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Living Jewish Ki Tavo 1066 — Ki Savo 5786

Выпуск: Living Jewish Ki Tavo 1066 — Ki Savo 5786. Темы: kashrut, family_education, chassidus_hashkafa, holidays, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, хасидут, хасидский взгляд, chassidus, hashkafa, חסידות, השקפה. В”Н Erev Shabbat Ki Tavo; 15th of Elul, 5786; August 28th, 2026 LIVING JEWIS ] Tell Your Children One Hundred Questions In honor of Chai Elul (18th of Elul), the birthday of the Baal Shem Tov and Alter Rebbe, we present the following story: Rabbi Yaakov Yehoshua, the renowned Rabbi of Lvov and author of the book Pnei Yehoshua, was in the middle of de- livering a Torah class when a man sudden- ly entered and whispered in his ear, “there is a Jew waiting for you outside. ] Shabbos Table Gratitude and Appreciation This week’s Torah reading, Ki Tavo, begins by describing the mitzvah of bik- kurim, the first fruits which the Jews would bring to the Temple in Jerusalem, and afterwards speaks of a covenant concerning the entire Torah. As a person enters the land of Israel and allows the land to enter him, his sensitive- ity is heightened to the extent that he is able to perform the spiritual service of bikkurim, and indeed, have this mode of service come to characterize his approach to the Torah and its mitzvot as a whole. Fully Entering the Land A deeper understanding of the above concepts can be grasped by considering the halachic implications of the word tavo, meaning “enter.” Our Sages explain this word implies coming in entirely, without any portion of the body remaining outside. The one transgression that the Torah does mention is: “Because you did not serve the L-rd your G-d with happiness.” (Rabbi Bunim of Peshischa) A Biblical Mitzvah The joy that comes to a person through recognizing the good and the positive in everything is considered by Chassidim to be a mitzvah from the Torah. This is what is meant by the verse con- cerning the curses: “Because you did not serve the L-rd, your G-d, with happiness and with gladness of heart.” The very fact that a person works without joy indicates that the worker feels he is doing his work for someone who is distant from him. Rabbi Mordechai of Cherno- byl said that its importance is connected with the fact that the Baal Shem Tov was born three times on Chai Elul: physical- ly—when he was born in the ye

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Living Jewish

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28 августа 2026 г.

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Темы: kashrut, family_education, chassidus_hashkafa, holidays, parsha_commentary