With Parshas Vayakhel (and Pekudei), Sefer Shemos comes to its glorious conclusion. We have experienced slavery and exodus with the nation (Shemos, Va’era, Bo, Beshalach). We have merited to stand at Sinai, been privy to Divine Revelation and bestowed with the gift of Torah (Yisro...
Purim commemorates the salvation of the Jews in the 127 provinces of the Persian Empire millennia ago. While Purim is a holiday of rejoicing, food, drink and parties, we must maintain the proper focus on the lessons learned from this holy day. The story takes place...
This week’s parsha, Parshas Tetzaveh, outlines - in intricate and beautiful detail - the special bigdei kehunah (priestly vestments) that Aharon and his sons wore when they served in the Mishkan. The Kohen Gadol (High Priest) donned eight garments, while the kohen hedyot (ordinary priest)...
Dear Friends, Chodesh tov to all. Below are the links to 3 different, all-new, shiurim, presented over this past week. They are all on the topic of the recent events in Eretz Yisrael of this past week, and related as well to Megillas Esther, Parshas Terumah,...
This Shabbos is a special Shabbos. It is the second day of Rosh Chodesh Adar, Shabbos being 1 Adar 5785. It is Shabbos Parshas Terumah, when we learn of the beauty, intricate details and holiness of binyan ha’Mishkan. And it is the first of the...
In Parshas Mishpatim we are introduced to myriad laws that govern social order. Following Parshas Yisro, and the Revelation at Sinai, Mishpatim outlines many laws that dictate the daily life of a Jew. The Torah delineates mitzvos regarding ownership of one’s slaves, injuries and damages,...
In Parshas Yisro, seven weeks after leaving Egypt, as the nation stands around the foothills of Har Sinai, the greatest Revelation known to mankind occurs, as Hashem gives the Bnei Yisrael the Torah. Matan Torah infused the spiritual life-blood into our nation as a whole,...
Parshas Beshalach is particularly famous for being the parsha of Keriyas Yam Suf, the splitting of the Reed Sea, and shiras ha’yam, the great song of praise and thanks that the people sang after the Egyptians drowned in the churning waters (Shemos 13:17-22, 14, 15:1-21). ...
The mitzvos and events in Parshas Bo are many. The topics include: the final three makkos - Arbeh/Locusts, Choshech/Darkness, and Makkas Bechoros/the Plague of the Death of the Firstborn. The first national mitzvah - Rosh Chodesh - is transmitted to the Bnei Yisrael (12:1-2); the...
In parshas Va’era, the miraculous plagues that Hashem brought upon Pharaoh, his countrymen and the land of Egypt begin to unfold. As punishment for the more than a century-long enslavement of the Israelite nation, the Ten Plagues wreak havoc upon Mitzrayim. The makkos decimate the...