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The Midrash Explains That Hashem’s Praise Came Originally From Water As the World Was Enveloped Entirely In Water. Chassidus Gives a Deeper Understanding of This.

The Midrash explains that Hashem’s praise came originally from water as the world was enveloped entirely in water. Chassidus gives a deeper understanding of this.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 20, 2019Noach

‎⁨ונח מצא חן בעיני השם How’s That Different From נח איש צדיק Or Hachaim Hakodosh and Kedushas Levi Offer Two Different Beautiful Insights In the Concept of Achieving תן⁩.

‎⁨ונח מצא חן בעיני השם How’s that different from נח איש צדיק Or Hachaim Hakodosh and Kedushas Levi offer two different beautiful insights in the concept of achieving תן⁩.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 20, 2019Noach

Sharp Insight From the Vilner Gaon On the Gemoro In Yoma Regarding the Difference Between the Destruction Of the First and Second Beis Hamikdash

Sharp insight from the Vilner Gaon on the Gemoro in Yoma that explains the difference between the destruction of the first Beis Hamikdash and the destruction of the second.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 16, 2019Devarim

Remarkable Noam Elimelech About Moshe’s Blaming the Jewish People For His Misfortune Of Not Going to Eretz Yisroel.

Remarkable Noam Elimelech re Moshe’s blaming the Jewish ppl for his misfortune of not going to Eretz Yisroel.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 16, 2019Devarim

Reb Akiva Eger’s Two Questions On Moshe’s Blessings Of יוסף ה׳ עליכם ככם אלף פעמים and the Rebbe’s Beautiful Answer.

Reb Akiva Eger’s 2 questions on Moshe’s blessings of יוסף ה׳ עליכם ככם אלף פעמים and the Rebbe’s beautiful answer.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 16, 2019Devarim

Interesting Or Hachaim Hakodosh On Moshe’s Claim That He’s Banned From Entering the Promised Land Because Of the Meraglim.

Interesting Or Hachaim Hakodosh on Moshe’s claim that he’s banned from entering the promised land because of the Meraglim.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 16, 2019Devarim

Gevaldig Insights From Reb Levi Yitzcok of Bardichev and the Rebbe In Why Moshe Translated the Torah Into 70 Languages.

Gevaldig insights from Reb Levi Yitzcok of Bardichev and the Rebbe in why Moshe translated the Torah into 70 languages.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 16, 2019Devarim

Fascinating Kli Yakar and Kedushas Levi On אחד עשר יום מחורב.

Fascinating Kli Yakar and Kedushas Levi on אחד עשר יום מחורב.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 16, 2019Devarim

Nice Pshat Of the Munkatcher Rebbe, the Minchas Elozor, On the Midrash That Hashem Suffers With Us In Exile.

Nice pshat of the Munkatcher Rebbe, the Minchas Elozor, on the Midrash that Hashem suffers with us in exile.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 16, 2019Vaeschanan

Beautiful Insight From Third Belzer Rov, Reb Yissochor Dov, On Words In the Kaddish - Hashem Is לעילא מן כל ברכתא ... ונחמתא- What Does It Mean Hashem Is Above All Consolations - Related To נחמו נחמו.

A beautiful insight from the third Belzer Rov, Reb Yissochor Dov, on the words in the Kaddish that Hashem is לעילא מן כל ברכתא ... ונחמתא- what does it mean that Hashem is above all consolations_ Related to נחמו נחמו.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 16, 2019Vaeschanan

Incredible Story About Shabbos Ki Tavo, Chai Elul, of the Year 5653.

Incredible story about Shabbos Ki Tavo, chai Elul, of the year 5653.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 8, 2019Ki Savo

Ponim Yofos From the Baal Haflo’oh Gives Fascinating Explanation as to Who the Wood Choppers and Water Carriers, Mentioned in the Parsha, Were Foreigners Who Wanted to Convert.

Ponim Yofos from the Baal Haflo’oh gives fascinating explanation as to who the wood choppers and water carriers, mentioned in the parsha, were foreigners who wanted to convert.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 8, 2019Nitzavim

The Alter Rebbe’s Spiritual Insight On the Mitzvah of a Man Who Has Two Wives, One That He Loves and the Other He Hates.

The Alter Rebbe’s spiritual insight on the mitzvah of a man who has two wives, one that he loves and the other he hates.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 8, 2019Ki Setzei

The Incredible Joyous Impact that a Simple Farmer Had Through a Simple Act of Setting Aside a Single Fig for Hashem - a Deep Lesson By Yismach Yisroel (Alexander Rebbe).

The incredible joyous impact that a simple farmer had through a simple act of setting aside a single fig for Hashem - a deep lesson by Yismach Yisroel (Alexander Rebbe).

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 8, 2019Bikurim

Very Beautiful Pshat From Reb Elimelech of Lizensk On the First Mishnah in Rosh Hashana.

Very beautiful pshat from Reb Elimelech of Lizensk on the first Mishnah in Rosh Hashana.

Holidays, ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 7, 2019Elul, Re'eh

What Is פתבג המלך and Why Are נצבים וילך Separated?

What is פתבג המלך and Why are נצבים וילך separated?

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 7, 2019Nitzavim

The Toldos Yaakov Yosef On אתם נצבים לפני ה אלוקיך - And What Lesson Reb Naftoli Ropshitzer Learned From Czar Nikolai

The Toldos Yaakov Yosef on אתם נצבים לפני ה אלוקיך. What Reb Naftoli Ropshitzer learned from Czar Nikolai’s reaction to a soldier who saved the Czar's life.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 6, 2019Nitzavim

Parohs Feminine Horses and Masculine Horses - Alter Rebbes Fascinating Insight Into the Zohar.

Parohs feminine horses and masculine horses - Alter Rebbes fascinating insight into the Zohar.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 6, 2019Beshalach

Remarkable Insight in the Parsha of Nedarim By the Alter Rebbe - ושמע אבי׳ את נדרה- and the Reason Why We Start Yom Kippur With the Kol Nidre Ceremony.

Remarkable insight in the parsha of Nedarim by the Alter Rebbe - ושמע אבי׳ את נדרה- and the reason why we start Yom Kippur with the Kol Nidre ceremony.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 4, 2019Matos

Gevaldig Pshat from Noam Elimelech About the Deeper Meaning of איש כי ידר נדר.

Gevaldig pshat from Noam Elimelech about the deeper meaning of איש כי ידר נדר.

ParshaRabbi Eli SilbersteinAugust 4, 2019Matos

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