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Parshas Noach Divine Judgment and Mercy for Those Who have Mercy on Each Other - The Parsha through the lens of a Chassidishe Maaseh

Last Updated on Friday, 28 October 2011 15:12 Written by Rabbi Tal Moshe Zwecker Friday, 28 October 2011 15:06

Bereishis 6:13 "For the land was filled with theft and robbery."

The story is told of how in Radomsk where the heilge Tiferes Shlomo lived there was a brutal tax collector. This Jew worked for the gentile authorities and his tactis were heartless and ruthless. He would literally steal and rob the Jewish population's money filling the coffers of his emploers and lining his own rich pockets. One day the attribute of Divine judgment took its toll against the man and his young son met an untimely end.

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Parshas Ekev Chassidus Birkas Hamazon - The Parsha through the lens of a Chassidishe Maaseh

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 August 2011 11:55 Written by Rabbi Tal Moshe Zwecker Friday, 19 August 2011 08:38

"And you ate and were satiated and you blessed Hashem your G-d."

Rav Shlomo of Karlin once remarked that the verse juxtaposes statiation of hunger with blessings because, the real truth is that one is ultimately truly satiated from the blessings recited after the meal than from the meal itself!

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Shabbos Nachamu / Tu BeAv - Remembering Our Father - The Parsha through the lens of a Chassidishe Maaseh

Last Updated on Friday, 12 August 2011 14:39 Written by Rabbi Tal Moshe Zwecker Friday, 12 August 2011 14:31

The Gemara in Taanis (26b) teaches that “There were no other days as good for Bnei Yisroel as the the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur.”

This can be understood by the following parable cited by Chazal (Pesikta Rabbasi 13) and Rashi (Shemos 17:8)

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Chassidus on Parshas Devarim - The Parsha through the lens of a Chassidishe Maaseh

Last Updated on Friday, 05 August 2011 11:26 Written by Rabbi Tal Moshe Zwecker Friday, 05 August 2011 11:00

Rebuke and Merit

These are the things which Moshe said to all of Israel - Devarim 1:1

The holy Baal Shem Tov was once spending Shabbos in a small Jewish town. He stayed by the local Parnas HaChodesh, the monthly elected Jewish leader of the congregation, and his host was enjoying his company.

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Parshas Masay - Journeys through the exile of the Three Weeks - The Parsha through the lens of a Chassidishe Maaseh

Last Updated on Friday, 05 August 2011 10:55 Written by Rabbi Tal Moshe Zwecker Friday, 29 July 2011 10:57

There was once a great powerful king who lived in a well guarded palace. Though the king was kind and just, it was nearly impossible to be granted an audience with the king due to his stature and regal court. Each room of the palace had guards stationed at the doors and only the high level courtiers, ministers and statesmen had access. Even they needed to be granted an audience, and an audience was only granted at specific times. Under such conditions it was simply a well known fact that one could not approach the king.

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Parshas Matos - The Power of The Spoken Word - Vows - Chassidic Insights on the Parsha - The Parsha through the lens of a Chassidishe Maaseh

Last Updated on Friday, 05 August 2011 10:55 Written by Rabbi Tal Moshe Zwecker Thursday, 21 July 2011 23:21

Bamidbar 30:3 "If a man vows a vow to Hashem . . .He shall not profane his words by breaking his vow, whatever comes out of his mouth shall he do."

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Parshas Pinchas - A Chassidishe Shepherd - The Role of a Rebbe and Leader- Chassidic Insights on the Parsha - The Parsha through the lens of a Chassidishe Maaseh

Last Updated on Friday, 05 August 2011 10:55 Written by Rabbi Tal Moshe Zwecker Friday, 15 July 2011 07:46

Parshas Pinchas - A Chassidishe Shepherd - The Role of a Rebbe and Leader

Bamidbar 27:15-17 "Moshe spoke to Hashem saying, May Hashem G-d of the spirits of flesh appoint a man over the assmebly, who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall take them out and gather them in; and then the assembly of Hashem will not be like a flock that has no shepherd."

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Not Learning from the Wicked - Parshas Bilaam - Chassidic Insights on the Parsha - The Parsha through the lens of a Chassidishe Maaseh

Last Updated on Friday, 05 August 2011 10:56 Written by Rabbi Tal Moshe Zwecker Friday, 08 July 2011 11:17

Not Learning from the Wicked - Parshas Bilaam

My Rebbe the Clevelander Rebbe of Raanana Shlit"a once told the following story about the Belzer Rav:

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Chukas - Cheshbono Shel Olam - Making an Accounting or Self Evaluation

Last Updated on Friday, 05 August 2011 10:56 Written by Rabbi Tal Moshe Zwecker Thursday, 30 June 2011 23:56

"Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the Amorite cities, in Cheshbon and all its suburbs. For Cheshbon — it was the city of Sichon, king of the Amorite; and he had warred against the first king of Moav and took all his land from his control, until Arnon. Regarding this the poets would say: Come to Cheshbon — let it be built and established as the city of Sichon..." (Bamidbar 21:25-27)

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Korach and the Song of the Harp - Chassidic Insights on the Parsha - The Parsha through the lens of a Chassidishe Maaseh

Last Updated on Friday, 05 August 2011 10:57 Written by Rabbi Tal Moshe Zwecker Friday, 24 June 2011 11:19

Korach and the Song of the Harp

Rav Moshe Teitelbaum the author of Yismach Moshe once testified about himself that in one of his soul's past lives he was among the Dor HaMidbar, the generation of Klal Yisroel which wandered forty years in the desert.

Upon hearing this wondrous account, his grandson the Yetev Lev asked him, "Zeida, if you were incarnated among the Dor HaMidbar you must have present during the great battle between Korach and Moshe Rabbeinu? Tell us Zeida whose side did you take during the dispute?"

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Master of the House - Chassidic Insights on the Parsha - The Parsha through the lens of a Chassidishe Maaseh

Last Updated on Friday, 05 August 2011 10:57 Written by Rabbi Tal Moshe Zwecker Friday, 17 June 2011 11:27

Master of the House

Bamidbar 15:39 "Do not stray after your heart."

There was once a chassid who visited the great Maggid of Mezritch, the second generation successor to the holy Baal Shem Tov and at that time the leader of all of chassidus. This chassid had a complaint, he was constantly being plagued by bad thoughts:

"Rebbe, no matter what I do I cannot make them stop! Constantly, again and again, I have all sorts of foreign thoughts that plague me! When I try to daven they interfere with my devotions, and when I try to study Torah they disrupt my learning. Rebbe, please help me overcome these negative thoughts, what should I do?"

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