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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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00:03:38

We Can Determin Our Fate

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/19

The Torah gives the option of determining our fate. While we can't control everything in life, we can follow the commandments and change the world.

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00:03:16

Obligations, Not Entitlements

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/18

The Torah never mentions our rights. It talks about our obligations to God and society. When we concentrate on our obligations, we can be happy with little. But when we concentrate on our entitlements we will never be satisfied.

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00:04:11

Treat An Adult Like An Adult

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/17

We are told that we will receive blessings and curses depending on our behavior. The Torah is pointing out that God will treat us as adults. It admonishes us to treat others as adults.

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00:03:32

Are We On God's Side

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/15

We are asked if God is on our side. The important question, to paraphrase President Lincoln, are we on God's side.

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00:04:23

Our Obligations To Society

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/13

We know that society has obligations to us but we frequently forget that we have obligations to society. We can't just do whatever we feel like. We have to fit into societal norms.

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00:03:36

It's A Package Deal

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/12

The Torah has commandments of our actions between man and God as well as between man and man. Both are important since one without the other will lead to both being forgotten.

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00:03:21

Make God A Part Of Your Life

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/11

We are taught that we are in a partnership with God. We follow His way and He will make sure that our work is not in vain. If we don't then we will lose everything.

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00:03:30

We Are Not Meant To Be A Normal People

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/10

In this week's Torah reading we see that God is making a deal with the Jews. If you want a good and successful life, then you have to follow the commandments. If you want to be a normal people you will get what a normal people get.

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00:04:49

The Cure For The 9th Of Av

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/08

The 9th of Av is the anniversary of the worst disasters of Jewish history. The 15th of Av is the Jewish answer to our enemies. It is a day that we encourage young people to meet, marry and begin to build a family. It is saying, you did not defeat us. We will continue as Jews.

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00:04:40

Be Holy & Successful

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/07

The Shma is the central statement of the Jews. We recite twice daily. It is to remind us that our mission is to be a holy nation through our actions, whether with God or our fellow man.

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00:04:23

Keeping & Remembering

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/06

The Torah states that we have to remember and keep the Sabbath day. This is to teach that if we don't remember why the Sabbath day is about, we will forget it and if we don't keep it, we will not keep it. It will be another day of the week.

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00:04:21

Remove Evil From The World

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/05

While the Torah demands we treat our fellow man with dignity it also maintains that our fellow man must also behave correctly. When they commit murder, rape, etc. then we have to deal with them in the appropriate manner.

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00:03:49

Seeing The Land & The Mission

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/04

Moses pleads one last time to enter the Land. God denies this request but gives him the opportunity to see all the Land in its entirety as well as the future of the Jewish people.

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00:03:30

Why The 9th of Av

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/03

Today is the 9th of Av. It is a sad day in the Jewish year. It is not only the anniversary of the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem but also of many disasters that befell the Jewish people. On this day we think about averting new disasters by improving ourselves morally, ethically, and nationally

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00:04:17

Disunity & Baseless Hatred

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/08/01

It is no accident that the portion of the Torah known as Devarim is read the Shabbat before the 9th of Av. The 9th of Av teaches us what happens when our leaders do not lead, when we engage in baseless hatred and when we lose trust in God.

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00:03:13

Peace Through Strength

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/07/31

One of the messages of the Torah is that we have to be humble. Humility does not mean that we may never stand up for ourselves. It means that we have to acknowledge that God is running the world and wants us to be moral and ethical.

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00:03:34

Blind Justice Is Best For All

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/07/30

Justice should be blind to the monetary and/or social status of the people who come before the court. Otherwise, society would break down into anarchy.

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00:03:51

Delegating Power Openly

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/07/29

True leadership means that there be transparency. That a leader remember that he is a servant of the people, not the other way around.

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00:03:46

Failure of Bad Leadership

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/07/28

Moses recounts the sin of the scouts. The problem was two-fold: they were afraid that they would lose their status as leaders of the people, and they couldn't understand that the purpose was to work the while keeping the Torah

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00:03:07

Why Learn History

Shlomo"s Thoughts on the Torah ·

2025/07/27

The Book of Deuteronomy is Moses recounting all the events that happened from the leaving of Egypt to them getting ready to enter the land. Why recount this? To remind us that God wants us to be moral and ethical people.

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