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Destination Torah represents the more traditional approach to Torah of our Hakhamim and Gaonim as taught by Hakham Isaac S.D. Sassoon Ph.D.

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Announcing the publication of a new Haggadah for Passover by Rabbi Steve Golden in close collaboration with Rabbi Isaac S.D. Sassoon. ובלילה שירה עמי (“And At Night May His Song Be With Me”) Here is the link to order: lulu.com/.../paperback/produ…...
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the Exodus message to the next generation; that is the essence of וְהִגַּדְתָּ לְבִנְךָ. In a world plagued by divisiveness, hatred and gratuitous violence the message has to be the Torah’s repudiation of enslavement and oppression and its celebration of freedom and liberty.
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The Seder is surely not a time to instill hatred or xenophobia. We hope that ובלילה שירה עמי will assist all who strive to pass on the haggadah’s precious and urgent message of miraculous deliverance and hope.
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We are happy to share the news of the publication of a new haggadah by R. Steve Golden in collaboration with our teacher R. Isaac S.D. Sassoon. ובלילה שירה עמי And At Night May His Song Be With Me Order soon to insure delivery in time for Passover. utj.org/viewpoints/2022/03/h…
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Shabbat Shalom uMevorakh! Here is a short thought from Hakham Sassoon on the parasha and the importance of pray.
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Shabbat Shalom! Here is a thought from Hakham Isaac Sassoon on this weeks parasha.
Shabbat Shalom! Here is a thought on this week's parasha from Hakham Isaac Sassoon.
Shabbat Shalom, Hodesh Tov and Hannuka Sameah! Enjoy this thought from Hakham Isaac Sassoon on Parashat Miqqes.
Hakham Sassoon on Parashat Vayyishlach.
Hakham Sassoon on Parashat Vayese: "You have come after me in hot pursuit" (Gen. 31:36) Earlier it says "he pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him" (v. 23). Laban, who must have been Jacob's senior by some decades, lacks neither push nor stamina.
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The rabbis said "love and hate overturn conventions" (San. 105b). In Laban's case both emotions seem to be cranking up the old dynamo to the highest pitch of dudgeon.
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A thought from Hakham Sassoon on Parashat Toledot. Isaac pleaded (Gen. 25:21) Pleading is one of ten scriptural synonyms for prayer, says the Midrash (Sifre Dt. 26, etc.). . .
From Hakham Sassoon on Parashat Haye Sarah: "I am the servant of Abraham" (Gen. 24:34) Among Abraham's instructions to his steward (vv. 3-8), there is nothing about testing the character of the prospective bride. But apprehending his master's overall concerns and his disdain for
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How much more so a servant as loyal as our teacher Moses! Because his entire being is devoted to pleasing his Master, he cannot settle for superficial literalism, but always delves deep beneath and behind words to discover that which is right in the eyes of Hashem, Lev. 10:19-20.
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This profession of searching, as pursued by Moses' disciples, is called "the labor of Torah study"