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Parshas Vayeira The G-d of Our Father, Avraham – and [therefore] our G-d This week’s parsha concludes with Avraham Avinu undergoing his tenth and final nisayon (test). The Medrash [1] on this week’s parsha (We already dissused this Medrash in last week’s Dvar Torah) states in the name of Rav Levi, “There are two times …
Parshas Lech Lecha Trials of Faith and Trials of Action The Midrash [1] points out that we find twice in all of scripture the words, “לך לך” (go for yourself). One of them is the verse in the beginning of this week’s parsha: לך לך מארציך וכו’ – go for yourself out of your land, …
פרשת בהר-בחקתי Parshas Behar-Bechukosai Hashem’s Rebuke is a Reflection of His Mercy The Tochacha (words of rebuke) in this week’s Parsha concludes on a positive note. Hashem promises [1] “ואף גם זאת בהיותם בארץ איביהם לא מאסתם ולא געלתים לכלתם להפר בריתי אתם כי אני ה’ אלקיהם וזכרתי להם ברית ראשונים אשר הוצאתי אתם מארץ מצרים …
פרשת אמור Parshas Emor “Truth” (and consequences) We are now in the midst of the days of the counting of the Omer. Coincidentally, this special mitzvah is mentioned in this week’s parsha. The pasuk [1] says “וספרתם לכם ממחרת השבת מיום הביאכם את עמר התנופה שבע שבתות תמימות תהיינה – you shall count for yourselves from the …
פרשת אחרי מות-קדושים The Role of the “Scapegoat” in the Yom Kippur Service Rashi on the pasuk in Bereishis, ויאמר אלקים תדשא הארץ דשא עשב מזריע זרע למינהו עץ פרי עשה פרי – “And Hashem said, ‘Let the earth cover itself with vegetation, plants that reproduce through seeds, fruit trees that are fruit…’” (Bereishis 1:11), …
Parshas Tazria-Metzorah The Purpose of the Impure Condition is its Resultant Rapprochement with Hashem וידבר ה׳ אל משה לאמר, דבר אל בני ישראל לאמר אשה כי תזריע וילדה זכר וטמאה שבעת ימים כימי נדת דותה תטמא – And Hashem spoke to Moshe, saying. Speak to the children of Israel, and say: “If a woman conceives …
פרשת תרומה Parshas Terumah What Can We Give to Hashem? The Medrash (Tanna Dibay Eliyahu chapter 17) brings a Pasuk from the beginning of this week’s parsha that reads: “Bisha’ a She’amru Yisrael Naase Vinishma Miyad Amar Hakadosh Baruch Hu Viyikchu Li Terumah (Shemos 25:2).“ When Bnei Yisrael said ‘We shall do and we shall …
פרשת משפטים Parashas Mishpatim שבת שקלים Fulfilling All 613 Mitzvos and Its Relation to the Half-Shekel Toward the end of this week’s parsha, the Torah returns to its narrative of Matan Torah (the giving of the Torah). The pasuk says (Shemos 24:7), ויאמרו כל אשר דבר ה’ נעשה ונשמע – and they said ‘All that Hashem …
פרשת יתר Parashas Yisro Go Out and Learn The Pasuk says,”וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע יִתְר֨וֹ כֹהֵ֤ן מִדְיָן֙ חֹתֵ֣ן משֶׁ֔ה אֵת֩ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ לְמשֶׁ֔ה וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַמּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־הוֹצִ֧יא יְהוָֹ֛ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִמִּצְרָֽיִם – Yisro, the minister of Midian, the father-in-law of Moshe, heard everything that Hahsem did to Moshe and to Yisroel, His people that HaShem had taken Israel out of …
פרשת בשלח Parshas Beshalach – 5778 The Merit of a Mitzvah – You get Credit for Consequence as Well as Performance Shlomo HaMelech (King Solomon) writes [1] “חכם לב יקח מצוות ואויל שפתים ילבט – One of wise heart gathers mitzvos, but a fool’s lips stumble.” Chazal [2] relate this pasuk to a pasuk in this week’s …