Parshas Yisro 5783

Yitro תשפ"ג               Hashem created this world and everything in it with a purpose, which Hashem revealed in the Torah’s very first word. As Rashi explains (Genesis 1:1): א) בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹקים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ: 1) In the beginning…

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Parshat Beshalach 5783

Beshalach תשפ"ג To Take or Not to Take; that is the Question! When our forefather Avraham Avivu was seventy years old, at the ברית בין הבתרים  - the Covenant of the Pieces, Hashem told him (Genesis 15:13-14) that his grandchildren would be slaves…

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Parshat Bo 5783

Bo תשפג A Confirmation for the Oral Torah              The commandment to wear tefillin is written four times in the Torah. Indeed, each paragraph of the Torah containing that command constitutes the “script” that a scribe writes on parchment, which he then…

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