In the beginning of this week’s parsha, Parshas Va’era, Hashem speaks to Moshe and says to him: I am Hashem… and I have also heard the groans of the Children of Israel that Mitzrayim is enslaving them and I remembered my covenant; Therefore say to...
Sefer Shemos/Sefer ha’Geula, Parshas Shemos 5782. Baruch she’he’chiyanu v’ki’yimanu v’hi’gi’yanu la’zman ha’zeh… וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, הַבָּאִים, מִצְרָיְמָה: אֵת יַעֲקֹב, אִישׁ וּבֵיתוֹ בָּאוּ - and these are the names of the Children of Israel who came to Egypt; Yaakov, each man and his household...
Parshas Vayechi Yaakov. Shabbos Chazak chazak v’nis’chazek. The curtain once again closes on Sefer Bereishis: the end of a sefer, the conclusion of the narratives of the lives of our Patriarchs and Matriarchs, the end of an era with the end of the life of...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Vayigash, we learn of one of the most dramatic, climactic, emotional and riveting narratives in Sefer Bereishis. After having been disposed of by his brothers, and subsequently sold twenty-two years earlier, and seemingly having been lost forever - in a...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Miketz, Yosef’s fate seemingly changes overnight. With hardly a moment’s notice, he goes from being slave-boy turned prisoner to viceroy of the most powerful country in the ancient world! When Pharaoh dreams dreams that no one can interpret to his liking,...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Vayeishev, the story of Yosef ha’Tzadik, the beloved son of Yaakov Avinu, begins in full force. After fleeing from a wrathful brother who avowed to kill him (Bereishis 27), to a tumultuous twenty years at the home of his father-in-law...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Vayishlach, we learn of the historic confrontation between Yaakov and Eisav, after they have been apart for twenty years. Yaakov, having fled his home to save his life from before his brother who vowed to kill him, is now en...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Vayeitzei, Yaakov Avinu finds himself fleeing the wrath of Eisav, his brother. After Yaakov received their father, Yitzchak’s, blessings before Eisav (Bereishis 27), Eisav avows to kill his brother after their father’s demise (27:41). After his famous dream, known as “Sulam...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Toldos, after twenty childless years, Yitzchak and Rivka’s twins are born. Even before the twins are born, their different personalities are apparent in utero, as one would kick and move around when Rivka passed by a house of avodah zarah...
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Chayei Sarah, our matriarch Sarah, the wife, helper and confidant of Avraham Avinu, dies at the age of one hundred and twenty seven years old (Bereishis 23:1). With the passing of righteous Sarah, the mantle of leadership will be bequeathed...