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Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah

Shlomo Bar-Ayal

After morning prayers Shlomo Bar-Ayal gives a daily, brief, one to three minute talk on the Portion of the week.

religion & spirituality judaism

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00:02:50

We Have To Fix Ourselves

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/09/15

As we approach Rosh Hashanah, we are taking stock of our actions over the past year and how we can improve ourselves.

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00:03:11

We Are All Responsible

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/09/14

When a person commits a crime, he believes that it is acceptable to society. While we should punish the criminal, we should also work to make a better society by making ourselves better people.

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00:03:41

Family First

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/09/12

The Torah points out that if you want a just and good society you begin with the family. Everything else is based on integrity of the family unit as it is stated in the Book of Genesis. Without a strong family unit society will collapse.

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00:04:29

Words Have Meanings

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/09/11

Just because someone disagrees with us does not make them evil. It might make them wrong. Evil people commit evil acts. Mistaken people are wrong.

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00:03:09

Striving To Be Better

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/09/10

We have blessings and curses this week. The blessings will come to us if we strive to keep the commandments. The curse is that we will be a normal nation and will be treated as a normal nation. We have to strive for holiness, it does not come naturally.

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00:02:18

The Gift Of Free Will

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/09/09

The fact that we can choose to obey the Torah or not means that we have free will. Something no other creature has. Also, according to Jewish thought, do angels. Only we can choose to do good or evil.

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00:03:31

Learn From Our History

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/09/08

We are commanded to bring the first fruits to the Temple. When we do we have to recite a passage that is a historical review of our history. This is to teach us to remember our history and to learn from it.

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00:03:51

Gratitude For Our Prosperity

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/09/07

We are required to show gratitude to God for His Hand in our success. We need to work for our prosperity but, in the final state, we prosper with divine aid.

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00:04:15

Doubt Is Our Enemy

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/09/05

Our enemies want us to doubt our arguments. This is moral equivalency. When we are sure about our morality and their evil, then we cannot lose.

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00:04:27

Be A Builder

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/09/04

The Torah admonishes us to build our communities. To be active. To remember that there are those who want to tear down what has been built but have no intention of rebuilding.

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00:04:08

Ruth, The Mother Of Kings

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/09/03

Two of the commandments in this week's Torah portion play a pivotal role in the Book of Ruth. Levirate marriage and allowing the poor to pick up the gleanings of the field.

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00:03:29

Responsibility and Trust

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/09/02

We are responsible for our actions. We need to be aware of how what we do and say affects others. And any damage caused by our actions are our responsibility.

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00:04:34

Know Your Enemy

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/09/01

We have to determine if the enemy that we are facing is evil or not. In most wars we are facing an enemy that disagrees with us, but we can deal with them. When it comes to Amalek there is no negotiation. He wants to kill us. When faced with such an enemy the rules change.

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00:03:10

Respect Of Private Property

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/31

The Torah stresses the importance of respecting private property. All successful societies share this in common. Without it we will not be able to advance as a society.

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00:05:16

The Danger of Leadership

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/26

The Torah warns against the danger of corruption and abuse of power. This is the reason that it was quoted at the American Constitutional Convention.

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00:03:31

Seeking Justice

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/25

We are commanded to seek justice. We know that we cannot attain it in all cases. This does not mean that we should just give up.

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00:02:51

Let's Get Our House In Order

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/24

As we enter the month of Elul we start to get ready to be judged by God on Yom Kippur. Before we can ask God for forgiveness we have to go to our fellow man and ask for his/her forgiveness.

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00:03:19

Be True To The Torah

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/22

We are told that we should not copy the other nations, especially their ideas of morality. We have to be true to the values in the Bible, not popular whim.

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00:05:08

We Must Remain United

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/21

To be united does not mean that we agree on everything but that we are in agreement on our national goals. We can debate with one another on issues but we must never lose site of the fact that we are one people.

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00:03:50

Beware Of False Prophets

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/20

We are all for social justice, but it has to be in harmony with the commandments. If someone tells us that we do not have to obey the commandments then they are a false prophet.

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