Yitro 5771

BS”D Parashat Yitro 5771 (Shemot 18:9): ” Yitro was overwhelmed with gladness when hearing of all the good that HaShem had done for Israel; by rescuing him from the hand of the Egyptians.” Use of the word “him” in the singular would...

Shemot and Va’ayra 5771

BS”D Parshiot Shemot and Va’ayra 5771 For my brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisrael Part A: If a single parsha of the Torah contained a full accounting of the past, together with an informative explanation of the present and a definitive projection for the...

Vayechi 5771

BS”D Parashat Vayechi 5771 A: In God We Trust or We Trust God Our parasha represents a milestone in the early history of the formation of the Jewish nation. The last of the patriarchs, Ya’akov, is put to rest, as are his sons, the progenitors of the twelve...
Mikatz Chanuka 5771

Mikatz Chanuka 5771

BS”D Parshat Mikatz Chanuka 5771 This is being written while the fires rage on the Carmel Mountain. Tehillim 79:1 A Psalm of Asaph O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. And...

Vayaitze – Vayaishev 5771

BS”D Parshiot Vayishlach and Vayaishev 5771 A: HaShem behind the scenes Midrash Raba (Beraishiet 85) describes the mood in the house of Ya’akov after the selling of Yosef: The tribes (brothers) were occupied with what they had done in selling Yosef (their...

Vayetze 5771

BS”D Parashat Vayetze 5771 Ya’akov arrives at the city of Ur Kasdim at the town’s meeting place – the city well, just at the time when several shepherds were lingering around. When Ya’akov questioned them on their seeming indolence at the middle of the...