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Parashat Yitro

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Aharon Seleh The Medrash brings a possuk “מפי עוללים ויונקים יסדת עוז” and expounds upon it- הקב”×” asked Bnei Yisrael, “Who will be a guarantor that you will keep my Torah?” הקב”×” didn’t accept אברהם יצחק and ויעקב as our guarantees. Only when we said our […]

Parashat Beshalach

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Shasho וַיַּ֨רְא יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־הַיָּ֣ד הַגְּדֹלָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה ×™×™ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם וַיִּֽירְא֥וּ הָעָ֖ם אֶת־יי וַיַּֽאֲמִ֙ינוּ֙ ביי וּבְמֹשֶׁ֖ה עַבְדּֽוֹ׃ (פ “And when Israel saw the wondrous power which G-d had wielded against the Egyptians, the people feared G-d; they had faith in G-d and His servant Moses.” The […]

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Parashat Bo

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari וְהָיָה֩ לְךָ֨ לְא֜וֹת עַל־יָדְךָ֗ וּלְזִכָּרוֹן֙ בֵּ֣ין עֵינֶ֔יךָ “And this shall serve you as a sign on your arm and a reminder on your forehead.” (Shemot 13,9) The טור ושולחן ערוך אורח חיים ×›×´×” writes: as a person places the Tefillin on himself, he must […]

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Parashat Vaera

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov The Almighty brought 10 makot (strikes) upon Paroh King of Egypt through Moshe Rabenu to let the Jews go out of Egypt. It is interesting to note that before each set of strikes different words are used. For example, for the first three it […]

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Parashat Shemot

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen Yosef died, and all his brothers and that entire generation. (1:6) The Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh explains why the Torah finds it necessary to add that the members of the entire generation, the seventy souls that descended to Egypt with Yaakov Avinu, also died. He […]