Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov This week’s portion contains the most important incident in the Torah which is Matan Torah. Rambam states our belief in Judaism is not because of the miracles Moshe performed, but rather because 600,000 Jews from age 20 and up were at Har Sinai and […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Shasho וַיִּרְ×֣וּ ×‘Ö°× ÖµÖ½×™Ö¾×™Ö´×©Ö°×‚×¨Ö¸×ֵ֗ל וַיֹּ֨×מְר֜וּ ×Ö´Ö¤×™×©× ×ֶל־×ָחִיו֙ מָ֣ן ×”Ö”×•Ö¼× ×›Ö´Ö¼Ö›×™ ×œÖ¹Ö¥× ×™Ö¸×“Ö°×¢Ö–×•Ö¼ ×žÖ·×”Ö¾×”Ö‘×•Ö¼× â€œWhen the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?â€â€”for they did not know what it was†(Shemot 16:15). Says the Ben Ish Chai the maan was one of the […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Avraham Moeinzadeh The mitzva of tefillin is mentioned in four places throughout the entire Torah, two of which are written in our parasha, Parashat Bo. This week’s parasha commands us to write all four parts where the mitzva of tefillin is being discussed and tie them […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom Paroh, the King of Egypt, was a deep philosophical thinker and an intellectual researcher. His country was plagued with blood, frogs, lice, wild beasts, and pestilence. It was a massive offensive, like clockwork exactly as he was warned. He was also told that […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the first was Shifrah, and the name of the second was Puah. (1:15) Rashi cites Chazal who say that Shifrah and Puah were none other than Yocheved and Miriam, Moshe […]