Bitachon and Melukhah
Perhaps it is just that we have been exploring these two topics simultanously, but I think there is an interesting relationship between them. I wrote about bitachon that Bitachon is awareness that the A-lmighty...
by Micha Berger · Published September 29, 2008 – כ״ט באלול תשס״ח · Last modified September 29, 2008
Perhaps it is just that we have been exploring these two topics simultanously, but I think there is an interesting relationship between them. I wrote about bitachon that Bitachon is awareness that the A-lmighty...
by Micha Berger · Published September 26, 2008 – כ״ו באלול תשס״ח · Last modified September 26, 2008
אמר רבי יהודה משום רבי עקיבא … אמר הקדוש ברוך הוא: … ואמרו לפני בראש השנה מלכיות זכרונות ושופרות. מלכיות: כדי שתמליכוני עליכם. זכרונות: כדי שיעלה זכרוניכם לפני לטובה. ובמה? בשופר. Rabbi Yehudah said...
by Micha Berger · Published September 24, 2008 – כ״ד באלול תשס״ח · Last modified September 24, 2008
(Significantly enlarged from the 2005 version. -micha) I Melukhah (kingship) is a major theme, if not the major theme of Rosh haShanah. Aside from the ubiquity of the word in our liturgy for Rosh...
by Micha Berger · Published September 22, 2008 – כ״ב באלול תשס״ח · Last modified September 22, 2008
There are three basic models of bitachon: 1- Bitachon is the belief that everything will turn out okay. This message is taught in an entire genre of stories which create the image that if...
by Micha Berger · Published September 19, 2008 – י״ט באלול תשס״ח · Last modified September 19, 2008
There is a halakhah of semikhas ge’ulah letefillah, that one must finish the last berakhah after Shema, that about the redemption, immediately before the Shemoneh Esrei, with no interruptions. The Mishnah Berurah even advises...
by Micha Berger · Published September 18, 2008 – י״ח באלול תשס״ח · Last modified September 18, 2008
During last night’s commute home, someone asked me how my preparations for Rosh haShanah were going. I had to admit, not well, as I had no thoughts as to which particular issues were calling...
by Micha Berger · Published September 12, 2008 – י״ב באלול תשס״ח · Last modified September 12, 2008
I I once cited a thought from Rav Dovid Lifshitz about the nature of shalom. Shalom goes beyond peace in the sense of a cessation of violence. It’s the same root as sheleimus —...
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