The baalei mussar ask: what is the big deal about saying naaseh venishma? At Sinai, they were about to receive the Torah. What would have been wrong with declaring that they were ready to hear and learn all of the mitzvos of the Torah, and once they knew them, they would do them right away? What would have been wrong with declaring: nishma venaaseh?
It is my prayer that these gems go out from our beis hamidrash to the Torah world at large, and that Klal Yisrael reaps the benefits my students have gained from these works.
Rabbi Dovid Sackton, RAM of Diaspora Yeshiva and translator of Ramchal’s Derech HaKodesh (Way of Torah), introduces Ramchal’s method.
Torah From Zion Shushan Purim 5784 (2024) at Diaspora Yeshiva on Mount Zion, Jerusalem March 27th, 2024 / 18th of Adar Beis, 5784 See how the holy Jews on Mount Zion, Jerusalem celebrate Shushan Purim. It’s a holy and fun
Torah From Zion Hachnasas Sefer Torah (Inauguration of Torah Scroll) on Mount Zion — 9th of Adar II, 5784 March 21, 2024 / Adar 11, 5784 B”H, a Sefer Torah was inaugurated this week on Mount Zion and added to
“Moshe sent away his father-in-law, who returned to his land” (Shemos 18:27). . . . Why would Moshe sent Yisro away at such a critical time?
Torah From Zion King David’s Secret January 22, 2024 / Shevat 13, 5784 King David faced every tribulation imaginable; when all seemed lost, he rediscovered the age-old secret that was first revealed to our forefather Abraham. Anyone else would have
“The young men of our rabbinical seminary saw the tremendous reviving powers of gratitude in a “live broadcast”; one of our students tells the story.”
An interview with the Chief Rabbi of Mount Zion and King David’s Tomb, HaRav Yitzchak Goldstein, Shlita, on The Tamar Yonah Show, IsraelNewsTalkRadio.com.
