Torah Thoughts, Stories, and Inspiration on the weekly Parsha
In this week’s Parsha, Hashem compares the Jewish people to the stars in the heavens. The pasuk says, Vayeitzei Oso Hachutzah… – “Hashem brought Avraham outside and said, “Look towards the heaven and count the stars… That is how numerous your descendants will be.” The question is why? Why are Jews compared to stars? What…
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In this week’s Parsha (Breishes 15:5), Hashem tells Avraham to look at the stars. Hashem informs Avraham, “So too will be your offspring.” What does this promise mean that the Jewish people will be like stars? Rav Zelig Pliskin, shlita, explains: The Baal Shem Tov says that the Jewish descendants of Avraham are like stars….
…לך-לך מארצך “Go forth from your land…” (12:1) There is a tremendous anomaly in the first Pasuk in this week’s Parsha. It contains six final Chof letters (ך), almost in succession. What is the deeper message? I heard from Rav Yitzchok Fingerer shlit”a that the gematria (numerical value) of a Chof is 20. The total…
