Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – As Chanukah approaches, Rabbi Trugman tells a story about Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach in the late 70’s in Chicago and summary is that each Jew regardless of how religiously observant they are has a cruve of oil that is pure and can unleash each one’s Jewish soul (just like Chanukah of origin). Now is the time to uncover it!
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – The struggle between Yaakov and Esav in this week’s upcoming parasha (Vayishlach) is a struggle that has been going on throughout the ages including now in recent times. Rabbi Trugman explains the very interesting gematria that Yaakov + Satan = Yisroel. Yaakov (Jacob) plus the Satan (the guardian angel of Esav that Yaakov wrestled with) equals Yisroel (the name the angel in this wrestling event that Yaakov won and subsequently the name Hashem gave later on in the narrative).
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – The upcoming stories of Yaakov (Jacob) with his dream and also his sheep breeding plan with his father-in-law (Lavan) and how he uses spiritual concepts to manifest in the physical. This is a model to how when we do mitzvot (physical or through speech) and those mitzvot then infuse the spiritual.
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Like we prayed on Rosh Hashana: Teshuva (repentance), Tefilah (prayer), and Tzedakah (charity) remove an evil decree.
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – Shares about how we are now crying tears in the physical sense and with our our broken hearts and how that parallels the crying of Avraham Avinu in our upcoming weekly Torah portion reading (Chayei Sarah). The letter chuf that is made small in the actual Torah text represents that crying and the personal private nature of the sadness of our Patriarch (Avraham) losing his wife and our Matriarch (Sarah).
Several folks have already proactively made donations to help those in Israel affected by the War – food, medical services, food/items for Israeli soldiers, and items to support religious activities/services. If you would like to take part please send an email to: torahshareblog@gmail.com and we will send you a personal Paypal link to make a donation. 100% of all donations go right to the recipients – there is no overhead. This is done on a volunteer basis only.
Like we prayed on Rosh Hashana: Teshuva (repentance), Tefilah (prayer), and Tzedakah (charity) remove an evil decree.
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – Shares about the beginning of the Torah again with Beresheit and how this parallels current events we are living through right now. Follow the Torah events and we can follow our own events. One World ended and one World has begun. We can make life changing decisions right now!
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – How Yom Kippur transforms into Sukkot from all the elements the Kohen Gadol does in the Holy of Holies during Yom Kippur. The teshuva process is not over it just morphs a bit. Rabbi Trugman shares how if it was over then we would already be starting over the Torah readings from the beginning (Bereshit) now but this is not the case as we wait until Simchat Torah.
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – Two short videos about both the Ba’al Shem Tov (the Tzaddik originator of the Chassidic movement) and the Amida or Shmoneh Esrei prayer and its relevance to the upcoming Jewish holidays.
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – The letter of this month (Elul) is the yud which is the smallest of the letters. Our Sages say that its the little that holds a lot (analogous to our handheld devices that hold the World at our fingertips).
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – Shares some ideas on how we can approach Teshuvah (repentance) is the Hebrew month of Elul which starts in a few days, leading up to the pinnacle of Rosh Hashana. Each letter in the word Teshuva actually encapsulates the actions to be taken/concepts to be grasped to help us achieve it.
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman – Shares some details of the next few weekly parshiot leading up to Rosh Hashana and how this can help us prepare for the new year in a way that benefits us more than just it popping up on us.
And, in the upcoming Torah Parasha of the week (Re’eh) – a “numerical gem” about a public charitable fund (tzedakah).
