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ChaBaD Tuesday, 9 Shevat, 5783 January 31, 2023

  ChaBaD Tuesday, 9 Shevat, 5783 January 31, 2023 Jewish History "Moshiach's Torah Scroll" completed (1970) The writing of the "Sefer Torah to greet  Moshiach ," initiated at the behest of  the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn , in 1942, was concluded 28 years later at a special gathering convened by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Friday afternoon, the 9th of Shevat, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak's passing. Links: Moshiach and the Future Redemption Sefer Torah to Greet Moshiach Belzer Rebbe Rescued From the Holocaust (1944) After a series of hair-rising escapes from Gestapo agents in Poland and Hungary, R. Aharon Rokeach, fourth Rebbe of Belz, safely arrived in the Land of Israel. He was accompanied by his brother, R. Mordechai, father of the present Belzer Rebbe, R. Yissachar Dov. Link:   Endless Inspiration Daily Study Chumash Parshat Beshalach, 3rd...

Yahuda101 G-d Still Creates

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  G-d Still Creates By Yahuda101 Psalms 104 sung in ancient Hebrew | ברכי נפשי את ה' - תהלים קד 𝙔𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙖 𝙀𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙚 - 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙬 & 𝙅𝙚𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘: 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 & 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 Chapter 104 - Chabad.org This  psalm tells of the beauty of creation , describing that which was created on each of the six days of creation. It proclaims the awesomeness of God. G-d still creates The important statement for Judaism is that God did in fact create the world; an evolutionary process did not simply happen by itself, but was set into motion by God. When the Bible speaks of God creating the world in six days, it may be speaking figuratively. The word yom (day) in the creation story can hardly be proved to be referring to a day of twenty-four hours. After all, the sun itself was not created until the fourth "day," so it is impossible to argue that the first three "days" were days as we know them. A more appropriate way ...

Yahuda101 The splitting of the Temple Veils

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  The splitting of the Temple Veils By Yahuda101 Some background information before we get into the splitting of the veils. A little more than fifty years after the destruction of the First Temple, the Babylonians, who had destroyed the First Temple, were vanquished by the rising Persian Empire. The Persian king, Cyrus the Great, soon authorized the Jews to rebuild the Temple, but construction ground to a halt due to interference by the Samaritans. In 353 BCE, exactly seventy years after the destruction of the First Temple, the Jews began building again—at first independently, but King Darius soon ratified their effort. The Second Temple was completed in 349 BCE. Under the leadership of Ezra and Nehemiah, the community in Judea became vibrant and secure. The Second Temple era spanned 420 years, ending with the Romans' destruction of the Holy Temple in 70 CE. 1 For much of this period, Judea was under foreign domination. First the Jews were ruled by the Persians, and then, after...