Parshat Terumah 5780

Terumah תש"פ Exodus 25:1-2   "וַיְדַבֵּר ה' אֶל משֶׁה לֵּאמֹר: דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ לִי תְּרוּמָה מֵאֵת כָּל אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִדְּבֶנּוּ לִבּוֹ תִּקְחוּ אֶת תְּרוּמָתִי:"  “ HaShem spoke to Moshe to say. Speak to the children of Israel let…

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Parshat Mishpatim 5780

Parshat Mishpatim תש"פ “And these are the laws [“Mishpatim”] that you should place before them”: “And”—Parshat Mishpatim starts off in a peculiar way. The Hebrew text begins with a “ו”, which translates as “And,” a word usually used to connect…

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Parshat Beshalach 5780

Parshat Beshalach תש"פ When our forefather Avraham was age seventy, HaShem told him that his children would be slaves for 400 years in a foreign land. HaShem also promised him (Genesis 15:14): "וְגַם אֶת הַגּוֹי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲבֹדוּ דָּן אָנֹכִי וְאַחֲרֵי…

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