Parshah Mnemonics: Chukat: Decoding the hidden messages
The parshah of Chukat contains 87 verses, and the mnemonic for it are the words Lemidva, Yemuel, and Uzi. Explore the coded message in this Masoretic note and its connection to the general themes of the Parshah.
Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin is the official Chabad emissary to downtown Brooklyn, rabbi of Congregation B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights, New York and Dean of Brooklyn Heights Jewish Academy. He is the author of the books, “Thank You God for Making Me a Woman", "Letters of Light", "By Divine Design", and "Guardian of Israel", and the co-author of "The Rabbi & The CEO".
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Anonymous
June 27, 2014
Yasher Koach Rabbi Raskin
The objects on the mantle piece illustrate the (all encompassing) duality mentioned. The blue ribbon coming out of the Chumesh looks like water fall and the stems in the vase reach upward like fire.
too much time on my hands?
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I lack the words to properly express my joy for that new facility of choosing the speed at which the tape is running. Thank you, G-d for making Chabad prosper enough to pay for the new technologies. Thank you, to you all for taking into account our deficiencies as foreigners and for doing all that is in your hands, in order that we could overcome those deficiencies.
Quiera Di-s conservarlos cerca de Él como hasta ahora lo ha hecho.