Authentic Torah Thought for Life
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I’m asking about what the Rav mentioned earlier, that if the Bnei Yisroel had listened to the advice of Yosef and remained separate from the Mitzri’yim, living only in Goshen, then all of the problems, the difficulties of avodah kasha, would not have happened. But didn’t Hashem already tell Avraham Avinu that his descendants would suffer through ועבדום ועינו אותם (Bereishis 15:13)? How do we reconcile that?
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Why do we say only only Hallel Katan, half Hallel, on Pesach?
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If the most important aspect of the Chanukah neis is the oil lasting for eight days and not the winning of the war, then why don’t we mention the neis of the neiros in al ha’nisim?
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Is there a lesson that we can take from the מרור, that applies to our lives during the year?
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How could the Rav say that galus Mitzraim was meant to purify our nation if there was such a big danger of assimilation?
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Why did Moshe Rabeinu tell Pharaoh that the Jews wanted to leave for three days if really his intention was to never return?
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Q:
What intention should we have when we sit in the Sukkah?
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In Kiddush on Friday night we say that Shabbos is “zeicher li’yitzias Mitzraim.” In what way is Shabbos supposed to remind us of Yetzias Mitzraim?
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Q:
How does one fight the Yetzer Ha’rah?
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