By Rabbi David Shasho: וַיֹּ֥×מֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה ×ֶל־עֲבָדָ֑יו ×”Ö²× Ö´×žÖ°×¦Ö¸Ö£× ×›Ö¸×–Ö¶Ö”×” ×Ö´Ö•×™×©× ×ֲש×ֶ֛ר ר֥וּחַ ×Ö±×œÖ¹×”Ö´Ö–×™× ×‘Ö¼Ö½×•Ö¹ “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 ×ֲש×ֶ֛ר ר֥וּחַ ×Ö±×œÖ¹×”Ö´Ö–×™× ×‘Ö¼Ö½×•Ö¹ spell out “חַמï‹×¨â€. The Reishit […]
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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 […]
By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari: וַיָּבֹ×Ö© יַעֲקֹ֨ב שָ××œÖµÖœ× ×¢Ö´Ö£×™×¨ שְ××›Ö¶Ö—× ×ֲשֶ×ר֙ בְּ×ֶ֣רֶץ ×›Ö°Ö¼× Ö·Ö”×¢Ö·×Ÿ בְּבֹ×֖וֹ מִפַּדַּ֣ן ×Ö²×¨Ö¸Ö‘× ×•Ö·×™Ö´Ö¼Ö–×—Ö·×Ÿ ×Ö¶×ªÖ¾×¤Ö°Ö¼× ÖµÖ¥×™ הָעִֽיר׃ Yaakov arrived safe (complete) in the city of Shechem which is in the land of Canaan—having come thus from Paddan-Aram—and he encamped before the city. Rabenu Shlomo Elkabbes זצ״ל explains that we see Yaakov […]
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 […]
By Rabbi Aharon Seleh: The מדרש brings that יצחק ××‘×™× ×• prayed to Hashem – ” If a person goes through life without any יסורין ( trials and tribulations), it will be more difficult for him in the next world, as his sins have accumulated against him.” Hashem answered, “You have […]