by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Dec 1, 2011
BS”D Parashat Va’yai’Tzai 5772 Introduction Bereshiet 27:22 Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Aisav.” Ibid 6:11-12 The angel of the LORD said to...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Nov 24, 2011
BS”D Parashat Toldot 5772 Part A: The overriding question, or rather dilemma, in this week’s parsha is the seemingly irreconcilable behavior of our mother Rivka. That a paragon of Jewish virtue should act in a deceitful manner behind her husband’s back is more...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Nov 17, 2011
BS”D Parashat Chayai Sarah 5772 Tractate Megila 29,a Rabbi Elazar HaKapar said: In future times the synagogues and houses of Torah study in Bavel (a euphemism for all the galut exile) will be resettled in Eretz Yisrael Rashi in our parasha (24:17) quotes the...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Nov 10, 2011
BS”D Lech Lecha and Vayaira 5772 Part A: Beraishiet 15:18 On that day, HaShem made a covenant with Avraham saying: “I have given this land to your descendants from the River of Egypt (the Nile) until the great river Prat (the Euphrates in today’s...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Nov 2, 2011
BS”D Parashat Lech Lecha 5772 AGL vs ADL and JDL Beraishiet 12:1 And HaShem said to Avram “Leave your land, your birthplace and your father’s house and go to the land that I will show you. Why the three localities: land, birthplace and father’s home?...
by Rabbi Nachman Kahana | Oct 28, 2011
BS”D Beraisheet and Noach 5772 Part A: In the wake of the monstrous sin of fratricide, HaShem appeared to Kayin with the horrendous, devastating cry that reverberates to this day in the subconscious of every murderer (Beraisheet 4:10) “… Your...