Shlomo Carlebach - Shabbos - Parshat Balak - גוי Goy / Pagan - Pirkei Avos - Talmud / Prayer - בלק

Reb Shlomo Carlebach ztl - Fascinating lecture about Shabbos, Ishbitzer the meaning of a Goy non-Jew Paganism - Parshat Balak, Pirkei Avos - Talmud / Prayer Ishbitzer / גוי Goy non-Jew 4:25 Pirkei Avos/Talmud 25:27 שְׁנַיִם שֶׁיּוֹשְׁבִין וְאֵין בֵּינֵיהֶן דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה, הֲרֵי זֶה מוֹשַׁב לֵצִים, R. Hananiah ben Teradion said: if two sit together and there are no words of Torah [spoken] between them, then this is a session of scorners, as it is said: “nor sat he in the seat of the scornful…[rather, the teaching of the Lord is his delight]” (Psalms 1:1); but if two sit together and there are words of Torah [spoken] between them, then the Shekhinah abides among them, as it is said: “then they that feared the Lord spoke one with another; and the Lord hearkened and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before Him, for them that feared the Lord and that thought upon His name” (Malachi 3,16). Now I have no [scriptural proof for the presence of the Shekhinah] except [among] two, how [do we know] that even one who sits and studies Torah the Holy One, blessed be He, fixes his reward? As it is said: “though he sit alone and [meditate] in stillness, yet he takes [a reward] unto himself” (Lamentations 3,28). Talmud Shabbat 29:25 Balak and bilem 42:20 #ParshatBalak #Shabbat #ShlomoCarlebach