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Parashat Miketz

By Rabbi David Shasho: וַיֹּ֥אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶל־עֲבָדָ֑יו הֲנִמְצָ֣א כָזֶ֔ה אִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֛ר ר֥וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֖ים בּֽוֹ “And Pharaoh said to his servants, ‘Could we find another like him(Yosef), a man in whom is the spirit of God?’” The last letters of the words אֲשֶׁ֛ר ר֥וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֖ים בּֽוֹ spell out “חַמוֹר”. The Reishit […]

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Chanukah Thoughts

By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: Why do we celebrate Chanukah? Israel was captured by the Greeks around 200 years before the destruction of the second temple. The Greeks were not like other nations who killed Jews, but they were very interested in killing our religion. They started making decrees that Jews […]

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Parashat Vayetzei

By Rabbi Avraham Moeinzadeh: In this week’s parasha we observe two sisters with two different outlooks on their lives. Although both of them are trying their best to marry a tzadik, the goal that each one wants to achieve differs from the other sister. The goal of Leah to marry […]