Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Aviad Boukris There is a story told about an important man who had already reached his seventies. He was a known figure who was a source of great influence and pride to his family and his community. Once, one of his sons brought his children to […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen But his brothers could not answer him because they were left disconcerted before him. (45:3) Chazal have used the brothers’ reaction to Yosef’s revelation – their overriding fear and trepidation – to describe in some manner what we are all destined to face on […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov We might think we commemorate Chanukah because of the miracle of the oil. After the war between Greece and the Jewish partisans and after Jerusalem was liberated, a small jar of uncontaminated oil was found that should only have lasted for one night but […]
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 […]
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 […]