Mishpatim 5772

by | Feb 16, 2012

BS”D Parashat Mishpatim Part A: Our parasha begins with the issue of an indentured servant, who is under contract to work for six years or until the Jubilee year. One can voluntarily enter into such an agreement, but usually it is the bet din (court) that orders...

Yitro 5772

by | Feb 10, 2012

BS”D Parashat Yitro From the book “With All Your Might” Volume 1A Prior to the revelation at Mount Sinai, the newly freed nation of Israel encamped at a place called Mara, where HaShem revealed to Moshe three out of the pending 613 mitzvot: Shabbat,...

Be’shalach 5772

by | Feb 3, 2012

BS”D Parashat Be’shalach On the third day after the exodus from Egypt, HaShem commanded Moshe to lead the nation in retreat back to Egypt. Rashi explains that this was done in order to lay a trap for the Egyptians by creating the impression that the Jews were...

Bo 5772

by | Jan 26, 2012

BS”D Parashat Bo 5772 At Moshe’s threat that the next plague would be a devastating attack of locusts Paro’s advisors appealed to him saying (10:7) “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do...

Va’ayra 5772

by | Jan 20, 2012

BS”D Shemot and Va’ayra Part A: If a single parasha of the Torah contained a full accounting of the past, together with an informative explanation of the present and a definitive projection for the future, it would be deemed a most remarkable source of wisdom....

Shemot 5772

by | 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...