I Want to be a Hacker Parshas Va’eira 5786

I want to become a hacker. Not because I want to ferret my way into your bank account and siphon your retirement funds. Not because I want to steal your Social Security number, open myself a bunch of credit cards, and go binge shopping on your coin. I want to become a hacker so that

Me Time: Shelach

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Parshas Vaera 5786

Vaera תשפ”ו In charging Moshe with his mission to take the Jewish people out of Egypt, Hashem told him (Exodus 4:17), (יז) וְאֶת הַמַּטֶּה הַזֶּה תִּקַּח בְּיָדֶךָ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה בּוֹ אֶת הָאֹתֹת. 17) “And this staff you shall take in your hand, with which you shall perform the signs.” This staff is the very shepherd’s

Parshat Shemot 5786

Parshat Shemot תשפ”ו Last week we completed the first book of the Torah, Bereshit (Genesis); this week we begin the second book, Shemot (Exodus). In his preface to sefer Shemot, Nachmanides explains that Genesis is called the book of creation, but not only because its first chapter describes the creation of the world and everything

Will you find the treasure? Parshas Vayechi 5786

When we think of the Spanish galleons roaming the high seas in the 1500 and 1600, bringing gold and treasure from the colonies back to Spain, and fending off pirates and privateers, we think of massive wooden ships, with multiple decks and rows of cannons protruding from the sides. We think of the huge captains’

Parshas Vayechi 5786

Parshat Vayechi תשפ”ו I heard this lesson from my Rebbe, Harav Moshe Shapiro זצ”ל , who heard it from his Rebbe, Rav Elyiahu Dessler זצ”ל. Today is Rav Shapiro’s ninth yahrtzeit. This week’s portion, Vayechi, is the last chapter in the book of Bereshit – Genesis. It concludes with Yaakov’s death, his burial in Israel,