
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According to our tradition, the Erev Rav (Mixed Multitude) were a group of non-Jews who accompanied Israel out of Egypt and caused problems for them during their travels through the desert.. Why were they? Why did they join Israel when they left Egypt? What happened to them? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zalman-g…
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One of the most important works in Judaism is the Shulchan Aruch, often called the Code of Jewish Law. Since the Shulchan Aruch was printed in the 16th century it has become the primary source for Jewish law. What is unique about the Shulchan Aruch? Why is it so important to Jewish law? A fascinating discussion about the Shulchan Aruch, how it was …
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The Jewish family has been one of the key pillars of Judaism. Jews retained and valued the nuclear family unit along with the extended family even when many around them lost it. A fascinating discussion about the role of family in Judaism and particularly, the role of fathers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zalman…
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