Parshah and the Moadim with Rabbi Aryeh Shulman

<p>Rabbi Shulman presents a teaching from Rav Tzadok (in *Machshavot Charutz*) that the three regalim align with the three life-areas described as dependent on “mazal”: children, life, and sustenance. He develops how Pesach corresponds to מזונות/פרנסה and why the Omer process refines human physicality from “animal food” (barley) toward “human food” (wheat), culminating in Shavuot as the “עצרת”—the internalization of revelation into lasting vessels. The centerpiece is the linkage of Torah and בנים: children represent a person’s eternity, and new souls require new expansions of Torah (especially תורה שבעל פה) as their spiritual “place” in the world.</p> <p>Outline: <a href="https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/shavuos-torah-and-children-20260521-032651-outline-20260521-032743.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/shavuos-torah-and-children-20260521-032651-outline-20260521-032743.pdf</a></p>

<p>Rabbi Shulman frames the final week of ספירת העומר as the culminating עבודה that leads directly into שבועות: the מידה of מלכות. Unlike the earlier weeks’ focus on “doing” (active character refinement), מלכות is about “receiving”—aligning oneself with the singular רצון of הקדוש ברוך הוא and recognizing His unified dominion in all events. He connects this to קבלת עול מלכות שמים through שמע ישראל, explaining that Hashem’s oneness and kingship are mutually defining, and that this awareness is the core of אמונה.</p> <p>Outline: <a href="https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/malchus-short-version-20260515-031226-outline-20260515-031255.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/malchus-short-version-20260515-031226-outline-20260515-031255.pdf</a></p>

<p>Rabbi Shulman explains that the final week of Sefirat HaOmer corresponds to **מלכות**, the divine attribute of “kingship,” rooted in the pasuk recited when the Torah is taken out: “לך ה׳ … לך ה׳ הממלכה והמתנשא לכל ראש.” He develops מלכות as **רצון**—the unifying will that gives direction and cohesion to all reality—and shows why its historical manifestation is the ultimate defeat of **עמלק** and the confrontation with **גוג ומגוג**. Along the way, Rabbi Shulman uses the Ramchal to address the tension between Hashem’s absolute will and human free choice, and concludes with how מלכות is lived personally through **אמונה**: receiving, recognizing, and unifying life under Hashem’s purpose.</p> <p>Outline: <a href="https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/malchus-one-will-20260514-031632-outline-20260514-031744.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/malchus-one-will-20260514-031632-outline-20260514-031744.pdf</a></p>