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Bamidbar Weekly Parsha Rabbi Mordechai Dolinsky

Parshas Bamidbar (5770)

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Parshas Bamidbar (5770)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

Rashi (1:49) relates two reasons why shevet Levi were counted separately. Both we have to learn from. Firstly, they were the personal troops of the King and must be treated with reverence and special honor. Today all people who are loyal to Hashem’s Torah are the true royalty and must themselves feel this way. The second is their success in not succumbing to chet haeigel and the perverted testimony of the meraglim. These both were due to the special closeness they had to Hashem.

This is something which we should work on especially today –true closeness to Hashem, which is the key to success in everything.

Have a wonderful Shabbos, a successful Chodesh, and a fulfilling and inspiring Kabolas HaTorah.

Bamidbar Weekly Parsha Rabbi Mordechai Dolinsky

Parshas Matos – Masai (5769)

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Parshas Matos – Masai (5769)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

The revenge we took on Midyan was for the spiritual damage to Klal Yisroel. This brings us to a true focus and perspective for our only and true purpose of existence—our spiritual success. Not also ruchniyus or mainly but only and any materialism is all a support.

Hashem give us our Bais HaMikdash so that we can cling to You and to ruchniyus.

Have a wonderful Shabbos.

Bamidbar Weekly Parsha Rabbi Mordechai Dolinsky

Parshas Pinchas (5769)

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Parshas Pinchas (5769)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

Pinchas was worthy of Divine inspiration of an act of honoring Hashem in a way that Moshe Rabbeinu, the greatest source of the Will of Hashem, was deprived to conceive.

What an awesome inspiration for us all. No limits; no boundaries; the absolute commitment, inspiration, ambition and yearning to bring to an absolute revelation of the honor of Hashem is blessed with an availability and the tools to spell out the glory of Hashem.

Have a wonderful Shabbos.

Bamidbar Weekly Parsha Rabbi Mordechai Dolinsky

Parshas Korach (5769)

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Parshas Korach (5769)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

The main cause of the downfall of Korach was his lack of control in his power of speech. Chazal single out this most outstanding area as the highest priority in self improvement and shlaymus hanefesh.

Such an important lesson and inspiration for us today when there lacks such an awareness and conscientiousness of this top priority area in serving Hashem and fulfilling the purpose of our being placed on this earth.

Have a wonderful Shabbos.

Bamidbar Weekly Parsha Rabbi Mordechai Dolinsky

Parshas Bahaaloscha (5769)

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Parshas Bahaaloscha (5769)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

Despite explicit instructions that were given for the construction of the Menora at the end the gold was thrown into the fire and it was Hashem Himself who forged the menorah.

The function of the menorah is to produce light and light is the truth. There isn’t anything more precious.

In the framework of the quest for light and truth it is critical that we appeal to Hashem for a true program that is appropriate for our own personal needs.

Have a wonderful and enlightening Shabbos.

Bamidbar Weekly Parsha Rabbi Mordechai Dolinsky

Parshas Masei (5768)

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Parshas Masei (5768)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

Rashi (33:1) brings a parable in the Chumash’s account of the encampments of a king reminiscing with his son about the ordeal of their travels in bringing him for help in the need of medical assistance. In doing so he recalled the various experiences of suffering, problems, trials and tribulations they endured on the many stop offs in their trip. This would mean in terms of the parable that our encampments in the desert had significance towards the improvement of our spiritual shortcomings.

In this framework the significance and concept of the camp is the withdrawal from the normal preoccupations of the regular movement of life. This would mean taking time to give serious thought and evaluation of the issue that needs to be overhauled or fine-tuned and down to earth, practical, realistic plan of action.

The journey itself signifies ready to go forward, full of optimism and the commitment for serious change and to see things in a different, efficient perspective. Our own spiritual journeys should lead us to the spiritual heights and perfection we yearn for.

Have a wonderful Shabbos and a month of speedy redemption for Klal Yisroel.

Bamidbar Weekly Parsha Rabbi Mordechai Dolinsky

Parshas Matos (5768)

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Parshas Matos (5768)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

From the manner of presentation of the Chumash of the subject of nedarim in a way of showing its prominence and detailed elaboration we can see how vital a matter it is.

What is so unique and outstanding about this that it deserves a special spotlight? Since we don’t practice making nedarim currently because of the fear that we might fall short in fulfilling it we aren’t sufficiently educated to appreciate and understand the function and great benefit of nedarim. By understanding this properly we can derive a perspective that can be of great assistance to our Torah fulfillment today even though we don’t have the nedarim.

The main purpose of the neder is to make something which was permissible, forbidden; to create a distance for ourselves from the actual aveira or the bare border of the fulfillment of the mitzvah. The structure of our Avodas Hashem is such that the main thrust of our ability to stand up to our tests is by the creation and keeping of this distance. The Gemarra strongly criticizes an individual who had an option of avoiding a tempting circumstance but nevertheless put himself in the place of temptation, even though he was able to stand up to the “test” with “flying colors.

So often we fail to live up to the Torah’s demands and requirements and come down sharply on ourselves unjustifiably; for the real guilt was our failure to remove ourselves from this battlefield which could have been relatively easy and accessible to our capabilities.

We don’t have nedarim today but its lesson of keeping our distance calls out loud and clear!! Nelech v’natzliach.

Hashem should put an end to our long galus through the coming of Moshiach. Have a wonderful Shabbos.

Bamidbar Weekly Parsha Rabbi Mordechai Dolinsky

Parshas Pinchas (5768)

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Parshas Pinchas (5768)
By Mordechai Dolinsky

Rashi in our sedra quotes a Chazal(26:5) that when Klal Yisroel were engaged in establishing the various lineages of the Shvatim the gentiles attempted to lower the esteem and degrade Klal Yisroel by attempting to create a false image that when we were subjected to slavery in Egypt just as the men were tortured likewise the women were abused by the Egyptian men. Thus, they tried to make our establishing of lineage a farce. Therefore Hashem testified to their pureness by placing a “hai” and a “yud” respectively before and after their names.

How can this effectively combat their false accusation? Chazal teach that a name has a definite imprint on the makeup of a person. An individual who carries “yud-kay” on his name will definitely be affected by this imprint.

The famous quote – if Darwin had seen a certain tzaddik he would never have theorized his stupidity as to man’s origin and ancestry.

By placing His name on us Hashem has placed in us awesome greatness. Let’s bring it out. Have a wonderful Shabbos.

Bamidbar Weekly Parsha Rabbi Mordechai Dolinsky

Parshas Balak (5768)

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Parshas Balak (5768)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

Upon contemplating the epidsode of Bilaam and Balak the degree of their general mentality of spiritual consciousness is amazing. They relate to it as a true reality. This can be said for all who lived in that generation and many generations to follow, Bnei Yisroel and gentiles alike. This is indeed a tool and stepping stone to enable one to understand and achieve a closeness to Hashem.

Contemporarily, and likewise in the recent past generations the sensitivity of recognition of the world of ‘ruchnius’, including the appreciation and significance of giving and receiving brachos has greatly diminished and is almost non-existent. This was probably caused by the great industrial revolution and advancement in research and science, the invention of the microscope, and secrets discovered by x-rays. Everything has to be ‘real’ and to be able to be measured, seen and felt. We have been raised in a generation that many of the true spiritual concepts were uprooted and were labeled superstitious and the blindness of the dark and middle ages; it is the “seeing is believing” age.

Bilaam and company definitely fell into the depths of wickedness but his generation had so much going for them for great spiritual capacities. They had their test and failed. The test of our generation is reinstating the sensory perception of true spiritual values and feelings. This is imperative to truly serving Hashem and keeping His Torah. The key to this is learning certain sifrei mussar and chasidus.

Have a wonderful Shabbos and a true kirvas Hashem.

Bamidbar Weekly Parsha Rabbi Mordechai Dolinsky

Parshas Chukas (5768)

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Parshas Chukas (5768)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

After the passing of Miriam, Klal Yisrael was lacking water. The miracle that they had the supply in the desert was earned by their high level of emunah. They were falling towards materialism as we can see in their expression of complaint: “We and our animals…”.

The episode of the “mai merivah” was intended to raise their level of belief that the water comes only from Hashem and it can, for that same reason, emerge from a stone. “He who said that oil should burn can do the same to vinegar”.

We must likewise always strengthen our belief in this great foundation.

Have a wonderful Shabbos and a fulfilling, uplifting Chodesh.

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