January 31, 2019
Divrei Torah
January 24, 2019
Parshas Yisro: Legacy and Continuity
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Yisro, the purpose of Yetzias Mitzrayim (the Exodus from Egypt) comes to fruition. When Hashem promised Moshe the people would be physically freed from the Egyptian bondage, He further pr
January 17, 2019
Parshas Beshalach: Amalek and the Power of Memory
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Beshalach, the Bnei Yisrael miraculously cross the Reed Sea on damp land, witness the Egyptians drowning in the sea waters behind them, sing songs of praise and thanks to G-d for the salvat
January 10, 2019
Parshas Bo – Death by Darkness
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Bo, after hundreds of years in Egypt, the Israelites leave their country of bondage, marching to a hopeful future. With the final three plagues outlined in the parsha - arbeh/locusts, ch
January 3, 2019
Parshas Va’era: The Painful Road to Freedom
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Va’era, Hashem promises that the Israelites will be freed from Egypt. Hashem commands Moshe to speak to the Children of Israel, and say to them: וְהוֹצֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם מ
December 27, 2018
Parshas Shemos: The Righteous Amongst Us
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Shemos, a new chapter in the long history of our people commences. While the book of Bereishis focused on the individual and personal lives of our founding fathers and mothers - their bar
December 20, 2018
Parshas Vayechi: The Life Giving Circle of Chessed
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Vayechi, the book of Bereishis comes to a close, as Yaakov and his family have settled in Goshen, Egypt, with Yosef the viceroy as the provider of life. Prior to his death, at the age of
December 13, 2018
Parshas Vayigash: The Final Judgement
In this week's parsha, Parshas Vayigash, after twenty-two long and painful years of separation, Yosef and his family are reunited. From slave boy to viceroy, from hated to revered, from Canaan to Egypt, Yosef’s dreams
December 6, 2018
Mikeitz/Chanukah – The Suddenness of Redemption
In this week’s parsha, Parshas Mikeitz, the story of Yosef continues. After being sold at the age of seventeen, bought by Potiphar the chief executioner of Pharaoh (see Onkelos to Bereishis 39:1), then languishing in p
November 29, 2018