Weekly Lessons

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Parashat Bereshit

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh עַל־כֵּן֙ יַֽעֲזָב־אִ֔ישׁ אֶת־אָבִ֖יו וְאֶת־אִמּ֑וֹ וְדָבַ֣ק בְּאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וְהָי֖וּ לְבָשָׂ֥ר אֶחָֽד׃ Hence a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, so that they become one flesh. We live in a society where marriage is seen as a tool to gain the most […]

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 […]