Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen Hashem Elokim called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” (3:9) The word Ayeca, “Where are you?” has the same letters as Eichah, which implies, “How could you?” Ayeca, “Where?” also intimates, “Do you know where you are; Do you […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh ×‘Ö·Ö¼×žÖ´Ö¼×§Ö°×“Ö¸Ö¼×©× ×™×•Ö¹× ×©Ö´×‚×žÖ°×—Ö¸×” יְתֵרָה שֶ×× Ö¶Ö¼×ֱמַר (×•×™×§×¨× ×›×’ מ) “×•Ö¼×©Ö°×‚×žÖ·×—Ö°×ªÖ¶Ö¼× ×œÖ´×¤Ö°× Öµ×™ ×”’ ×Ö±×œÖ¹×”Öµ×™×›Ö¶× ×©Ö´×בְעַת יָמִיה. Although we are required to rejoice on all festivals, there was special rejoicing in the Temple during the Sukkoth festival, as it is written: “You shall rejoice before the Lord […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Shasho We are are right after Yom Kippur and Sukkot is in just a few days. We have a lot going on this time of year. How can we connect it all? We know that we had Rosh Hashanah first to crown Hashem as our […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, In the Talmud (Makot 23:) it is brought down that HaShem wanted the Nation of Yisrael to receive merits, hence he increased Torah and Misvot for them. The question was asked of Harav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach Zâ€L , “Normally if you want to […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov Outside Eretz Israel all the holidays are two days long. In Israel the holidays are only celebrated for one day except for Rosh Hashana; it is the only holiday that is two days long even in Israel. The simple reason is Rosh Hashanah is […]