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 […]
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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 […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh זְבוּלֻ֕ן לְח֥וֹף ×™Ö·×žÖ´Ö¼Ö–×™× ×™Ö´×©Ö°×כֹּ֑ן וְהוּ×Ö™ לְח֣וֹף ×Ö³× Ö´×™Ö¼Ö”×•Ö¹×ª וְיַרְכָת֖וֹ עַל־צִידֹֽן׃ Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore; He shall be a haven for ships, And his flank shall rest on Sidon. And Rashi explains: לחוף ימי×. … שֶ×הָיָה זְבוּלֻן עוֹסֵק ×‘Ö´Ö¼×¤Ö°×¨Ö·×§Ö°×žÖ·×˜Ö°×™Ö¸× ×•Ö¼×žÖ·×žÖ°×¦Ö´×™× ×žÖ¸×–×•Ö¹×Ÿ לְשֵ×בֶט יִשָּׂשכָר, ×•Ö°×”Öµ× […]
Parasha Thoughts Rabbi Yosef Shemtov The most fascinating subject in this week’s portion is the confrontation between Yosef and his brothers. Now Yosef is the prime minister of a world power, Egypt, and his brothers are strangers who don’t have bread to eat. Yosef remembers his dreams and his brothers […]