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Shabbos Stories — Vayeishev 5783

Выпуск: Shabbos Stories — Vayeishev 5783. Темы: family_education, holidays, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, пурим, песах, ханука, суккот, yom tov, פורים, פסח, חנוכה, סוכות, недельная глава, парша, parsha. Shabbos Stories for Parshas Vayeishev 5783 Shabbos Stories for Parshas Vayeishev 5783 Volume 14, Issue 14 – 23 Kislev 5783/December 17, 2022 Printed L’illuy nishmas Nechama bas R’ Noach, a”h For a free subscription, please forward your request to keren18@juno.com The Brisker Rov’s Memory The Brisker Rov (Rabbi Yitchok Zev Soloveitchik, 1886-1959) once lent a man a not-inconsiderable amount of money. I didn’t want to daven hurriedly and without concentration because what value could such a tefillah have?” The Rebbe told him, “You can clearly see that a tefillah like that does have value from the fact that I could tell right away that you hadn’t davened at all today.” Reprinted from the Parshas Vayeitzei 57823 edition of The Way of Emunah: Collected Thoughts on the Weekly Parshah from Rabbi Meir Isamar Rosenbaum The Baal Shem Tov and The Bar Mitzvah Boy It was a chilly, windy day when the Baal Shem Tov stepped into his carriage, and as was his custom, allowed the horses to run as they would, invariably bringing their master to some small village or hamlet where the Tzadik would bring his fiery enthusiasm for G-d to his fellow Jews. An Insult to the Baal Shem Tov He decided he would avenge himself on the Baal Shem Tov, and with this in mind announced, “My dear friends, I want you to know that the highlight of this celebration will be a speech which my son, the Bar Mitzva boy, will deliver in the presence of our most esteemed guest, the rabbi of a nearby town, who will be here with his party. He walked out to the barn and gathered all his beloved animals, which he cared for so devotedly and he formed them into a ‘minyan.’ Then he announced in a loud voice, ‘Today I am a Bar Mitzva!’ The animals responded to his words with a cacophony of ‘moos,’ ‘neighs,’ and ‘clucks.’ When the heavenly hosts beheld this strange but touching Bar Mitzva celebration, they laughed so happily that their laughter echoed through the universe until it reached G-d’s Holy Throne where it provoked great Divine Joy. “And so, concluded the Baal Shem Tov, it is now a propitious time to hear the discourse of the Bar Mitzva b

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Shabbos Stories

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11 декабря 2022 г.

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14

Темы: family_education, holidays, parsha_commentary