Parasha Thoughts By: Shemuel Akhamzadeh ×›Ö¼Ö´×™ ×œÖ¹× ×žÖ·×—Ö°×©×ְבוֹתַי מַחְש×ְבוֹתֵיכֶ×, ×•Ö°×œÖ¹× ×“Ö·×¨Ö°×›Öµ×™×›Ö¶× ×“Ö¼Ö°×¨Ö¸×›Ö¸×™–× Ö°×Ö»×, ×™Ö°×™Ö°Â For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, said the LORD In this week’s portion, as Moshe Rabenu is fleeing Egypt he has his first encounter with his future wife Tzipora at […]
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By: Rabbi David Cohen This week’s parsha of Va’y’chee contains the blessing that is given each Shabbat to one’s sons: “Y’simcha Elokim k’Ephraim v’k’Menashe {May Hashem make you be like Ephraim and Menashe}. [48:20]” Menashe and Ephraim were the two sons of Yosef that were born in Mitzrayim. They were […]
Parasha Thoughts By: Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom. In the final episode of Yosef and his brothers, after he lets them know his true identity, he asks them to go back to Cana’an and bring their father to Egypt. He sent special gifts to him and certain signs to prove the […]
Parasha Thoughts By: R. Shmuel Akhamzadeh The saga of Chanuka unfolded around the year 200 BCE ( 150 years before the destruction of the second temple in Jerusalem), during an era Jewish liturgy calls גלות יון Greek exile, interestingly enough the Chanuka story transpired in the land of Israel when […]
By: Rabbi Yitzchak Ariel In this week’s Parsha, the Torah tells us about Yosef Hatzadik’s journey; from being first thrown in a pit and later sold by his brothers to ending up in jail in Egypt. In jail, Yosef’s cell mates were the king’s head butler and head baker. The […]