Showing posts with label rest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rest. Show all posts

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Yisro - Results Belong to Hashem

What is the essence of the concept of Shabbos? Why is Shabbos so intertwined with the Mon (Manna)? Why is the rest of Shabbos related to the work of the six days of the week? Why is rest a positive creation of Hashem?

Find out in this week's Parsha Podcast.

Running time: 28:06


Friday, August 10, 2018

Re'eh - Rest and Motion

What is the concept of 'Atzeres' - stopping from motion and melacha? What is the difference between Atzeres in the context of the number seven, versus the number eight? Why are the aspects of 50 and 8 left out of our parsha - no mention of Shavuos as the 50th day, and no mention of the holiday of Shmini Atzeres? What is the concept of the Shalosh Regalim - three festivals? Why are they referred to as 'feet' and 'steps?' What is the lesson of the motion of the feet insofar as it involves both rest and motion?

Find out in this week's parsha podcast.

Running time: 20:09