Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Avraham Moeinzadeh Comfort comfort my nation says your God. After three weeks of mourning the destruction of the Bet Hamikdash, this week we start seven weeks of consolation. Every Shabbat we recite another portion of Navi in the Haftarah which unlike other Haftarot throughout the year […]
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Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen Enough of your circling this mountain; turn yourselves northward. (2:3) After thirty eight years in the wilderness, Klal Yisrael was once again at Har Seir. The nation was now instructed to turn to the north. The Kli Yakar interprets the word “tzafonah,” which usually […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה ×ֶל־מֹש×Ö¶Ö¥×” לֵּ×מֹֽר׃ The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, × Ö°×§Ö¹Ö—× × Ö´×§Ö°×žÖ·×ªÖ™ ×‘Ö¼Ö°× ÖµÖ£×™ יִשְׂרָ×ֵ֔ל מֵ×ֵ֖ת ×”Ö·×žÖ¼Ö´×“Ö°×™Ö¸× Ö´Ö‘×™× ×ַחַ֖ר תֵּ×ָסֵ֥ף ×ֶל־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 […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari As we all know, the period we are in is called בין ×”×ž×¦×¨×™× “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 […]
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 […]