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Menachem Av 5, 5772 · July 24, 2012 Editor's Note: When I think of summer, I think of parks, ice pops, beaches, vacations, swimming pools, barbecues, sprinklers, music, day trips and lots of happy children. And much of the Northern Hemisphere is enjoying all that right now. We were too—until recently. Smack in the middle of the summer, we mark the saddest period of time on the Jewish calendar. We remember the destruction of the Holy Temples and the subsequent exile in which we still remain. We limit our fun, our eating and our grooming. We are in mourning. This seems to be a recurrent theme in Jewish life. When a couple marries, the groom breaks a glass under the wedding canopy to remind us of the Destruction. When building a new home, many leave a patch unfinished, again to remind us of Jerusalem's ruin. Perhaps the message is, "As good as it seems, don't get too comfortable. Our bodies may be okay, but our Jewish souls are horribly misplaced. We belong in Jerusalem, at home, at peace and at one." With the 9th of Av right around the corner, let's remember why we're here and where we wish to go. If we add just one more mitzvah to our daily doings, perhaps we'll finally get there. Miriam Szokovski, on behalf of the Chabad.org Editorial Team P.S. You may notice this week that we are experimenting with the layout of our weekly email magazine. We condensed the sections below to make it easier to scan the email and find the content that interests you. In our effort to continue to improve the content we deliver, we’d love to hear your feedback on this change as well as any other suggestions you may have.

AZAMRA Bible: Jeremiah 51-52

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BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Jeremiah 51-52
Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov

NOTE: With thanks to the Creator of the Universe, we today complete our study of the book of Jeremiah. In preparation for the fast of Tisha B'Av (July 29) commemorating the destruction of the Temple, we will for the next two days (July 26 & 27) study Eichah (Lamentations), which is customarily read on that fast-day. No email will be sent on Tisha B'Av itself, but on the following day (July 30) we will with G-d's help begin our study of the book of Ezekiel.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 51

The previous long chapter about the destruction of Babylon is now followed by an even lengthier chapter continuing with the same theme.

V 1: "Behold I will raise up against Babylon and against those that dwell in Lev-qamay, a destroying wind…" The commentators point out that LEV-QAMAY, which literally means "the heart of those that rise against Me", is made up of the letters corresponding to KASDIM (=Chaldeans) in the AT-BASH cipher (where TAV stands for ALEPH and SHIN for BEIT etc.)

Daily Zohar # 970 – Like the High Priest

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Judaism: Light of Torah from Efrat: Matot-Masei

How can the Torah command us to kill men, women and children of the seven peoples in Canaan? Dvar Torah from Efrat in the Judean Hills.

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin

The writer is the founding and Chief Rabbi of Efrata, Gush Etzion, as well as founder and Chancellor of Ohr Torah Stone Institutions, author of Torah Lights and other well known Judaic texts.

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"And they (the Israelites) set their legions against Midian as the Lord had commanded Moses and they killed every male." (Numbers 31:7)
Our Biblical portion of Matot opens with God's vengeance against Midian, an avowed enemy of the Israelites who had joined Balak the King of Moab in the hiring of Balaam to curse Israel.

Haftorah - Parshas Devarim

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Rabbi Dovid Siegel and Torah.org?

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Haftorah         by Rabbi Dovid Siegel
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Parshas Devarim Yeshaya 1:1 This week's haftorah concludes the three week series related to the exile of the Jewish people and the destruction of their Bais Hamikdash. This final reading goes down on record as the strongest message of reprimand ever delivered to the Jewish people. The prophet Yeshaya depicts the moral conduct of the Jews as being the most corrupt and wicked one since the days of Sedom and Gemorah. He declares the Jews to be even worse than animals, and says in the name of Hashem, "The ox knows his master and the donkey his owner's feeding tray but My nation doesn't know and doesn't even consider Me. Woe guilty people, heavy with sin, evil and corrupt children who forsook Hashem and disgraced Israel's Holy One." (1:3,4) Yeshaya continues with more harsh words of chastisement, and says, "Why should you continue to be beaten if you just increase your straying? From head to toe there is no clear spot, only stabs, bruises and open wounds. But you have not treated them, not bandaged them or even softened them." (1:5,6) The prophet indicates that after all the beatings they have received the Jewish people haven't even made an attempt to rectify their faults.

Sfas Emes - Parshas Devarim

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Sfas Emes         by Nosson Chayim Leff         Print Version
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The weekly Sfas Emes is now available in a Sefer. The Seferis called Emes Ve'emunah : A Sfas Emes Companion. This Sefer contains all of the materials in the weekly emails, plus new insights. The Sefer also contains the text in lashon hakodesh on which the Sfas Emes worked to produce his ma'amar. Accessing the the Sfas Emes via the Sefer offers advantages. You have the week's Torah without having to print the email. You have the Sfas Emes' text--which could not be sent by email. Also many people who would enjoy the Sfas Emes do not have internet. You can purchase this Sefer at your favorite bokstore, or online, at the Targum or Feldheim websites. Emes Ve'Emunah will also be available for purchase or perusal at the SOY Seform Sale, January 15-January 24.   Parshas Devarim Note the following problem. Too often, when we encounter a mashal (metaphor, parable ), or a statement that Chazal wrapped in the form of aggada, we assume that its message is only of marginal importance. For this reason, we do not make the effort to penetrate the code or the metaphor within which the message is presented. By contrast, when the Sfas Emes works with a difficult ma'amar of Chazal, he insists that the statement must make sense. Accordingly, he takes the time and effort necessary to understand the ma'amar,and explain it to us. Here are two examples that illustrate the Sfas Emes's discipline in this respect. They also show the potential benefit that we can gain from taking Chazal's words seriously rather than taking the path of "let's skip the Aggadata."

HaMaayan / The Torah Spring - Parshas Devarim

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Hamaayan         by Shlomo Katz         Print Version
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Parshas Devarim The Secret to Rebuke Volume 26, No. 39 9 Av 5772 July 28, 2012 Sponsored by Nathan and Rikki Lewin on the yahrzeit of his mother Peppy Sternheim Lewin (Pessel bat Naftali a”h) Today’s Learning: Tanach: Eichah Mishnah: Ketubot 5:6-7 Daf Yomi (Bavli): Niddah 68 Daf Yomi (Yerushalmi): None Halachah Yomit: Orach Chaim 91:6-92:2 Our parashah begins with what appears to be a review of Bnei Yisrael’s travels in the desert. Rashi z”l observes, however, that there is no other mention in the Torah of some of the place names that Moshe Rabbeinu lists here. Rather, Rashi explains, these terms should be understood as veiled allusions to some of the sins that Bnei Yisrael committed in the desert.