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Questions on the Sidra — Nitzavim-Vayelech 5784

Выпуск: Questions on the Sidra — Nitzavim-Vayelech 5784. Темы: kashrut. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר. Mosheh our Teacher impresses upon us that this Torah which HaShem today commands us to obey is not beyond our reach: it is not in the heavens that we must go up to fetch it, nor is it on the other side of the sea that we must cross the oceans to bring it to us to fulfil — 1 — For questions, comments or suggestions, or to be included on our e-mailing list and receive these Sheets, send an e-mail to oyb@seniors.org.uk SIDRA OF THE WEEK : ‫נצבים‬ its teachings. — 2 — For questions, comments or suggestions, or to be included on our e-mailing list and receive these Sheets, send an e-mail to oyb@seniors.org.uk HAFTORAH OF SIDRA : ‫נצבים‬ When the Sidras Nitsovvim and Vayelech are together, the Haftorah of Nitsovvim is read. I’m a kosher animal!” This makes the pig a natural hypocrite, so to speak, and the fitting symbol of Edom and of the crass — 1 — For questions, comments or suggestions, or to be included on our e-mailing list and receive these Sheets, send an e-mail to oyb@seniors.org.uk HAFTORAH OF THE WEEK : ‫נצבים‬ hypocrisy of Rome, which portrayed itself as so civilized but which was so vulgar and so sickeningly and calculatingly cruel. (Afterwards, HaShem dictated to Mosheh, word for word, letter by letter exactly what words He wanted to be recorded in the Torah for us for all time.) The central theme that runs through all these speeches is the warning that our existence as the Chosen People of HaShem depends only on our adherence to the Torah and Mitzvos. Indeed, if his wayward behaviour is evident to the Jewish Nation, then punishment — so remarkable that strangers will wonder at its severity — will follow upon the entire Nation, for each person is responsible for the other, and the Nation as a whole must shoulder the collective responsibility for the open disloyalty of the individual. Nevertheless, says Mosheh, when the banished and scattered people resolve in all sincerity to return to HaShem, He will gather all the exiles and return them to His holy Land, each one individually if need be, from wherever they have been cast, once again to shelter and dwell in security under His care. It is a remarkable fact that the pig is the only animal in the world that has cloven hoofs (one of the two signs which make an animal kosh

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Questions on the Sidra

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Темы: kashrut