Tag: Rabbi Dovid Kaplan

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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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Weekly Torah Portion

!Shabbat Shalom! Parashat Terumah (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – In these two videos Rabbi Kaplan goes through various aspects of the building of the Mishkan (the Temple in the desert) and how it relates to us personally and also in our current time and how we can take it into our own lives today.

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The Thinnest Books Ever Written – Beshalach (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares the source for every sin we commit and that source is from the original sin of Adam and Eve. Jealously, Desire, and Honor. The original sin included all three and each sin today has at least one of these core elements.

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Bitter People – Beshalach (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares about the most recent weekly parsha (Beshalach) and what happened after the Sea split. The Jews complained that there was no potable water – that the water was bitter. Rabbi Kaplan points out that it wasn’t the water that was bitter but that the People were bitter because Moshe dragged them away from collecting more riches from the dead Egyptians. We conclude from this that it usually isn’t the “bad” situations that are bitter in our life but our perspective is bitter. An attitude of gratitude is the solution to our bitterness.

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The Mockery – Bo (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares about the most recent weekly parsha (Bo) and about how Hashem degraded the Egyptians and Pharao in a way where they suffered everything when they could have suffered much less. Sometimes trying to avoid a little suffering causes us to experience more suffering than necessary. The Torah taught us this lesson thousands of years of ago and repeats the lesson. Are we listening?

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Can’t Change Your Noses – Vayechi and Shemos (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Explains the partnership between a full time learner and the person who supports him. That partner handles the material to support the spiritual and both share in the reward. This is reflected in the partnership of the two tribes of Yissachar and Zevulun.

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33 Words – Vayechi (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares about the previous Weekly Parsha of Vayechi – an interesting tidbit towards the end explaining why Yaakov Avinu “lost” 33 years of his life because of his word exchange with Pharoah (around the 39 minute point of the lecture).

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Instant Clarity – Vayigash (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares about the upcoming Weekly Parsha of Vayigash – from the climatic meeting between Joseph and Yehuda to why Yaakov’s wife Rachel had to have children who became servants. Finally in the end we will see that every single thing was for the best (when we here “Ani Hashem) just like everything with Joseph being banished and imprisoned to the Jewish people going down to Egypt was for the best.

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Mikeitz (Rabbi Dovid Kaplan) (Weekly Parsha)

Rabbi David Kaplan – Shares some aspects of the Weekly Parsha – Joseph subjecting his brothers to several trials to bring them to teshuva (repentance) so the planting of the future exodus from Egypt can take place.

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