Parshas Vayikra 5777
Tefilla as a Korban Pashas Vayikra focuses on the mitzvos of korbanos. Korbanos are a chok, meaning a mitzvah whose reason we cannot understand. Nevertheless, […]
Parshas Vayakhel / Pikudei 5777
Our Double Advantage When the Torah describes the Jews who took part in the construction of the Mishkan and its keilim, a term is used […]
Parshas Ki Sissa 5777
How to Gain Hashem’s Favor In Parshas Ki Sissa, Moshe Rabbeinu begs Hashem to forgive Klal Yisrael for the sin of the Golden Calf. When […]
Parshas Tetzaveh 5777
Intimacy with Hashem Parshas Tetzaveh builds on the previous parsha, Teruma, which introduced the Mishkan and its various components—menorah, Shulchan, the main altar, etc. and […]
Parshas Teruma 5777
How to Connect to Hashem In Parshas Teruma, the command to build a Mishkan is given. The Medrash (Shemos Rabba 34:1) states that Moshe asked: […]
Parshas Mishpatim 5777
The Message of the Eved Ivri Parshas Mishpatim deals mostly with laws of interpersonal dealings, such as loans, damages, treatment of converts, etc. Most of […]
Parshas Yisro 5777
The benefit of hardships Yisro, Moshe Rabbeinu’s father-in-law, decides to join Klal Yisrael after they miraculously left Egypt. Moshe went out to his father-in-law, Aharon […]
Parshas Beshalach 5777
Torah Determines Nature In Parshas Beshalach, the Red Sea splits and allows the Jews to pass through it. The Medrash (Shemos Rabba 21:6) states that […]
Parshas Bo 5777
Welcoming Hashem into Our Lives In Parshas Bo, the Bnei Yisrael receive their first mitzvah as a nation—the sanctification of the new moon (“kiddush hachodesh“). […]
Parshas Va’Era 5777
The Torah’s Measure Of a Man Moshe Rabbeinu and Aharon Hakohen are mentioned together in numerous verses in the Torah. Usually, Moshe’s name appears first. […]