Thanks Sherri for the summary. Please see below the recording. We read this psalm (34) during P’sukei d’Zimrah every Shabbat. The Rabbi explained that this was written after David ran for his life from King Saul – he left Israel (where everyone knew and venerated him as their hero for having killed Goliath) and fled …
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Notes taken this week by Steve, below the video CHAPTER 30: I will exalt You, HASHEM, for You have raised me up from the depths, and not let my foes rejoice over me. HASHEM, my God, I cried out to You and You healed me. HASHEM, You have raised up my soul from the lower …
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כִּי אֵין בַּמָּוֶת זִכְרֶךָ בִּשְׁאוֹל מִי יוֹדֶה לָּךְ For there is no memory of You in death; in the grave, who will thank You? After asking for G-d’s mercy and kindness: not to avoid me when the punish comes (see Psalm 6:2-5 for deeper explanation, and Psalm 6:5 for the first reason given, why should HASHEM …
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שׁוּבָה יְהֹוָה חַלְּצָה נַפְשִׁי הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ Return, O Lord, rescue my soul; save me for the sake of Your loving kindness. The situation is so bad, says king David. I`m so far and detached from You LORD, that there is nothing I can do. Will I try to return to You, will I improve …
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Summary by Sherri, below the video 1. For the conductor, a maskil of the sons of Korah. 2. As a hart cries longingly for rivulets of water, so does my soul cry longingly to You, O God. 3. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when will I come and appear before God? …
יְהֹוָה אַל בְּאַפְּךָ תוֹכִיחֵנִי וְאַל בַּחֲמָתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנִי חָנֵּנִי יְהֹוָה כִּי אֻמְלַל אָנִי רְפָאֵנִי יְהֹוָה כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ עֲצָמָי וְנַפְשִׁי נִבְהֲלָה מְאֹד וְאַתָּה יְהֹוָה עַד מָתָי שׁוּבָה יְהֹוָה חַלְּצָה נַפְשִׁי הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, and do not chastise me in Your wrath. Be gracious to me, O Lord, because …
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לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינוֹת עַל הַשְּׁמִינִית מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד To the conductor with melodies on the sheminith, a song of David. The Sheminit is a biblical stringed musical instrument, looks a bit like our lyre. There were 7, 8 and 10 strings Shemeniths. The number 8 symbolizes what is beyond the nature. Whereas our world is a seven …
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29 Elul 5773 September 4th, 2013 Good Yom Tov. I encourage you to read the meditations in this Yizkor Booklet, now and during the year, so that you reflect more often on the memories of your loved ones no longer with us. We have long personal memories and, as a Jewish people, we are …
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A typical polite chat with “Yetzer HaRa” (Based on a true story): First “Yetzer” cunningly goes to the Ultra Orthodox Jew and says: “Look at those Reform Jews, a worthless group of clowns, manipulating the Torah and its scholars; ruining the Jewish nation as a whole!” Yetser has a point. Sounds convincing. Next step, reassured …
When I worked in Israel as Vice-President of a jewelry company, I had to deliver an executive report every six months to the CEO and to the other V.P’s. This demonstrated our progress on the one hand, and on the other hand we also benefited from learning from each other, and find different ways to …
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