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  Chana Rivka -12 years ago

  King Shaul
  If King Shaul did not have what it took to be a king - why did Hashem choose him to be king? Why was Shaul punished for what comes natural for a Jew to be -? Why would he be punished for not being something that was impossible (at that time) for a Jew to be?

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    Michael David -12 years ago

    Re: King Shaul
    The peoples desired Shaul HaMeleck! Shaul represents the "uninvigorated" tree, the daily rituals associated with Judaism, as we evidenced by the "armor" that King Shaul wanted to give to the Shepherd Boy.  But the "Shepherd Boy" the INVIGORATED TREE, the Middot from Moav had nothing to do with it! What did the Shepherd Boy do, took Five-Smooth Stones from the Brook and put them in the Shepherd's Bag - "And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling [was] in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine."
    
    
    
    In this you have the "Five-Smooth Stones out of the Brook!"  And put them in "the Shepherd's Bag!"
    
    
    
    Now, determine what the "Five Smooth Stones" are, and the "Brook" and the "Shepherd's Bag" in this is the SOD of Geulah!  The Remez is: And they said unto him, Where [is] Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.(Bereshit 18:9) 
    
    Yashar Koach -

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  another question -12 years ago

  Shikcha
  its brought down in Chasiddus? that forgetfulness comes come from Klipah?

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  i dont understand -12 years ago

  question
  if yitzchok thought he was giving the blessings to eisav, that means that they WERE prepared and not spontaneous! he gave them to the wrong person, but he knew what he was giving! how does that fit into the spontaneity and resulting profoundness of the blessings?
  
  

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  BenvenisteTsfat -13 years ago

  If you said this on one foot
  It would hurt.
  
  Is the mitzvah of leaving over a portion of your field the reason why New Yorkers want moshiach more than others? They are always saying ..."forget about it!"

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  Anonymous -13 years ago

  Vort of Shaloh Hakodosh
  ווארט של השל"ה הקדוש
  
  השל"ה הקדוש אומר
  
  והיה הוא ותמורתו יהיה קדש
  
  ותמורתו אותיות רות ותמר
  
  

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Rabbi YY Jacobson

• June 27, 2011
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• 25 Sivan 5771
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Classes in this Series

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  1 hr 15 min

  Ruth #1: Are You a Kisser Or a Cleaver? A Tale of Two Daughters In-Law

  Orpah and Goliath Go Into Therapy

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  1 hr 18 min

  Ruth #2: A Tale of 3 Relationships & a Triple Reincarnation

  Dignity & Loyalty In the Depths of Pain

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  1 hr 7 min

  Ruth #3: In Middle of the Night

  Sometimes, To Acheive Greatness, You Have To Take Risks.

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  1 hr 19 min

  Ruth #4: A Sword in the Beis Midrash -- Part 1

  The Debate on the Jewish Identity of Ruth & King David.

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  1 hr 9 min

  Ruth #5: A Sword in the Beis Midrash -- Part 2

  The Perspective of the Brisker Rav and the Ben Eish Chai on the Debate on the Jewish Identity of Ruth & King David

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  59 min

  Ruth #6: A Sword in the Beis Midrash -- Part 3

  Why King David Was Considered an Illegal Child

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  1 hr 6 min

  Ruth #8: Why Do the Highest Souls End Up In the Lowest Places?

  The Secret Behind Boaz Removing the Shoe

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  1 hr 42 min

  Women's Shavuos Class

  Goliath and His Mother Go Into Therapy

  Ruth Vs. Arpah; David Vs. Goliath -- A Story of Unresolved Pain