Vayishlach 5773

BS”D Parashat Vayishlach 5773 Part A: Our parasha lays down the schematic plans for the future of Am Yisrael, as quoted in the name of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Sifrei Bamidbar chapter 69 so plainly and without extravagance or embellishment: It is a well-known...

Vayaitzai 5773

BS”D Parashat Vayaitzai 5773 Part A: As this is being written, the army of Israel is poised to perform a Torah mitzva of “mechi’at Amalek” – by destroying a great number of arch evil people of Amalek. However, after pounding the Arabs of Gaza...

Toldot 5773

BS”D Parashat Toldot 5773 Part A: Our parasha relates (26:2-5): 2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live. 3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your...

Chayai Sarah 5773

Last Shabbat we read in parashat Vayaira, how Hagar was sent away from Avraham’s home together with her son Yishmael. They wandered in the desert until the waterskin was empty, and then sat under the blazing sun waiting to die. The pasuk relates (Beraishiet 21:15-16):...

Lech Lecha 5773

BS”D Lech Lecha 5773 Part A: Of the many shiurim (lectures) and words of wisdom I gleaned from my rabbis, there is one whose lessons have remained with me until today because of its repetitiveness in life. The rabbi asked for a solution to the following problem:...

Noach 5773

BS”D Parashat Noach 5773 Part A: The Gemara (Pesachim 118b) discloses that when the Mashiach will appear, nations will come forward to present him with gifts. HaShem will permit him to receive gifts from Egypt and other nations, but will prohibit receiving gifts...
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