Parasha Thoughts By: Rabbi Eliezer Rafailmehr Hashem said to Avram, “Go for yourself from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you.” Due to the redundancy of the phrase “Lech lechaâ€, the commentators explain that the Torah is hinting to […]
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Parasha Thoughts By: Rabbi Chaim Saeeidian “These are the offspring of Noach.” ( Bereshit 6:9) As the first verse in this week’s Parasha begins with recounting Noach’s offspring, we come across Rashi’s famous comment that the main offspring of the righteous are their good deeds. Let us understand the depth […]
By: Rabbi Yosef Shemtov The last Mishna in the tractate of Yoma says: “Rebbi Akiva said: ‘Fortunate are you, O Israel, before whom do you purify yourselves? Who purifies you? Your Father in heaven. As it is stated: I will sprinkle pure water upon you and you shall be cleaned, […]
By: Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, let’s start with a story. A man was taking a stroll next to the river bank, he suddenly notices a young boy crying for help. Without a moments hesitation, the man jumps into the dangerous river and struggles to save the boy and finally drags […]
By: Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom! Our Sages taught us in the Talmud (Megila 31:A) that Ezra Hasofer instituted for us (approximately 2600 years ago) to recite before Rosh Hashana the portion in the Torah where we are given rebuke if we don’t keep to the commands of the Torah and […]