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The parshios of the six weeks of Shovavim deal with the enslavement of the Jewish people in Mitzrayim and their subsequent redemption and salvation. Many Sefarim talk about how a man's struggle with his Yetzer hara is symbolized by the enslavement in Mitzrayim and Hashem's ultimate help in redeem...

This week begins the six week period known as Shovavim. Shovavim is ;an acronym for the six weekly Torah portions Shemot, Vaera, Bo, Beshelah, Yitro and Mishpatim. The word Shovavim alludes to the Pasuk in Yirmiya (3:14), "Shuvu Banim Shovavim" - "return oh wayward children"... The Arizal taught ...

Hello everyone. I don't get a chance to post anymore, but today I finally have a chance. I don't have internet at home, so I have to post from the library. I had internet for a little while because someone in my house needed it, but I got rid of it as soon as I could. ;So, it is almost 2 years cl...

We say in Hallel (1st paragraph): ;"Mi K'Hashem Elokeinu hamagbili lashoves, hamashpili lirois bashomayim uvo'aretz, mikimi meophor dol, mei'ashpois yorim evyoin - ;Who is like Hashem our G-d, who is enthroned on high, yet brings Himself down to look at the heavens and the earth. He raises the po...

With the counting of sefiras haomer, we are celebrating the switch from harvesting barley... to harvesting wheat. Barley is coarse animal food. It represents animalistic traits. Everyone can be an animal with no effort. Eating, lusting, sleeping, etc. are all animalistic traits. Wheat produces br...

Today is Yesod Sh'b'Yesod in the Seffirah. The word Yesod means "Connection". Every human has an inborn subconscious need for connection to something "bigger" than themselves. Often this need is misinterpreted and we try to fill it with money, honor and pleasures. See ;this cute animated clip fro...

Yesterday I was on the verge of acting-out. Everything was going wrong at once. I posted my frustration on the forum and I decided to check my E-mail one last time before shutting down.And there was the Chizuk e-mail with the article, "How to do a real fall".I read it. I thought it was very funny...

The Zohar (in Chelek Beis, pg 78b) writes that Yakov Avinu took the months of Nissan and Iyar for himself (hence Yetziyas Mitzrayim, Kabbalas Hatorah), and Eisav took the months of Tamuz and Av for himself (and hence, the 17th of Tamuz and Tisha Be'av), but only the first 9 days of Av belong to h...

The Holy Sefer, Noam Elimelech from Rav Elimelech of Lizensk writes that Yaakov Avinu's attribute was that of Tiferes, meaning "Awesome Beauty". This implies that Yaakov Avinu had the ability to be awestruck by G-dly beauty in all he saw. For example, the Noam Elimelech continues, "When a person ...

We all know on GYE what the REAL CHAMETZ is! Let's make sure we get rid of it! If you can throw out your computers, laptops, iPhones, Blackberries, etc... then by all means, ;NOW IS THE TIME! And if you can't because you need it for Parnassa, then make sure you have strong filters installed + R...