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Reflections of Redemption — ror-eng-10-5784-pages — Mikeitz 5784

Выпуск: Reflections of Redemption — ror-eng-10-5784-pages — Mikeitz 5784. Темы: kashrut, chassidus_hashkafa, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, хасидут, хасидский взгляд, chassidus, hashkafa, חסידות, השקפה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава. 10) 5784 2023 2 2 / REFLECTIONS OF REDEMPTION IN LOVING MEMORY OF Horav Schneur Zalman Halevi v"g ben Horav Yitzchok Elchonon Halevi s"hv Shagalov Passed away on 21 Tamuz, 5766 Reb Dovid Asniel ben Reb Eliyahu v"g Ekman Passed away on 5 Sivan - Erev Shavuot, 5765 Mrs. For instance, in the Birkas Hamazon – the blessing after a meal – the following sentence is added on Shabbos: “May the Merciful One let us inherit that day which will be all Shabbos and rest for life everlasting.” The Minchah, or afternoon prayer, of Shabbos describes Shabbos in words used about the days of Moshiach: “a day of rest and holiness You have given your people . a rest of love and generosity, a rest of truth and faithfulness, a rest of peace, serenity and security, a perfect rest with which You find favor.” Finally, perhaps the most famous Shabbos prayer, Lecho Dodi, sung Friday nights to welcome in the Shabbos, is a poem about the coming of Moshiach and the Redemption, containing verses such as, “To the right and to the left you shall spread out, and the Lord you shall extol. Indeed, so closely bound are Shabbos and Moshiach that our sages declare, “If Israel were to observe properly the Shabbos twice, they would immediately be redeemed.” Other sources say this prescription for Redemption applies even if the Jewish people observe Shabbos properly only once, being careful about the laws REFLECTIONS OF REDEMPTION \ 5 and its details just one time. True, every mitzvah contributes to the coming of Moshiach, as the children’s song says, “with every mitzvah we do, we add a brick to the Third Temple.” Equally true, as Maimonides says, that our next thought, word or deed may be the act that tips the scale to the side of merit and ushers in the Redemption. (As an aside, it may be mentioned that even the name of the portion hints at the Redemption, for the word “mikeitz” means “at the end.” When a Jew hears the words “at the end,” he automatically things of the “end ” of exile and the beginning of Redemption.) In this week’s portion, Joseph, in anticipation

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Reflections of Redemption

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15 декабря 2023 г.

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12

Темы: kashrut, chassidus_hashkafa, health_mind, parsha_commentary