Sarah lived one hundred twenty seven years. When Sarah was one hundred and over she was like twenty years old with no sins (averot) . when Sarah was twenty years old she was like a seven year old because of her beauty.  

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        This weeks parsha is Parshas Vayera. The story takes place on the 3^rd day after Avrahams breit. This is the most painful day after a breit. So Hashem decided to make it a really hot day, this way Avraham would not have to have any guests and can relax. However Avraham was mad because no guests were coming, so hashem sent him 3 angles. Their names were Gabriel, Michael, and Rephael. When Avraham saw them he thought they were Arabs, so he told them to wash their feet before coming in, because Arabs worship G-d's and they are Tumeh (spiritually unclean).After Avraham served them they reveled themselves as angles from Hashem and they said what they were told to say. Gabriel said he was sent to destroy Sedom. Michael said he was sent to cure Avraham. Rephael said he was sent to say that Sarah will have a baby boy in One year.

        The lesson from this is that you should treat Non- Jewish people nicely and treat them like you

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This week’s parsha is parshas Lech-Lecha, and Avraham was the first person to figure out that Hashem existed by himself.
 
How do we know that our G-d is The G-d?
If you actually take your time and think about it every single religion except of Judaism started with one or two people. For Example
 
 1. Mormons started off with a man claiming that he found gold tablets with words in a language he didn’t know and next to it was a dictionary that translated the tablets and then the man burnt the gold tablets and the dictionary. He wrote a book about what happened with his friend. They “died” and a man found it and said it was their religion.

2. Christians-Jesus was crucified, 30 years later a man named Shual claimed the he saw Jesus walking alive. Shual changed his name to Paul Johnson, and wrote many books. Paul claimed that Jesus told him the stories and the laws. 
 
3. Jews-believe (all Jews, reform, conservative …) That Hashem spoke to all three million Jews at The Mount Sini.


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This weeks parsha is parshas Noach. Instead of doing a normal Dvar Torah about the parsha, because it is the binging of the Torah I will write (talk) about the proofs of G-d.

Before you can say Hashem made the world,you should ask yourself, Is Christianity real? Is Judaism real? How do I really know. I have two examples about the proofs of G-d.

Example number one is that someone designed this room we are in for example that picture over there. I mean do you really think that somehow many different colors just happened to go on the canvas to look exactly like the picture.Wait a second how was the canvas made? A person who don't believe in G-d or G-ds would say oh little particles fly towards each other and the particles mixed and became a canvas.

Example number two is the following: Imagine that you are in a forest not far from a place which many tornadoes occur.You are walking in the forest and you see a new camera. How did it get there?  An atheist would say the tornado had metal pieces inside it and they mixed which caused a new camera, but how did the camera get in the middle of the forest An atheist would say the tornado threw the camera in the forest.

Scientists say that the chance for a non-living thing to become living is 1^20,000    


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Q) When is the Hebrew date for Yom Kippur and why is it a day for Teshuva?
A) Yom Kippur is on the Tenth of Tishri.
Q) Why is it a day for Teshuva?
A) It is a day for Teshuva because Moshe came down with the new tablets.
Q) What are the Aseres Y'mei Teshuva?
A) The Ten days of repentance.
Q)  What are Kaparot?
A)  Kaparot Are chickens or money that use wave over your head while saying a blessing, to take away your sins and the chicken or money gets the sins.
Q)  What should one do if their friend does forgive them?
A) One should ask them three time at three different times, places, and days.
Q)  What do we add to prayers on Erev (before) Yom Kippur?
A) We add Confession to the prayers in case it is impossible for some one to say it on Yom Kippur.



 



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• The first night of Rosh Hashana

1. People have a custom to dip apple in honey so that you may have a sweet year.
2. There is a custom to not eat nuts on Rosh Hashana because in Hebrew the word nut and the word sin is compared to each other because they are equal to the same number.
3. There is a Blessing you should give to everyone you see.

•  Rosh Hashana Prayers

 Some married men wear a Kittel on Rosh Hashana
1. They wear a Kittel to look like an angle
2. To remind us that it’s a serious day because people are buried in a Kittel

• Shofar

1.  You are supposed to hear 100 Shofar blasts, but if you can’t you at least have to hear 30 blasts
2.  If you hear an echo of a shofar blast it doesn’t count
3.  You are supposed to stand for the shofar blowing
4.  You can’t talk from the first shofar blow until the last shofar blow.
5.  What do you do if you use the restroom and come out during the shofar blows, can you say asher yozar? Yes
6.  If Rosh Hashana is on shabbos can you blow the shofar? No because you might forget that it is shabbos and on shabbos you can’t carry

•  Rosh Hashana Afternoon

1.  On Rosh Hashana Afternoon you should feel happy that Hashem accepted your tefila.
2.  It’s a custom not to sleep on Rosh Hashana Afternoon because should be scared that you are being judged.

•  Tashalich

1.  Why do we go to a river for Tashalich? There is a custom that we would crown our king by the river and so we are asking Hashem that even though we sinned we still want you as our king.
2.  We do Tashlich after mincha on the 1st day of Rosh Hashana

This week’s parsha is parshas Nitzavim and Vayeilech and a verse says “See I am placing before you today a choice of life and good or death and bad.”

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        This week's parshas is Parshas Ki Tavo, and you will learn about the topic of Bikurim.


        You have an imagination, right? Let's just pretend that you are a farmer in Eretz Yisrael (Israel). You own grain fields, vineyards, and fields of vegetables. The crops are starting to come up from the ground. One day you come by to check on your crops and you see a golden stalk of ripe barley. This barley belongs to Hashem, and you have to bring it to the Bais Hamikdash (The Holy Temple) as "Bikurim". You go and get a piece of string and come back and tie the string around the first barley so this way you know which stalk ripened first. When harvest comes you put the stalk aside.


        If you have a vineyard you should check it too, and when you see the first grape then you should also tie a string around it. What if there are several grapes that ripen at the same time? If several grapes ripen at the same time only one of them need to be set aside as "Bikurim". You might even have an apple tree or a field of potatoes, but you do not bring "Bikurim" from this tree. Why is it that you do not bring "Bikurim" from an apple tree or a field of potatoes? The answer is that there are only seven kinds of fruit that Eretz Yisrael (Israel) is famous for. Which are: Wheat, Barley, Grapes, Pomegranate, Figs, Olives, Dates


         Bikurim is only brought from these varieties. These seven crops do not all ripen at the same time. When one ripens it is tied around with a string marking it and it is set aside until all of the kinds of crops that you have and can do "Bikurim" on are ready. When ready you may bring the crops to the Bais Hamikdash (The Holy Temple) as "Bikurim". If you scared that the fruit will spoil or get bad you may dry it. This makes it still usable. For example, when grapes are dried they become raisins.


        If you give someone a gift you would wrap it nicely. "Bikurim" is a gift for Hashem and must be arranged nicely and brought to the Bais Hamikdash (The Holy Temple) anytime between Shavuos and Chanuka.


        We bring Bikurim to Beis Hamikdash every year, except of the Shmita Year. That year the products are "hefker", they do not belong to anyone, so one cannot bring Bikurim in the Year of Smitta.


 

        This week’s parsha is parshas Ki Teitzei, which is about Moshe continuing to teach mitzvos that would apply when the Jews lived in Eretz Yisrael (Israel). Moshe spoke about the unity of the Jewish people.  


        Sometimes during a war the Jewish army would capture and hold prisoners. What happened if a Jewish soldier saw a Non-Jewish captive woman and wanted to marry her? Hashem said, “If I forbid the Jews to marry a non-Jewish captive, some soldiers might not be able conquer their Yetzer Hara (The Bad Soul). They will do the sin anyway. I will, therefore, permit it, but they must keep special laws. These laws are quite difficult, so perhaps the soldier will change his mind.”

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