Dvar Torah By Rabbi Borger Of Derech Ohr Somayach

Parshas Terumah 5780 with Rabbi Borger
Shalom aleichem.
The Alshich Hakadosh says that the 613 mitzvos are really 613 expressions of the essence of Hashem and each and every one of the mitzvos is eternal.
Of course, that probes a bit of a question.
In this week's parashah we talk about the building of a Mishkan.
A Mishkan, seemingly, is not eternal because it didn't last forever.
It only lasted for about 500 years, 800-900 years, so how is it something that's eternal that we can go and connect to?
Says the Reishis Chochmah because you have a Mishkan inside every single one of you as it says, "v'shachanti b'socham."
 And Hashem says and I will come to go and dwell inside every single one of you.
Hashem is dwelling inside every one of you.
The Toldos Yaakov Yosef explains on the pasuk in eileh pekudei.
He says these are the countings of the Mishkan, Mishkan Hashem.
A double expression of Mishkan to go and express the two parts inside of the Mishkan, inside of each and every one of us.
On the one hand, there's the brain.
There's the neshama and the brain, the intellect.
On the other hand, the other part of our service of Hashem is the nefesh and the ru'ach which is in the heart.
We have to use both of those aspects in serving Hashem.
That's why we bind ourselves with our tefillin to go and bind our hearts with the tefillin shel yad and our mind, our intellect to Hakadosh Baruch Hu.
This is the month of Adar, guys.
Adar is Alef dar, says the Reishis Chochmah.
Which means Alef, the one, Hashem comes to dwell inside of us.
Let's go and open up our hearts, let's go and open up our minds and let's keep on building ourselves more and more and connecting to Hashem every day in greater and greater ways.
Have a beautiful building Shabbos

From the Desk of Rabbi Shlomo Rizel Parshas Terumah

Pearls of Life

The Pearls of Life teach that speech is the most precious of all human faculties. Therefore, one must carefully guard his tongue by practicing the trait of silence. He must treat his words like gold, silver, and precious jewels, which are locked away in a safe in the innermost chamber of his home. Adapted from the Sefer Chofetz Chaim Shemiras HaLashon, Tevunah, ch 2.

DRAMA: Rabbi Aharon Feldman And Rabbi Malkiel Kotler Threaten To Quit Moetzes Over WZO Controversy

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"Recently, one Rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Elya Brudny had reportedly announced his support of those voting in the WZO elections. Shortly thereafter, he was branded a “Zionist” on photoshopped signs that were hung all over Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood.

The absurdity of that statement is obvious. Participation in the elections is not an endorsement of anything the WZO was or is. Anyone who cares at all about Israel having policies that don’t contradict Torah values would do well to vote in an election that can help drain the funding for the opposing effort.

There was outrage in the Yeshiva and many complained to the leadership to demand that the Yeshiva take action against the person responsible. In fact there was even a demand that there be a public Asifa (gathering) to denounce this outrageous chutzpah. For reasons that had not been known at the time, the plan was squashed.

It later became known, that the Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Malkiel Kotler was vehemently opposed to voting in the WZO.

Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky of Phildelphia Yeshiva had also recently taken the same position as Rabbi Brudny. A viral phone recording has circulated that backs this up.

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In this case, there appeared to be strong pushback from two prominent Rosh Yeshivos in America, Rabbi Malkiel Kotler of BMG and Rabbi Aharon Feldman of Ner Yisroel in Baltimore. Both are ardent supporters of the extreme views of the late Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach, who encouraged violent protests against the Israeli Government in response to the IDF draft controversy."