Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Shasho The Gemara in Shabbat (21b) says the Mitzvah of Chanukah is to light a candle for a person and his household and the “Mehadrin,†someone who is more meticulous, lights a candle for each person in his family. One who is at an even […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Avraham Moeinzadeh The Sages teach us that the last conversation between Yaakov Avinu and Yosef Hatsadik was a Halachic discussion about the importance of escorting the passenger. As a matter of fact, we see that the impact of this lesson in Yosef’s life was so enormous […]
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 […]
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 […]