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Tetzaveh 5769:Aaron Clothed, Esther Naked

There is a huge irony thematically between this week’s reading of Tetzaveh and the book of Esther. In Tetzaveh, this week we continue with plans for the Mishkan, including the oil for the lamps, the garments of the high priest,

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Tzav/Purim 5768: Treif and Galut

This week covers more procedures for the sacrifice in the Mishkan, and then the record of those first sacrifices. Like many of these chapters about the sacrificial procedure, it is seemingly irrelevant to things today: indeed it was seemingly irrelevant

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Shlomo’s Teacher on You tube

Yes I have a teacher and he’s quite the inspiration. Much of what is here on Shlomo’s Drash I owe to him. Here’s a video of R. Bernard (Dov Baer) Grossfeld talking with Rabbi Doug about Targumim and particularly the

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Hag Sameach: The Whole Megilah E- book

Hello Folks! I had an Idea last night of something that can help both you and me For several years I have been working on an illustrated translation of the Book of Esther, complete with Commentary from Talmud, Midrash and

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