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Video Study for Parsha Vayetzei
muman613:
This animated parsha is pretty basic (although I disagree with calling the episode of the deceit of Jacob 'Stealing')...
Israel Chai:
http://www.divineinformation.com/parashat-va-yetze-2/
Tag-MehirTzedek:
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Woow, he goes after Breslev, against amulats and such non-sense very well. Also about Iran-U.S. etc.
I like this one except about the "gilgulim" parts, its not part of the Torah or Gemarah (Talmudh).
muman613:
So you just pick and choose what you listen to when a Rabbi is talking. You like this, but you don't like that... I think that is not the way to learn Torah... How can you listen to anything a rabbi says if he talks about gilgulim?
I also suppose Tag does not put a mezzuzah on his door (obviously I know you do this but I am being facetious) , despite it being a commandment of the Torah, which acts as an 'amulet' according to the Torah and the Talmud. The Mezzuzah, it is promised, will lengthen the days of the person who affixes one to his or her door.
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/316875/jewish/From-the-Words-of-the-Lubavitcher-Rebbe.htm
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A. Immediately following the command to affix a mezuzah, “...And thou shalt inscribe them [these words] on the mezuzoth (the doorposts) of thy house, and upon thy gates,” 1 the Torah informs us of the reward for the mitzvah: “…that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children.” 2 The Code of Jewish Law 3 states, “Whoever is careful in it [mezuzah], his days and the days of his children will be lengthened.”4
That Torah explicitly states the reward for mezuzah is something it shares with various other mitzvoth, such as honoring one’s parents5 and others6. Peculiar to this particular mitzvah, however, the Sages7 say that through man’s affixing a mezuzah scroll on the entrance to his house, the Almighty guards the house (“...a human king dwells within and his servants guard him from outside, while you sleep upon your beds and the Holy One, Blessed be He, guards you from outside”8). This protection is not a form of reward, but rather, as the commentator Bayit Chadash (BaCh)9 explains, a “benefit and profit derived from the actual mitzvah itself ... in addition to its reward.” The Tur states that this protection is “greater than” the reward “...that your days may be multiplied, etc.”10 The Bach suggests that this results from its being a benefit “of the actual mitzvah itself.” This protection, further, is not an auxiliary “profit” of the mitzvah but rather a central, essential element. In the words of Tosafoth: “L’shimor avid (its purpose is protection).”11
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I am not going to go into the argument again about the support for the belief in gilgulim. I am sure it is falling on deaf ears..
muman613:
Tractate Avodah Zarah 11
Onkelos, the brilliant nephew of the Roman Emperor Titus, converted to Judaism and became a disciple of the Sages. Hearing this, Titus sent a brigade of soldiers to bring him back to Rome. But when Onkelos engaged the soldiers in discussion and showed them the beauty of Torah, they converted to Judaism.
Titus then sent another brigade, instructing them not to speak to Onkelos. But after listening without even speaking, they too converted to Judaism. Finally Titus sent a third brigade and instructed them not even to listen to Onkelos. When they were leading him away, Onkelos placed his hand on the mezuza and inquisitively inquired, “What is that?”
“You tell us,” the soldiers said. He replied, “Normally, a human king sits inside and his servants stand outside and guard him. But, for the Holy One Blessed be He, His servants are inside and He guards them from outside.” They too converted. Titus sent no more soldiers.
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