by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | Dec 16, 2003 | Beginner
R. Abba said, all agree that Israel’s redemption from Egypt began in the evening (1), as it says: “G-d took you out of Egypt at night” (Deut.16:1), but they left Egypt by day, as it says: “On the day after the Passover [sacrifice], the children...
by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | Dec 16, 2003 | Beginner
R. Abba said, all agree that Israel’s redemption from Egypt began in the evening (1), as it says: “G-d took you out of Egypt at night” (Deut.16:1), R. Levi said: a person who has a synagogue in his city and doesn’t enter it to pray is called a...
by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | Dec 9, 2002 | Beginner
From the day G-d created the world, no one called Him “A-don” (lit: “Master” or “Lord”) (1) until Abraham said “My Lord (“A-don-ai”), G-d, how will I know that I will inherit it?” (Gen. 15:8). Daniel was...
by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | Oct 29, 2002 | Beginner
G-d prays, as it says “I will make them happy in the house of My prayer” (Isaiah 56:7): Not “their prayer”, but “My prayer”. He prays “May it be My will that My mercy overcome My anger and prevail over My other attributes, so...
by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | Sep 20, 2002 | Beginner
10. The Synagogue, and other sayings of R.Chelbo quoting R.Huna (Tractate Berachos, 6b): If a person is accustomed to come to the synagogue, and one day he doesn’t come, G-d inquires after him, as it says “Which of you who fears G-d… walks in...