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 […]
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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 […]
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, […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh לֹ×־תִרְ×Ö¶×”Ö© ×ֶת־חֲמ֨וֹר ×ָחִ֜יךָ ×֤וֹ ש×וֹרוֹ֙ × Ö¹×¤Ö°×œÖ´Ö£×™× ×‘Ö¼Ö·×“Ö¼Ö¶Ö”×¨Ö¶×šÖ° וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ֖ ×žÖµ×”Ö¶Ö‘× ×”Ö¸×§ÖµÖ¥× ×ªÖ¼Ö¸×§Ö´Ö–×™× ×¢Ö´×žÖ¼Ö½×•Ö¹×ƒ If you see your fellow’s ass or ox fallen on the road, do not ignore it; you must help him raise it. . The Talmud states that we learn from the words […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, The pasuk says in this week’s Parasha ” You shall not deviate from the word that they will tell you right or left ” (17,11). Rashi comments that one should listen to them ( the Hachamim) even if they tell you that right […]