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  Been Around the Block -12 years ago

  Interesting, but...
  The rabbi doesn't want to be harsh. so allow me.  our educators may have mastered the art of this mitzvah; To worship ritual to the point that it no longer effects change.  The very educators and leaders that need to learn from the ritual will obsess whether a blessing should be made on the ritual and if yes with or without Hashem's name.   my harsh question is this: at which point does the sanhendrin or the local community leader get fired? in other words,  if the ritual had to be done approximately annually around a given city does halacha dictate that the clowns be fired?  if not, empty ritual and the only ones learning the lessons are the victims.  (and likely the only ones who merit studying at the yeshiva.net)
  
  
  

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  Howard Newman -15 years ago

  The lesson
  Since Jacob lived 400 years before Sinai, what laws were he and Joseph studying?

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    Anonymous -12 years ago

    Re: The lesson
    The Talmud ststaes that the Avos studied the Torah and observed the Mitzvos even before it was given at Sinai.

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    Nissim -12 years ago

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    And he commanded them, saying, "So shall you say to my master to Esau, 'Thus said your servant Jacob, "I have sojourned with Laban, and I have tarried until now.		ה. וַיְצַו אֹתָם לֵאמֹר כֹּה תֹאמְרוּן לַאדֹנִי לְעֵשָׂו כֹּה אָמַר עַבְדְּךָ יַעֲקֹב עִם לָבָן גַּרְתִּי וָאֵחַר עַד עָתָּה:
    I have sojourned: Heb. גַּרְתִּי. I did not become an officer or a dignitary, but a stranger (גֵּר) . It is not worthwhile for you to hate me on account of your father’s blessing, [with] which he blessed me (27:29):“You shall be a master over your brothers,” for it was not fulfilled in me (Tanchuma Buber Vayishlach 5). Another explanation: גַּרְתִּי has the numerical value of 613. That is to say: I lived with the wicked Laban, but I kept the 613 commandments, and I did not learn from his evil deeds.		גרתי: לא נעשיתי שר וחשוב אלא גר, אינך כדאי לשנוא אותי על ברכות אביך שברכני (לעיל כז כט) הוה גביר לאחיך, שהרי לא נתקיימה בי. דבר אחר גרתי בגימטריא תרי"ג, כלומר עם לבן הרשע גרתי ותרי"ג מצות שמרתי ולא למדתי ממעשיו הרעים:

    
    
    
    
    
    Jacob kept the 613 commandments, He knew the Torah.

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  Yoel -15 years ago

  Thank you
  SUPERB! Thank you once again. Your bringing the Rebbe's teaching into such palatable form reemphasizes in me deep feelings of Ashreinu.

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  Joe -15 years ago

  Beautiful
  If only all communities and Yeshivos would read this!!

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  LYG -15 years ago

  Beutiful
  This shiur was so interesting, inspiring, a little humourous, and so beutiful! Keep it up!

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