Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, In the Parasha, Yaakov Avinu is told that Esav is coming to greet him with an army. He prepares himself for the confrontation with prayer, gifts, and battle. As he moved his family across the river, he realized he left some items behind […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen And Yaakov went out from Beer Sheva. (28:10) When Yaakov Avinu fled his father’s home, he was sixty-three years old. He was a wholesome, G-d-fearing Torah scholar whose entire life was devoted to studying Torah. Yet, prior to arriving in Lavan’s home, he learned […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh וַיְהִי֙ כִּֽי־זָקֵ֣ן יִצְחָ֔ק וַתִּכְהֶ֥יןָ ×¢Öµ×™× Ö¸Ö–×™×• מֵרְ×ֹ֑ת ×•Ö·×™Ö´Ö¼×§Ö°×¨Ö¸Öž× ×ֶת־עֵשָׂ֣ו ×€ ×‘Ö°Ö¼× Ö£×•Ö¹ הַגָּדֹ֗ל וַיֹּ֤×מֶר ×ֵלָיו֙ ×‘Ö°Ö¼× Ö´Ö”×™ וַיֹּ֥×מֶר ×ֵלָ֖יו ×”Ö´× ÖµÖ¼Ö½× Ö´×™×ƒ When Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.†He answered, “Here […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Shasho We know the famous first Rashi in the beginning of this week’s parashah which talks about why the pasuk separated the years of Sarah Imenu’s life. The next part of the pasuk repeats, “these were the years of Sarah.” Did it not just tell […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, In the Parasha, we find that after Yitzchak is born and grows more: ×•Ö·×ªÖµÖ¼Ö¨×¨Ö¶× ×©Ö¸×‚×¨Ö¸Öœ×” ×ֶֽת־בֶּן־הָגָ֧ר הַמִּצְרִ֛ית ×ֲשֶ×ר־יָלְדָ֥ה לְ×Ö·×‘Ö°×¨Ö¸×”Ö¸Ö–× ×žÖ°×¦Ö·×—ÖµÖ½×§×ƒ Sarah saw the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Avraham playing. וַתֹּ֙×מֶר֙ לְ×Ö·×‘Ö°×¨Ö¸×”Ö¸Ö”× ×’Ö¸Ö¼×¨ÖµÖ›×©× ×”Ö¸×ָמָ֥ה ×”Ö·×–Ö¹Ö¼Ö–×ת וְ×Ö¶×ªÖ¾×‘Ö°Ö¼× Ö¸Ö‘×”Ö¼ ×›Ö´Ö¼Ö£×™ ×œÖ¹Ö¤× ×™Ö´×™×¨Ö·×©×Ö™ בֶּן־הָ×ָמָ֣ה […]