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Geshmack Dvar Torah of the Week

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  • test post

    Posted on Wednesday December 23rd, 2009 at 06:24

    just to see if the e-mail subscription service works properly :) this will be removed thursday night most probably.N...

  • Dying of Embarrassment 

    Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 07:52 in mussar, beis halevi, 11. vayigash

    There is a Midrash that says that when we eventually go up to Heaven and are put on trial we will be as embarrassed as the brothers were in front of Yosef. The Beis Halevi shares with us a marvellous idea on this. On a superficial level, we can under...

  • Vayigash - A New Approach

    Posted on Monday December 21st, 2009 at 19:11 in depth of infinite detail, vilna gaon, 11. vayigash

    ויגש אליו יהודה ויאמר בי אדני - And Yehudah approached him and said, 'please my master...' (44:18)Another insight into the brilliance of the ta'amei hamikra (cantorial notes): The Vilna Gaon points out that if you look at the ...

  • Random searches?

    Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 14:20 in depth of infinite detail, brisker rov, maharil diskin, 10. miketz

    The Pasuk says "וַיְחַפֵּשׂ בַּגָּדוֹל הֵחֵל וּבַקָּטֹן כִּלָּה וַיִּמָּצֵא הַגָּבִיעַ בְּאַמְתַּחַת בִּנְיָמִן - "He searched; he started with the eldest and fini...

  • Is there a hidur mitzva after the mitzva is done?

    Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 11:01 in bris, rambam, rema, r' mendi chissick, 00. chanuka, brisker rov, hidur mitzva

    There is a concept of hidur mitzva, which means that we can make the mitzvos we do more beautiful. Examples of this are taking nice esrogim on Succos, getting larger tfillin, getting a megillah written by the best scribe, among many countless others....

  • Cow Spirituality. What?

    Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 18:13 in depth of infinite detail, 10. miketz, r' yehoshua hartman

    I heard this from my Rebbi, Rabbi Yehoshua Hartman Shlita, to whom I owe everything. He is also the inspiration for the blog title, "Geshmack" is his catchphrase you see :) וְהִנֵּה מִן הַיְאֹר עֹלֹת שֶׁבַע פָּרוֹת...

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