Tag: Rabbi Dovid Kaplan

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Shabbat Weekly Torah Portion

!Shabbat Shalom! The Talking Donkey – Balak (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares some interesting points in this week’s weekly parasha:

The way a person wants to go do good Hashem will help you, when he wants to take a bad path Hashem doesn’t prevent him from doing so

Bilaam was eager to go against Hashem’s will by cursing the Jewish people while our ancestor Avraham Avinu was eager to to do Hashem’s will. Both got up early and saddled their own donkey – but for diametrically different reasons.

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Weekly Torah Portion

The Spies and Land of the Giants – Shelach (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – In these two videos for this week’s upcoming Torah portion that we read on Shabbat, Rabbi Kaplan shares some of the details of the spies and their motivation when going into the Land of Israel. The second video focuses a lot of the Giants of the Land and the fear it instilled in the spies. However, all of these events had major back stories which negatively influenced the Jew’s view on entering the Land with unfortunate consequences. How can we learn lessons today to prevent their recurrence?

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Weekly Torah Portion

Shaving and Waving – Behaaloscha (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares interesting aspects of this week’s upcoming Torah portion that we read this Shabbat. There is a lot of discussion on the Leviim, on their hair shaving (and some prohibitions of shaving under current Jewish law), and the service in the Temple.

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!Short Clips!

!Short Clip! Bread in the Basket – Behar (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares in this !Short Clip! about Shmitta teaching us about faith and furthermore that when it comes to us we are responsible to have faith but when it comes to others needs we do not rely on faith but take action to help others (spirituality through action). Two different approaches based on who its for – us or someone else.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ovvuma-g2VQ%3Fstart%3D1980%26autoplay%3D1

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Weekly Torah Portion

!Shabbat Shalom! Perfect Marriages – Emor (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares about how the Kohen Gadol is the closest representative on Earth to Adam Ha-rishon before the original sin (who represented perfection). Adam was not subject to death or illness and was to be eternally married to Chava (Eve) prior to that original sin. The Kohen Gadol reminds us of that in that he was restricted from marrying only someone who was never with a man before, could not be in contact with anyone (even a close family member) who dies, and could not serve in the Beis Hamikdash (the Temple) if he had a physical imperfection (parallel to an illness).

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Weekly Torah Portion

A Humble Reminder – Tzav (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares about the upcoming weekly Torah portion (Tzav). Some of the highlights:

  1. One is energetic about things they have a love for.
  2. It’s proper to have an internal fire without having to show it off externally.
  3. Humility of ones skills are essential since they are gifts from Hashem.
  4. Anger comes from one’s ego.
  5. Wanting to be in conrol comes from one’s ego.
  6. The Mincha offering (with a Kometza measurent of flour) teaches us that the Torah has a recipe which is meant to be followed (precisely).

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Jewish Holidays

Bye Bye Vashti – Megillas Esther PT 1 (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Jewish Holidays)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Starts to go through the Megilat Esther and what we can learn from it as we get closer to Purim. All the coincidences in the Megilah parallels our own coincidences that are really miracles in disguise. These videos are a great synopsis of the Megilah.

Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aWZ4RCoLyY

Part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe1DnX2O4is

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Weekly Torah Portion

!Shabbat Shalom! The Three Pillars – Vayakhel (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Three sins are sourced in the original sin of Adam and Eve – Desire, Jealousy, and Kavod. These three show themselves both to repeat and to repent/tikun (fix) from throughout Jewish history. During the time of the flood of Noah and the tower of Babel they repeat. During the time of the three Avot (Avraham, Yitzhak, and Yaakov) and the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai they fix. This weeks parasha reveals the parts for the construction of the Mishkan (the Temple in desert) which fixes by manifesting the parts (the physical) into and representing the spiritual. This fixes and helps bring tikun to fix those three sins that make up the original sin of Man. Shabbat Shalom!

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Mitzvot

Pidyon Haben Ceremony 2024 (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares about the ceremony called a Pidyon Haben which directly comes from the Torah (Mitzvah D’Oraita). If you are a first born son you may be required to have this relatively simple ceremony performed by a Kohen (a member of the priestly tribe decending from Aaron Hakohen). There are some disqualifying attributes that nulify the need for this ceremony which Rabbi Kaplan explains in the video. The person in the video who is the main participant in the ceremony is newly religious (Bal Teshuva – returning to Hashem) and realized he did not have this done when he was a baby and has taken it upon himself to right this error.

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Weekly Torah Portion

Environmental Influence – Tetzaveh (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares about how the concept of clothing is actually a negative reflection of the original sin of Adam and Eve, how much we are influenced by our environment particularly how we and others are dressed, and how important the clothing by the Kohen Gadol and the environment in the Beis Hamikdash (Temple) affects our level of teshuva (repentance).

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