You Lifted Us from Amongst all the Languages
In the Amidah for Yom Tov, we credit Hashem as the one who “lifted us from among the languages”. Importance is given not just to our nationhood (“You chose us from among the nations”)...
by Micha Berger · Published October 27, 1995 – ג׳ במרחשוון תשנ״ו · Last modified October 27, 1995
In the Amidah for Yom Tov, we credit Hashem as the one who “lifted us from among the languages”. Importance is given not just to our nationhood (“You chose us from among the nations”)...
Fundamentals / Qedushah / Shabbos
by Micha Berger · Published October 18, 1995 – כ״ד בתשרי תשנ״ו · Last modified October 18, 1995
This week I’d like to discuss three seemingly unrelated questions about the words of the tephillah: The focus of Shabbos Mussaf davening is the paragraph that begins “Tiqanta Shabbos…” What most readily jumps to...
by Micha Berger · Published July 1, 1995 – ג׳ בתמוז תשנ״ה · Last modified July 1, 1995
When looking at the mitzvah of tzitzis for parashas Shelach (Toras Aish: Vol. 1, No. 4, Mesukim MiDevash) we discussed at the color of tekheiles. This week’s parashah opens at the opposite end of...
by Micha Berger · Published June 17, 1995 – י״ט בסיון תשנ״ה · Last modified June 17, 1995
Hashem chose Aharon and his descendants to serve Him as Kohanim. It seems strange. If anyone should be chosen to be the first Kohen wouldn’t it be Moshe? Wasn’t he the Eved Hashem —...
In this week’s parashah Moshe describes Hashem as “… haKel haGadol haGibor vihaNorah — the G-d, the Great, the A-lmighty, and the Awesome …”. These words were incorporated by the Anshei Kinesses Hagedolah into...
Many comment on a pasuk from this week’s haphtorah: He tells you man, what is good, and what does HaShem expect of you? Only do justice, to love kindness, and to walk modestly with...
by Micha Berger · Published June 24, 1994 – ט״ו בתמוז תשנ״ד · Last modified June 24, 1994
(Another version of this thought was included in Mesukim MiDevash for parashas Shelach, in the “Bemachashavah Techilah” column, pp 1-2. -micha) Inherent Tension Judaism sees man as a synthesis of two opposite concepts....
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