Shaarei Yosher – VeAhavta leRei’akha kaMokha
Vayiqra 19:18 famously says “VaAhavta lerei’akh kamokha, ani Hashem — love your neighbor as yourself, I Am Hashem. Rav Shimon Shkop has much to say about this pasuq, so I followed up the previous...
3- Vayiqra / Audio / Shaarei Yosher
by Micha Berger · Published May 10, 2019 – ה׳ באייר תשע״ט · Last modified May 10, 2019
Vayiqra 19:18 famously says “VaAhavta lerei’akh kamokha, ani Hashem — love your neighbor as yourself, I Am Hashem. Rav Shimon Shkop has much to say about this pasuq, so I followed up the previous...
3- Vayiqra / Audio / Shaarei Yosher
by Micha Berger · Published May 9, 2019 – ד׳ באייר תשע״ט · Last modified May 9, 2019
Instead of discussing a comment by the Meshekh Chokhmah this week, I chose to present an idea from Rav Shimon Shkop’s introduction to Shaarei Yosher. The thoughts in this shiur are bits taken from...
1- Bereishis / Audio / Shaarei Yosher
by Micha Berger · Published December 19, 2018 – י״א בטבת תשע״ט · Last modified December 19, 2018
In this first shiur on parashasVayechi, we look at Meshech Chokhmah on the opening words of the parashah. Similarities between Rav Meir Simcha haKohein miDvinsk’s understanding of (47:28) “ויחי יעקב בארץ מצרים” and Rav...
Other-Focused Orthodoxy / Shaarei Yosher / Ta`amei haMitzvos
by Micha Berger · Published July 5, 2017 – י״א בתמוז תשע״ז · Last modified July 5, 2017
The most fundamental difference between the kind of reasoning one finds in the Bavli with that one finds in the Yerushalmi is “vertical” vs. “horizontal”. The Bavli will drill down to get the full...
1- Bereishis / 2- Shemos / Other-Focused O / Shaarei Yosher
by Micha Berger · Published February 15, 2017 – י״ט בשבט תשע״ז · Last modified February 15, 2017
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ ה’ אֱלֹקים לֹא־ט֛וֹב הֱי֥וֹת הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְבַדּ֑וֹ אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לּ֥וֹ עֵ֖זֶר כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ Hashem Elokim said: It is not good for the man to be alone; I shall make for him a helper opposite him. – Bereishis...
by Micha Berger · Published October 8, 2016 – ו׳ בתשרי תשע״ז · Last modified October 8, 2016
The primary metaphor of the High Holidays is the King, sitting in judgment. Hashem rules, the world will run according to His Will regardless. On Rosh haShanah we coronate Hashem as King, so that...
by Micha Berger · Published January 18, 2015 – כ״ז בטבת תשע״ה · Last modified January 18, 2015
If you would like this picture as a PDF to print for hanging in a school, shul or home, it is available here. We often complain that we spend so much time on the...
Shaarei Yosher / Torah as Growth / Uncategorized
by Micha Berger · Published June 22, 2014 – כ״ד בסיון תשע״ד · Last modified June 22, 2014
Nefesh haChaim is a collection of Rav Chaim Volozhiner’s writings organized posthumously by his son and successor, R’ Yitzchak. We can see this in the self-description in the title page of the early editions...
by Micha Berger · Published March 23, 2014 – כ״א באדר ב׳ תשע״ד · Last modified March 23, 2014
If we look in the Torah at verses that describe our obligations to give or loan to others, it is common for them to conclude with “I am your G-d”. For example: וְכַרְמְךָ לֹא תְעוֹלֵל,...
by Micha Berger · Published August 6, 2013 – ל׳ באב תשע״ג · Last modified August 6, 2013
The pasuq reads: וּבָא הַלֵּוִי כִּי אֵין לוֹ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִמָּךְ, וְהַגֵּר וְהַיָּתוֹם וְהָאַלְמָנָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ, וְאָכְלוּ וְשָׂבֵעוּ, לְמַעַן יְבָרֶכְךָ ה אֱלֹקֶיךָ, בְּכָל מַעֲשֵׂה יָדְךָ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה. {ס} And the Levi, because he doesn’t have a...
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