Vaera

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Parshat Shavua 5782 with weekly guest speaker (Vaera)

Rabbi Ya'akov Trump

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The Haftarot: How to Profit from the Prophets (Parshat Vaeira)

Dr. Moshe Sokolow

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Parshat Vaera -Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom

Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom

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Vaera: 137 and Counting

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One hundred and thirty seven is not a number that would appear to have much significance, at least not from a Jewish perspective. Yet the Torah found it necessary to record that Levi lived to that age (Shemot 6:16). A mere four verses later we are…
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Vaera: It Took A While

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Moshe was frustrated. Having been coerced by G-d to redeem the Jewish people, things were not going as planned. As Moshe confronted Pharaoh, demanding—as G-d had instructed—that he let them go free, Pharaoh worsened the conditions for the Jewish…
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Vaera: The Sons of Korach

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The initial meeting between Moshe and Pharaoh did not go well. The workload placed on the poor Jewish slaves was increased, and more importantly, the people's morale was shattered. Whereas initially, "the people believed, and they heard…
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Scholar in Residence: Rav Yosef Carmel

Rav Yosef Carmel

Join us as the Or Chaim Minyan welcomes another distinguished Scholar in Residence for Shabbat! Rabbi Yosef Carmel is the Rabbinical Dean of the Eretz Hemdah Institute for Advanced Jewish studies in Jerusalem, as well as the Av Beit…
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Vaera: When the Going Gets Tough

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The story of the slavery and subsequent redemption of the Jewish people focuses almost entirely on Moshe, Aharon and Pharaoh. Strangely, the thoughts, feelings, and actions of both the Egyptian and Jewish people are barely noted. Although we are…
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Vaera: Searching for G-d?

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"G-d spoke to Moshe, and said to him, 'I am the Lord. I revealed myself to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as G-d Almighty, but My name YHVH I did not allow them to know'" (Shemot 6:2). While the exact meaning of this verse is not…
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Vaera: The Right Reason

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Sometimes the reason why one does something can be even more important than what was actually done. While our Sages note that one should strive to perform mitzvoth even for the wrong motives, the commentaries note exceptions to this rule (see, for…
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