Be’shalach and Yitro 5773

by | Feb 1, 2013

BS”D Beshalach and Yitro 5773 A synopsis of parshat Beshalach and its haftara might read, “Two gratuitous victories, one difficult battle and two songs of exaltation”. 1- The parasha describes the gratuitous obliteration of the Egyptian army in the...

Be’shalach and Tu Be’shvat 5773

by | Jan 25, 2013

BS”D Parashat Be’shalach and Tu Be’shvat 5773 Part A: In our parasha, Am Yisrael marches out of Egypt as free men. After 210 years of galut, which included the tragic slavery experience, our ancestors breathed the air of emancipation, as they made their way to...

Bo 5773

by | Jan 18, 2013

Parashat Bo 5773 Part A: Paro of the exodus is more than just one more tyrant who used his power to torment others. Paro was a paradigm and exemplar of the gentile who never learns that anti-Semitism is insanity. Insanity as defined by Albert Einstein is repeating...

Va’ai’ra 5773

by | Jan 11, 2013

BS”D Parashat Va’ai’ra 5773 The story of the Jewish midwives in parashat Sh’mot is informative and instructive in itself, but I believe that it was recorded as a prologue to a bigger idea. The Talmud, in several places, records the rabbinic discussion regarding...

Shemot 5773

by | Jan 4, 2013

BS”D Parashat Sh’mot 5773 Part A: SCIENCE IN THE SERVICE OF TORAH Sh’mot 1,12: The more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites There is a most surprising and indeed exhilarating and stimulating...

Va’ye’chi 5773

by | Dec 27, 2012

BS”D Parashat Va’ye’chi 5773 Part A: This week’s message is being written on the occasion of the 90th annual conference of Agudat Yisrael, opening today (14th of Tevet) at the luxurious, opulent and mehadrin specially kashered out Hilton in New Brunswick New...