Chayai Sarah 5773

by | Nov 9, 2012

Last Shabbat we read in parashat Vayaira, how Hagar was sent away from Avraham’s home together with her son Yishmael. They wandered in the desert until the waterskin was empty, and then sat under the blazing sun waiting to die. The pasuk relates (Beraishiet 21:15-16):...

Lech Lecha 5773

by | Oct 26, 2012

BS”D Lech Lecha 5773 Part A: Of the many shiurim (lectures) and words of wisdom I gleaned from my rabbis, there is one whose lessons have remained with me until today because of its repetitiveness in life. The rabbi asked for a solution to the following problem:...

Noach 5773

by | Oct 19, 2012

BS”D Parashat Noach 5773 Part A: The Gemara (Pesachim 118b) discloses that when the Mashiach will appear, nations will come forward to present him with gifts. HaShem will permit him to receive gifts from Egypt and other nations, but will prohibit receiving gifts...

Bereshiet 5773

by | Oct 12, 2012

BS”D Parashat Bereshiet 5773 Ten years ago, on the 24th of Tishrei 5763, Sargent Ari Weiss z”l fell in a firefight in the city of Shechem; Ari was 20 years old. Ari is the son of Rav Shmuel and Susie Weiss, one of the leading rabbinical families in the...

Netzavim-Va’yailech 5772

by | Sep 14, 2012

BS”D Parshiot Netzavim-Va’yailech 5772 Devarim 29:9-10 You are all standing today in the presence of the Lord your God, the leaders of the tribes, your elders and law enforcement officials, and all the other men of Israel. Together with your children and your...

Ki Tavo 5772

by | Sep 7, 2012

BS”D Parashat Ki Tavo 5772 Our parasha begins: When you have entered the land the Lord your God gives you as a legacy and inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it Or Hachaim explains: The term Vehaya (which opens the parasha) refers to a...