Bereishis

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2011

פרשת בראשית The verse in this week’s Parsha (1:16) says, “And Hashem made the two great lights, the large one to rule over the day, […]

Noach

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2011

פרשת נח At the end of this week’s Parsha, the Torah tells us about דור הפלגה – the generation that gathered together to collectively rebel […]

Yom Kippur

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2011

יום כיפור תשע”ב The Haftorah of Yom Kippur says, “If one honors God by not desecrating the Shabbos…” and it goes on to list the […]

Haazinu

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2011

פרשת האזינו ושבת שובה This week’s Haftara begins with the words, “Return to Hashem, if you have stumbled with sin, and bring with you your […]

Nitzavim

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2011

פרשת נצבים – וילך וענייני תשובה There is a verse in this week’s Parsha about the mitzvah of repentance. “It is not far from you, […]

Ki Savo

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2011

פרשת כי תבא ומצוות שמחה This week’s Parsha contains perhaps one of the most elusive commandments in the whole Torah, yet one of the most […]

Devarim

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2011

פרשת דברים ושבת חזון In this week’s Parsha, Moshe realizes that his death is imminent, and decides to admonish the Jewish people before it is […]

Masaei

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2011

פרשת מסעי In this week’s Parsha, the Torah lays out the interesting laws applicable to somebody who kills another Jew by accident.  The Torah states […]

Matos

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2011

פרשת מטות In this week’s Parsha, Hashem commands the Jewish people to take revenge against the Midianites for the low blow they administered to the […]

Pinchas

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2011

פרשת פנחס This week’s Parsha opens by recounting the heroic act Pinchas perpetrated by executing Zimri and Cosbi in their act of rebellion against Hashem. […]