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Por Sus Frutos los Conoceréis 16 Tammuz 5781 Recuerdo que mi abuela solía decirme de pequeño: “Hijo, que no te den gato por liebre”. ¿porqué? Porque a veces es difícil distinguir lo falso de lo verdadero. Lo mismo sucede cuando nos presentan el oro, debemos probarlo para verificar que no sea un baño o metales […]
16 Tammuz 5781 You will know them by their fruit When I was little, I remember that grandmother telling me: “Son, “Don´’t let anyone take you for a ride” i.e., don’t be easily deceived by others. Why? Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish the fake from the real. The same thing happens when we buy […]
Who are we as Jews that people love to hate us? That’s a great question. It has never been easy to be a Jew. Many of us say “I know we’re the chosen people but can’t they choose someone else for a change”. My father used to say that because he was beaten up for being […]
¿Cómo podemos confiar en nuestro Creador? Esta porción de Jukat puede ser un poco confusa si la tomamos simplemente en su sentido literal sin comprender el proceso a través del cual el Creador estaba llevando a los hijos de Israel. Desde יציאה el yetziah, la salida de Egipto a la Tierra Prometida, habían pasado por muchas pruebas […]
To listen to the Record Message, click on https://youtu.be/rMGzLGQj-s8 How can we trust our Creator? This portion Chukkat can be a little confusing if we take it simply in its literal sense without understanding the process through which the Creator was taking the children of Israel. From יציאה the yetziah, the exit from Egypt to the Promised […]
The Eighth Commandment, “You Shall Not Steal” may seem obvious to most people but to some, stealing is a way of life. Stealing, however, is not just taking something that doesn’t belong to you, it can have a much wider application. We can steal someone’s self-esteem by continuously insulting them. We can steal someone’s self-respect […]
2 Tammuz 5781 Korach, Datan and Abiram, the principal characters of Parashat Korach, were all first born sons (bechor) entitled to the double inheritance. Our sages say that Korach was quite a wealthy man in Egypt, in fact, in Israel there’s an expression… “as rich as Korach”, meaning he was filthy rich. People of power […]
Koraj, Datán y Aviram, los personajes principales de Parashat Koraj, eran todos primogénitos (bejor) con derecho a la doble herencia. Nuestros sabios dicen que Koraj era un hombre bastante rico en Egipto, de hecho, en Israel hay una expresión … “tan rico como Koraj”, que significa que él era muy rico. Las personas con poder […]
¿Estás paralizado por el miedo? Después de la salida de Egipto, el cruce del Mar Rojo, la entrega de la Torá en el monte Sinaí, la construcción del Mishkán y el censo de los hombres para la guerra, los hijos de Israel se preparan para la entrada a la Tierra Prometida. Pero antes D-s le […]
Are You Paralyzed by Fear? After the departure from Egypt, the crossing of the Red Sea, the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, the construction of the Mishkan, and the census taken of the men to go to war, the children of Israel were now preparing to enter the Promised Land. It says that […]
