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Rumination #39: If G-d has cutoff "unbelieving" Israel, what hope has anyone? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shomerman/message

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10 Names of God = 10 Sefirot = 10 Utterances of Creation = 10 Commandments; brings a whole new light upon verses such as these: 2 Peter 3:6-7, John 1:14, Phil.2:6-7, & James 1:21. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shomerman/message

Why did Bilam beat his donkey 3 times? Torah Wellsprings 5781 alludes to the שלש רגלים three holidays, Pesach, Shavuos, and Succos. As Rashi writes, "You are trying to uproot a nation that celebrates the three regalim (Pesach, Shavuos, and Succos)!" The donkey was implying, "How can you even think of uprooting the Jewish nation? They celebrate the yomim tovim in the Beis HaMikdash, three times a year!" The Jewish nation performs many mitzvos. The donkey could have said something like, "How dare you try to uproot a nation that wears tefillin" and the like. What is unique about the three regalim? The Kotzker Rebbe zt'l explains that during the Yerushalayim was שלש רגלים crowded, and miraculously, no one complained. As the ולא,Mishnah (Avos 5:5) states אמר אדם לחברו צר לי המקום שאלין ,No one ever said" ,בירושלים 'There's no place for me to sleep in Yerushalayim.'" Generally, this is understood to mean that there was miraculously enough room for everyone in Yerushalayim. However, the Chasam Sofer zt'l (vol.2 234)

Intro to the Three Weeks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shomerman/message

Rumination #38: Why would anyone choose to be cursed? http://www.bereansonline.org/portion/balak.htm --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shomerman/message

Rumination #37: Why does Scripture categorize the commandments? So that you may do all that HaShem has commanded you. http://www.bereansonline.org/portion/chukat.htm --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shomerman/message

Rumination #36: Where did the idea that congregations need a "pastor" or a "messianic rabbi" come from? Not the Bible. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shomerman/message

Rumination #35: If there is One King, how can there be two standards, or two laws? http://www.bereansonline.org/portion/sh'lach.htm --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shomerman/message

Rumination #33: The presence of light reveals flaws. The revelation of the Holy One, blessed is He, reveals our unworthiness to receive that revelation. But that is not the purpose for light, nor for the revelation of HaShem. Rumination #34: What identifies the disciples of Messiah? Is it a creed, a bumper sticker, a membership? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shomerman/message

Rumination #32: The focus of redemption is not individuals, but community. http://www.bereansonline.org/portion/bamidbar.htm --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shomerman/message