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Parashat Re’eh

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari רַ֣ק חֲזַ֗ק לְבִלְתִּי֙ אֲכֹ֣ל הַדָּ֔ם ×›Ö´Ö¼Ö¥×™ הַדָּ֖ם ה֣וּא הַנָּ֑פֶשׁ וְלֹא־תֹאכַ֥ל הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ עִם־הַבָּשָֽׂר׃ But make sure that you do not partake of the blood; for the blood is the life, and you must not consume the life with the flesh. It is taught in the […]

Parashat Eikev

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen That it was He who gives you the strength to make wealth. (8:18) Targum Onkelos adds his own interpretation to the above translation. He writes: Hu d’yahiv lecha eitzah l’mikni nechassin, “He (Hashem) gave you the idea to purchase property.” Horav Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, […]

Parashat Vaetchanan

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם֒ ×›Ö´Ö¼Ö£×™ הִ֤וא חָכְמַתְכֶם֙ וּבִ֣ינַתְכֶ֔ם לְעֵינֵ֖י הָעַמִּ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִשְׁמְע֗וּן אֵ֚ת כָּל־הַחֻקִּ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְאָמְר֗וּ רַ֚ק עַם־חָכָ֣ם וְנָב֔וֹן הַגּ֥וֹי הַגָּד֖וֹל הַזֶּֽה׃ Observe them faithfully, for that will be proof of your wisdom and discernment to other peoples, who on hearing of all these laws will […]

Parashat Devarim

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov Tisha Be’Av is the saddest day in Jewish history. Every year we commemorate the destruction of both temples on this day by fasting and performing rituals of mourners. We sit on the floor until midday, we don’t take showers, and refrain from regular Torah […]

Parashat Mattot Masei

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari From when the month of Av begins one must decrease in acts of rejoicing (Taanit 26B) We have entered the month of אב. Harav Yosef Hayim זצוק״ל writes that the month is called אב because in the near future it will be the “Father” […]