Parshat Vayetzei 5781
Parshat Vayetzeh תשפא Esav has vowed to kill Yaakov for having stolen his blessing from Yitzchak , so Rivka and Yitzchak decided to send Yaakov to Rivka’s brother Lavan, to escape Esav, and also, to find a wife. As Yaakov…
Parshat Chayei Sarah 5781
Chayei Sarah תשפא This week’s portion begins with Sarah’s passing at age 127. The Torah reports that her years were all equally righteous and that Sarah lived a perfect life. Now it became Avraham’s responsibility to bury her in an…
Parshat Vayeira 5781
Parshat Vayeira ספר בראשית פרק יח (א) וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו יְדֹוָד בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא וְהוּא ישֵׁב פֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל כְּחֹם הַיּוֹם: Genesis 18:1: Hashem appeared to him (Avraham) in the plains of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of the tent…
Lech Lecha 5781
Lech Lecha תשפא This week’s portion introduces us to our Forefather Avraham. Maimonides (Laws of Idol Worship 1:3) tells us of Avraham’s beginning and his greatness. ג) כיון שנגמל איתן זה התחיל לשוטט בדעתו והוא קטן והתחיל לחשוב ביום ובלילה…
Parshat Noach 5781
Parshat Noach תשפא Rashi last week began his Torah commentary with Rabbi Yitzchak’s famous query: Why does the Torah commence with a description of Creation? If the Torah’s purpose is to convey to man his obligations in the form of…
Parshat Bereshit 5781
Moshe Rabbeinu instituted that a portion of the Torah be read every Shabbat. He divided the Torah up into 54 portions, so that one portion could be read on each Shabbat including a leap year, which has 13 months. This…
Sukkot 5781
Sukkot תשפא As we progress through the Jewish calendar year, we enter different time zones. As we reach each new time zone, our Sages have given us a tool to take note of the fact that Hashem has granted us…
The Ten Days of Teshuva 5780
The Ten Days of Teshuva The ten days beginning with Rosh Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur are called עשרת ימי תשובה The Ten Days of Teshuva (Repentance). These special days are a gift from Hashem to help us secure…
Rosh Hashanah ll 5780
Rosh Hashanah ll תשפא This year, the first day of Rosh Hashanah falls out on Shabbat. Because it is Shabbat, the shofar will not be blown. What is behind this law? What is it about the Shabbat that prevents us…
Rosh Hashana 5780
Rosh Hashanah The prayers in the סדור, Siddur, the Jewish prayer book, were composed by the Men of the Great Assembly, the אנשי כנסת הגדולה . This esteemed assemblage, was comprised of 120 holy Rabbis many of whom were also…
- Go to the previous page
- 1
- …
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- …
- 41
- Go to the next page