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    Weekly Parsha

    PARSHAS NITZAVIM & ROSH HASHANAH

    September 4, 2018

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    R. Sholom Brodt z"l (Yeshiva Simchat Shlomo)

    On this last Shabbos of the year - may it be the highest, we have an opportunity to elevate all the Shabbatot of the past year. Take some time to think about how you got to celebrate each Shabbat and thank Hashem for every precious moment. If you feel that some Shabbat...

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    Parshat Ki Tavo - "open your hearts";

    August 2, 2018

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    R. Sholom Brodt z"l (Yeshiva Simchat Shlomo)

    Reb Shlomo zt"l would often say to us

    when he wanted us to hear something deep

    when he wanted us to open up to receive holy teachings

    that reach our hearts before our minds

    he would sing with us

    to open our hearts to Hashem and to one another

    for such holy words can be recei...

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    Ki Teitze – When am I Ready for the World?

    August 2, 2018

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    R. Sholom Brodt z"l (Yeshiva Simchat Shlomo)

    Ki Teitze – When am I Ready for the World?  - Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach ztz'l

    The beginning of our parsha is כי תצא למלחמה על אויביך, when you go out to battle your enemies.

    When the Torah talks about someone going out to war, it writes it in singular. So let me ask you fri...

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    PARSHAS SHOFTIM & ELUL 5778

    August 2, 2018

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    R. Sholom Brodt z"l (Yeshiva Simchat Shlomo)

    אני לדודי ודודי לי

    “I AM UNTO MY BELOVED AND MY BELOVED IS UNTO ME.” Song of Songs 6:3.

    Reb Shlomo Slichot

    THE KING IS IN THE FIELD

    The holy Bal Shem Tov taught that during the month of Elul, the KING IS IN THE FIELD. Every one of us can approach Hashem, directly, informal...

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    Parshat Re'eh

    August 2, 2018

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    R. Sholom Brodt z"l (Yeshiva Simchat Shlomo)

    Reb Shlomo learning

    See that it is your choice and choose wisely. Know who you are.

    בנים אתם לה' אלוקיכם – You are the children of Hashem your G-d!

    [Devarim 14:1]

    Love of Hashem, love of Torah and love of your fellow Jew are intertwined and inseparable. The Alter Rebbe tol...

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    Parshat Eikev  עקב

    August 2, 2018

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    R. Sholom Brodt z"l (Yeshiva Simchat Shlomo)

    This week's parsha Eikev is very challenging. Verse after verse we are challenged to learn and to know what being a Jew is all about. In the northern hemisphere this is the time of year that many of us go on 'vacation' to rejuvenate and to strengthen our bodies and spi...

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    Parshat Va'etchanan - Shabbos Nachamu

    July 27, 2018

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    R. Sholom Brodt z"l (Yeshiva Simchat Shlomo)

    Whatever one might say about this parsha would probably be an understatement. In it you will find not only the Ten Commandments and Shma Yisrael, and the mitzvah of Tshuvah and much more. You will find Moshe Rabbeinu speaking to us quite lovingly and even uncompromisin...

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    Getting in touch with your soul on Tisha B'Av

    July 20, 2018

    In this blog, there a various insights and stories that can help you connect to Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av (Jul. 21-22, 2018), which is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, on which we fast, deprive ourselves and pray. It is the culmination of the Th...