“Moshe gathered the entire congregation of Israel and said to them” (Shemot 35:1). It is extremely…
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Ki Tissa: Time to Speak
Forty days after the most awesome event in history – G-d’s revelation to man - the Jewish people…
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Tezaveh - Biblical Editing
The central theme of Sefer Shemot is the formation of the Jewish people as a nation. The group of…
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Terumah - Soaring to the Heavens
Symbols play an important part in helping to define who we are. Our clothing, for example, is often…
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Mishpatim: The Thief and the Robber
"Rabban Yocḥanan ben Zakkai’s students asked him: ‘For what reason was the Torah stricter with a …
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Yitro: Who was at Sinai
What kind of book is the Torah and who is it meant for? Rashi begins his commentary to the Torah…
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Beshalach: Great Expectations
Throughout the Exodus story, the Jewish people are silent. We do not know what they were thinking…
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Vaeira: Yes Thank You
That man sins is part and parcel of being human. It is the basis of the most special day of the…
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Shemot: No Thank You
“And Moshe was frightened and he said, behold the incident is known. And Pharaoh heard…
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Vayechi: Joining the Covenant
The opening 11 chapters of Sefer Breisheet can be read as explaining why there was a need for a…
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Vayigash: A Test of Leadership
It is clear already from the sale of Yosef, that Yehuda had leadership potential. It was he who…
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Mikketz: Royal Politics
Yosef was a most charismatic person. He was young, attractive and as the Torah tells us on three…
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Vayeishev: Yosef and Greece
The annual Torah reading cycle has us reading the story of Yosef during Chanukah[1]. While in most…
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Vayishlach: He Was Afraid
“And Jacob was very frightened and distressed” (Breisheet 32:8). After some 22 years Yaakov Avinu…
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VaYetze: Worse than Pharoah?
“Go out and learn what Lavan the Aramean sought to do to Yaakov, our father; Pharaoh only decreed […
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Toldot: Out in the Field
Our Sages were no respecters of persons. When they felt a wrong was committed, they called it out…
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Chayei Sarah: A Blessed Life
Yitzchak brought [Rivka] into mother Sarah's tent and he married Rivka. She became his wife, and he…
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Vayera: Avraham's Torah
Rabbinic tradition maintains that the Torah existed even before the creation of the world, in…