http://blog.thefoundationstone.org Learn & discover the Divine prophecies with Rabbi Simcha Weinberg from The Foundation Stone Blog Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/hallel-rosh-chodesh-tevet-third-paragraph/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/hallel-rosh-chodesh-tevet-third-paragraph/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:59:37 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6261 The Theme of this paragraph of Hallel is Trusting God: See “Hallel Rosh Chodesh Tevet: Paragraph Three”  “Trusters” and “Chanukah Hallel Paragraph Three: Becoming Trusters.” “Let all those who put their trust in You rejoice (Psalms 5:12),” because You took vengeance upon Babylon (Tenth of Tevet); “let them ever shout for joy,” because in Persia, You [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/hallel-rosh-chodesh-tevet-third-paragraph/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/spiritual-tools-tzitzit-from-chanukah-to-the-tenth-of-tevet/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/spiritual-tools-tzitzit-from-chanukah-to-the-tenth-of-tevet/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:55:13 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6258 Tzitzit are always associated with light; they are even described as Clothes of Light. In this, they are also associated with Hanukkah, the Festival of Light. When we hold our Tzitzit during the Shema, we hold all four corners in our hands so that we are surrounded by Light. This is a perfect Kavanah to [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/spiritual-tools-tzitzit-from-chanukah-to-the-tenth-of-tevet/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/hallel-rosh-chodesh-tevet-kavanot-i/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/hallel-rosh-chodesh-tevet-kavanot-i/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:48:06 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6256 Many of the verses in the concluding Psalm of the Hallel resonate powerfully on Rosh Chodesh Tevet, the month in which Nebuchadnezzar and his Babylonian hordes lay siege to Jerusalem: “I called to the Creator of Heaven and Earth from a tight spot (inside besieged Jerusalem), and He answered me broadly.” Sefat Emet: The Baal Shem Tov [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/25/hallel-rosh-chodesh-tevet-kavanot-i/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/24/kavanot-rosh-chodesh-tevet/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/24/kavanot-rosh-chodesh-tevet/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:35:44 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6250 We derive the appellation for God’s Name, used in the Rosh Chodesh Mussaf – Additional Prayer – from the combination of letters and vowels of the following verse: “Declare the greatness of God with me, and let us exalt His Name together.” (Psalms 43:4) I. Individual Divine Providence There are those who believe that God is so [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/12/24/kavanot-rosh-chodesh-tevet/feed/ 0