Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov What is Chanukah and why do we celebrate it? Why do we say Hallel for eight days and and why do we light candles? Many people think the reasons are because Israel was liberated from the Greeks after being controlled by them for decades […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Shasho In this week’s parashah, Yaakov has three choices before him as Esav approaches: to appease Esav through gifts, to prepare for war with him, and to pray. Yaakov chose to utilize all three options, but the order in which he chose to implement them […]
This week’s Dvar Torah is dedicated for a full recovery of Daniel Moshiach Ben Tamar Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh וַיִּפְגַּ֨ע ×‘Ö¼Ö·×žÖ¼Ö¸×§Öœ×•Ö¹× ×•Ö·×™Ö¼Ö¸Ö¤×œÖ¶×Ÿ ש×Ö¸×Ö™ ×›Ö¼Ö´×™Ö¾×‘Ö¸Ö£× ×”Ö·×©×Ö¼Ö¶Ö”×žÖ¶×©× ×•Ö·×™Ö¼Ö´×§Ö¼Ö·×—Ö™ מֵ×Ö·×‘Ö°× ÖµÖ£×™ ×”Ö·×žÖ¼Ö¸×§Ö”×•Ö¹× ×•Ö·×™Ö¼Ö¸Ö–×©×‚Ö¶× ×žÖ°×¨Ö·Ö½×ֲש×ֹתָ֑יו וַיִּש×ְכַּ֖ב ×‘Ö¼Ö·×žÖ¼Ö¸×§Ö¥×•Ö¹× ×”Ö·×”Ö½×•Ö¼×׃ He came upon a certain place and stopped there for the night, for the sun […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen ×™×מר הקל קול יעקב ×•×”×™×“×™× ×™×“×™ עשו And he said the voice is the voice of Yaakov and the hands are the hands of Esav. The midrash expounds that at the time the voice of Yaakov is heard in the Beit Kenissiot and Beit […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Aharon Seleh In this week’s parsha, the possuk states, “Avraham was old, well on in years.” The medrash expounds that Avraham filled all his days with Torah and mitzvos. There was a rav who was appointed to lead a certain city. The townspeople took him around […]