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Parashat Bereishit

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen Hashem Elokim called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” (3:9) The word Ayeca, “Where are you?” has the same letters as Eichah, which implies, “How could you?” Ayeca, “Where?” also intimates, “Do you know where you are; Do you […]

Sukkoth

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ יוֹם שִׂמְחָה יְתֵרָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא ×›×’ מ) “וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם לִפְנֵי ×”’ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם שִׁבְעַת יָמִים”. Although we are required to rejoice on all festivals, there was special rejoicing in the Temple during the Sukkoth festival, as it is written: “You shall rejoice before the Lord […]