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Shabbat Parashat Ki Tisa| 5771

Ki Tisa | 8 Adar 5771 | 19/02/2011

Parashat Hashavuah: “And Hashem Shall Cleanse, Not Cleanse”

After the sin of the Golden Calf, Hashem taught Moshe the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy (Shemot 34: 6-7). Although the pasuk ends with Hashem remembering the sins of the fathers for four generations, our custom is, when reading these p’sukim on fast days, to have the congregation read the attributes out loud but stop between the words “v’nakeh” (He will clease) and “lo yenakeh” (He will not cleanse). This implies that the last attribute of mercy is v’nakeh. We will try to investigate this week what the opinions of Chazal and the early commentators are on this matter.

Ask the Rabbi: What to do about davening when waiting for tefilin

When you don’t have your tefillin and someone will lend his to you during chazarat hashatz, what davening should you be doing while you wait?

Ein Ayah: Qualitative vs. Quantitative Shleimut

When Rav Ami and Rav Asi would have bread from an eiruv, they would make the beracha of “hamotzi lechem min ha’aretz” on it. They would explain: “Since one mitzva was done with it, it is proper to do another mitzva with it.”

P'ninat Mishpat: A Claim for Severance Pay After Many Years

A former teacher (=pl) for a private, government-supported school system (=def) is suing def for severance pay some twenty years after stopping to work, claiming that he was fired. Def counters that they are required to pay and points out that the statute of limitation for such a claim according to the law of the land is seven years.

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