Noah’s Ark: The Teiva Of Protection
Noah was saved from the flood, but going into an ark, ark in Hebrew is teiva, and Teiva means “word” – How can one’s words be a protection?
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Tag: Power of Speech
Thou Shall Not Murder x 2
The 10 commandments appears twice in the Torah. In two different areas, what is the difference between the 2 instances? A Lesson for life by the Vilna Gaon.Rabbi Sinai Yakobian in his Tisha B’Av talk in Israel, he shares an amazing lesson as seen in the Guard Your Tongue “Shmirat Halashon” Book by the Chafetz Chaim.
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Tisha B’Av: The Gift of Speech
A 15 year old boy had lost his ability to speak. There was a doctor in the States, Boston, who was able to perform the surgery. The boy’s father went to Rabbi Sraya to get a blessing for a successful surgery. Rabbi Aharon Pessin shares this powerful lesson about the gift of speech and this crucial tool.
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Power of Words
Imagine if every negative word spoken about somebody would create a physical mark on someone’s skin? So this actually happened in biblical times. Why did this happen? Zev Freundlich shares the lesson
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Gossip and Evil Speech is Bad – Here’s Why
Are we really expected to get along with everybody? Yet, the Torah tells us that we are forbidden to speak badly or make any derogatory remarks about our fellow Jew. Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (aka Chofetz Chaim) a leading Rabbinic figure from the early 1900s explains with a simple story that really drives the point home. Watch Rabbi Ephy Greene to find out…
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How To Activate God’s Protection (40 Sec) Rabbi Aharon Pessin
We’re all looking for ways to be protected and saved from this pandemic. We’re looking for spiritual remedies (aka SEGULOT in Hebrew) – One of the world’s leading Orthodox Rabbinic authorities, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky reveals an insight from Tractate Arachin in the Talmud (around 2000 year old text) which tells us exactly how to be saved. Rabbi Pessin shares it with us…
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Your Words Can Make Things Gross (60 Sec)
A fascinating experiment done in the far east proves that even inanimate objects are affected by our words – imagine what is possible if we use positive words in our daily interactions.
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Almost as Bad as Gossip (80 Sec) Rabbi Ari Enkin
Forbidden speech can come in many forms – and surprisingly, not always in the form of bad speech. Rabbi Ari Enkin shares a beautiful insight brought out from the Torah Portion of Metzora.
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