Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Aharon Seleh In this week’s Parsha, the Possuk states, “Righteousness, righteousness shall you pursue.” The Chida explains the redundant term with a Zohar which states that it’s not enough to make yourself righteous, you must try to make others righteous too. If you do so, you […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari רַ֣ק חֲזַ֗ק לְבִלְתִּי֙ ×ֲכֹ֣ל ×”Ö·×“Ö¸Ö¼Ö”× ×›Ö´Ö¼Ö¥×™ ×”Ö·×“Ö¸Ö¼Ö–× ×”Ö£×•Ö¼× ×”Ö·× Ö¸Ö¼Ö‘×¤Ö¶×©× ×•Ö°×œÖ¹×־תֹ×כַ֥ל ×”Ö·× Ö¶Ö¼Ö–×¤Ö¶×©× ×¢Ö´×־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 […]
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, […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh וּשְ×מַרְתֶּ×Ö® וַעֲשִׂיתֶ×Ö’ ×›Ö´Ö¼Ö£×™ ×”Ö´Ö¤×•× ×—Ö¸×›Ö°×žÖ·×ªÖ°×›Ö¶×Ö™ ×•Ö¼×‘Ö´Ö£×™× Ö·×ªÖ°×›Ö¶Ö”× ×œÖ°×¢Öµ×™× ÖµÖ–×™ ×”Ö¸×¢Ö·×žÖ´Ö¼Ö‘×™× ×ֲשֶ×֣ר יִשְ×מְע֗וּן ×ֵ֚ת ×›Ö¸Ö¼×œÖ¾×”Ö·×—Ö»×§Ö´Ö¼Ö£×™× ×”Ö¸×ֵ֔לֶּה וְ×ָמְר֗וּ רַ֚ק ×¢Ö·×Ö¾×—Ö¸×›Ö¸Ö£× ×•Ö°× Ö¸×‘Ö”×•Ö¹×Ÿ 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 […]
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 […]