Malki-Tzedeq and Birkhas Avos
Compare these two snippets. I added color to highlight my point. First, Bereishis 14:19-20. A massive regional war just completed, and Avraham joins the kings he fought with. Malki-Tzedeq the king of Shaleim (the...
by Micha Berger · Published December 7, 2011 – י״א בכסלו תשע״ב · Last modified December 7, 2011
Compare these two snippets. I added color to highlight my point. First, Bereishis 14:19-20. A massive regional war just completed, and Avraham joins the kings he fought with. Malki-Tzedeq the king of Shaleim (the...
by Micha Berger · Published December 3, 2009 – ט״ז בכסלו תש״ע · Last modified December 3, 2009
I I noticed that there are two types of middos — intransitive and transitive. I mean those terms in the grammatical sense: Intransitive middos have no object, no specific target. Sadness is what I...
by Micha Berger · Published July 8, 2008 – ה׳ בתמוז תשס״ח · Last modified July 8, 2008
A while back, last time I had a chance to complete a blog entry, I promised a dictionary of terms for thought. When writing it up, I noticed I had MUCH more to say...
by Micha Berger · Published June 6, 2008 – ג׳ בסיון תשס״ח · Last modified June 6, 2008
The first of the requests of the Shemoneh Esrei is Birchas haDa’as, the blessing on understanding. We first state “Atah chonein le’adam da’as – You grant humanity understanding, umelameid le’enosh binah – and teach...
This chart combines the ideas contained two earlier divrei Torah. The first is the idea of the Vilna Gaon that the first berakhah of the Amidah, Birkhas Avos, consists of iterations of variations on...
3- Vayiqra / Amidah / Qedushah
by Micha Berger · Published May 6, 2004 – ט״ו באייר תשס״ד · Last modified May 6, 2004
“You Are Kadosh, and Your Name Is Kadosh, and kedoshim praise You every day. Selah! [For you are G-d, King, Great and Kadosh. –Sepharad] Baruch Atah … the Kadosh G-d.” The question of kedushah...
by Micha Berger · Published August 14, 1998 – כ״ב באב תשנ״ח · Last modified August 14, 1998
I 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...
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