Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, In parashat Vayeshev we see a bizarre occurrence. After Yosef is sold, the Torah states וירד יהודה מ×ת ×חיו†38:1†Yehuda went down from his brothers. Rashi sites a Midrash that says the brothers of Yosef deposed him from his leadership position over […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Avraham Moeinzadeh The name of a person, especially a name which is mentioned in Tanach, is the essence of that person. Chachamim teach us how different people (such as Avraham Avinu) merited an addition of a letter to their name. Some even go farther to claim […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh This week our community merited to have a great Torah luminary amongst us, Harav Yitzhak Yosef Shelita the Rishon LeTzion, whose voluminous Yalkut Yosef has shaped a generation of Benei Torah in Israel and abroad. The Chatam Sofer in our Parasha points out that […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen “..and she said, ‘why am I thus’ ” (25,22) The medrash explains that Rivkah Imeinu, being that this was her first time conceiving, went to her neighbors and asked, “Is this pain normal for pregnancy?” After describing her pain, her neighbors explained that it […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Aviad Boukris This week’s parasha talks about Sara Imenu’s Petira and burial, and ends off with Avraham Avinu’s burial. The Parasha starts off by telling us the age at which Sarah Imenu left this world; as the Pasuk states: †״ויהיו ×©× ×™ ×—×™×™ שרה מ××” ×©× ×” […]