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Parashat Mattot – Masei

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃ The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, נְקֹ֗ם נִקְמַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֵאֵ֖ת הַמִּדְיָנִ֑ים אַחַ֖ר תֵּאָסֵ֥ף אֶל־עַמֶּֽיךָ׃ “Avenge the Israelite people on the Midianites; then you shall be gathered to your kin.” Numbers 31-1,2 The Midrash tells us the reason Hashem commanded […]

Parashat Pinchas

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari As we all know, the period we are in is called בין המצרים “Ben Hamesarim,” days dedicated for mourning of the destruction of our holy and beloved Temple. A point could be made that we wouldn’t need reminders during the three weeks if we […]

Parashat Balak

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov In this week’s Torah portion, the king of Moav hires wicked Bilham – who was supposed to be a prophet to the nations- to curse Beni Israel. He knew that he could not overpower the Jews by military force because the power of the […]

Parashat Chukat

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yitzchak Ariel “This is the Torah (the law): if a man dies in a tent, anyone entering the tent and anything in the tent shall be impure for seven days.” (Bamidbar ch 19 verse 14) Although the word Torah in this verse means law, the question […]

Parashat Korach

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Avraham Moeinzadeh Every year, fruit trees start the process of bearing fruit by sprouting buds, blossoming, and eventually developing their fruits. By most fruit trees, the fruit season and blossoming season are apart and by the time the tree ripens its fruits, the blossoms are no […]