B'chasdei Hashem, over the past almost 20 years, Beis Mevakesh Lev has produced over 13,300 audio shiurim and over 31,000 written posts, unmatched by any one-person website - all completely free of charge. There are no paywalls or anything else. Now we are turning to you for help so we can continue - any amount will help. Even 99 cents! Thank you to my sweetest and most beloved friends!!!:-)!!
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אזכרה מצוק אשר קראני. בשלש מכות בחדש הזה הכני. גדעני הניאני הכאני. אך עתה הלאני: דעכני בשמונה בו שמאלית וימנית. הלא שלשתן קבעתי תענית. ומלך יון אנסני לכתוב דת יונית. על גבי חרשו חורשים האריכו מענית: זועמתי בתשעה בו בכלמה וחפר. חשך מעלי מעיל הוד וצפר. טרוף טורף בו הנותן אמרי שפר. הוא עזרא הסופר.
סליחות לעשרה בטבת
"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."
Theodore Roosevelt
On the 8th of Teves, 3 days of darkness descended on the world when the Torah was translated into Greek b/c the Torah cannot be adequately translated. [Maseches Sofrim]
Reading the translated text is like kissing a loved one through a blanket. There is point of contact but it is really not the same...
The most important book in world history by far is the Tanach. And we Torah observant Jews are the only people alive who actually read it properly in the original.
Not only does the world misunderstand the text because they miss so much in translation but they also doesn't have the rich number of commentaries we have. We take it for granted b/c we are used to it but we shouldn't. We read the pasuk and right away look down to see Rashi and the other Meforshim. All a goy has is the actual text and ... good luck. Like there is almost not a pasuk in the entire Tanach that requires no commentary. We are EXCEEEEEDINGLY fortunate.
ברוך א-להנו שבראנו לכבודו והבדילנו מן התועים ונתן לנו תורת אמת.
