by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Jan 13, 2012
BS”D Shemot 5772 Plans for the enslavement of the Jewish people began formulating when Paro convened his inner cabinet to discuss the legality, legitimacy and morality of subjugating the family of the man who literally saved the Egyptian nation. The inner...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Jan 6, 2012
BS”D Parashat Va’ye’chi 5772 Ya’akov Avienu was the last of the three patriarchs, and the only one to have witnessed the metamorphosis of his small family (father, mother and two brothers) into 12 tribal units, and the beginning of their evolution into...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Dec 30, 2011
BS”D Miketz, Va’yigash and Chanuka 5772 Part A: Parashat Be’ha’alotcha, in the Book of Bamidbar, opens with the appointment of Aharon and his kohanic descendants to light the menorah in the Bet HaMikdash. Rashi raises the question: Why does the issue of the...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Dec 23, 2011
BS”D Parashat Miketz and Chanuka 5772 Part A: Pirsumai Nisa The concept of Pirsumai Nisa (to promulgate a miracle) is a major factor in several mitzvot, such as the public reading of Megilat Esther which records how HaShem intervened in a miraculous manner to...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Dec 16, 2011
BS”D Vayishlach and Vayaishev 5772 In parashat Vayishlach, Ya’akov’s two sons, Shimon and Levi, took center stage when they destroyed the evil inhabitants of Shechem. In parashat Vayaishev, all but one son were active participants. Reuven tried to save Yosef,...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Dec 8, 2011
BS”D Parashat Vayishlach 5772 Although the weekly Torah readings are approaching the end of the patriarchal and matriarchal period, the founding fathers and mothers of our nation are still very much with us because of the pivotal role they played in the future...