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Sukkot

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Hag Sameyah to all. We are in the midst of the lovely holiday of Sukkot. We started building the Sukkah right after Yom Kippur, so we go from one misva to another; what a joy. In the Zohar Hakadosh the Sukkah is called “the […]

Parashat Haazinu

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yitzchak Ariel In a song as part of his final speech to the Jewish people, Moshe Rabbenu compares the holy Torah to rain and dew, as he says: “My taking (the Torah) shall drip like dew; my word shall flow like rain.” The comparison seems to […]

Parashat Vayelech

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen Moshe went and spoke these words to all of Yisrael. (31:1) The Midrash Tanchuma says, “The word Vayelech means rebuke.” Apparently, Moshe Rabbeinu went to all of the tribes to bid them farewell. His farewell was couched in reproach, in which he informed the […]

Rosh Hashana

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov Our sages teach us in the tractate of Rosh Hashana that if one is poor at the beginning of the year, he will be rich by its end. This statement is unusual and requires an explanation in order to be understood correctly. Our Rabbis […]

Parashat Ki Tavo

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Avraham Moeinzadeh One of the Mitzvot in this week’s Parasha is Vidui Maser( confession of the tithe). Hashem commands us to report to Him that we have done the Mitzvah of Maaser correctly. The Vidui ends with a request from Hashem to look at us favorably, […]