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Thursday, February 12th, 2015 by barron
HEARING GOD’S VOICE THROUGH WORLD EVENTS, THEN AND NOW Rabbi Michael Shelomo Bar-Ron INTRODUCTION The lessons and ramifications of the Sinai event, in which Israel received the Ten Statements from Heaven (erroneously called “the Ten Commandments), are staggering for today’s world . First and foremost is the very concept of man being answerable to Divine […]
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 by barron
According to Seder `Olam Rabbah – the great timeline of Jewish history written by Yose ben Halafta in 160 of the Common Era, the tabernacle in Shilo stood for 369 years, from the year 2502 from Creation, until 2871 – when it was destroyed. The year of destruction corresponds to the 13th century BCE – […]
Monday, February 16th, 2009 by barron
ח וַיָּקָם מֶלֶךְ-חָדָשׁ, עַל-מִצְרָיִם, אֲשֶׁר לֹא-יָדַע, אֶת-יוֹסֵף. 8 There arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Yoseph. ט וַיֹּאמֶר, אֶל-עַמּוֹ: הִנֵּה, עַם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל–רַב וְעָצוּם, מִמֶּנּוּ. 9 And he said to his people: ‘Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us; י הָבָה נִתְחַכְּמָה, לוֹ: […]
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 by barron
Our Sages of blessed memory taught us “דע מה להשיב לאפיקורוס” –Know what to answer the heretic (Pirqei Avoth). Even beyond the imperative to know how to respond in certain situations, the Torah clearly views knowing history as a value in and of itself (D’varim [Deuteronomy] 32:7): ז זְכֹר יְמוֹת עוֹלָ בִּינוּ שְׁנוֹת דֹּר-וָדֹר שְׁאַל אָבִיךָ […]
Monday, July 14th, 2008 by barron
The Torah given to us at Sinai was intended to be practiced and understood in a way that would be a dazzling light to the nations, inspiring them to drop their primitive idols and accept the yoke of HaShem‘s Kingship as well. As it is written in parashath Wa’ethHanan (D’varim): ו וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם כִּי הִוא חָכְמַתְכֶם […]