Torah Thoughts, Stories, and Inspiration on the weekly Parsha
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In this week’s Parsha, Hashem instructed the Jewish people to build a Mishkan (Tabernacle). The pasuk says “V’Asu Li Mikdash v’Shachanti b’Socham-“And they shall make me a Mishkan and I shall dwell in them.” The wording in this pasuk seems incorrect. Seemingly, Hashem should have said that He “will dwell in it”, meaning that the…
In this week’s Parsha (22:30), the Torah commands us to be Anshei Kodesh – “people of holiness.” Other times the pasuk just says to be holy. However, here there’s an extra word – to be People of Holiness. Isn’t this wording extraneous? Isn’t it obvious that Hashem is addressing human beings? Can’t the pasuk simply say, “Be…
In this week’s Parsha Yisro says baruch Hashem asher hitzil eschem miyad Mitzrayim, blessed is Hashem who saved the Jewish people from the hands of the Egyptians. The Gemara in Sanhedrin (94a) says that Yisro was the first person to ever recite these words baruch Hashem. I would like to share with you a question…
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This week’s Parsha (Shemos 15:2) details the unprecedented miracle of Kriyas Yam Suf, the splitting of the sea. Upon witnessing the immense miracle, the Jewish people exuberantly proclaim, “Zeh Keili v’anvei’hu, Elokei Avi v’Arrom’menhu – This is my G-d, and I will glorify Him; the G-d of my father I will adore him. The order in this phrase,…
In this week’s Parsha Hashem speaks to Moshe saying, “Va’eira el Avraham el Yitzchak ve’el Yaakov” – And I appeared to Avraham, Yitzchok, and Yaakov. Rashi says: va’eira el ha’avos, I appeared to the forefathers. Now Rashi is there to edify and illuminate. Everyone knows Avraham, Yitzchok, and Yaakov were the avos (forefathers). What is Rashi…
A few years ago, Yossi Hecht, a young man in yeshiva found out that he had a tumor in his spine. He needed a few surgeries to remove it. Now he is wheelchair-bound but boundless. During this time Yossi’s mother, who was his main source of motivation and happiness sadly suddenly passes away. How did…
In this week’s Parsha we learn about Pharaoh’s evil decree that all Jewish male babies must be killed. Moshe was placed in a basket into the Nile River. In a twist of irony and fate, none other than Pharaoh’s daughter Basya comes to bathe in the water, sees the baby, and her compassion is aroused…
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In this week’s Parsha Yaakov passes away. The brothers are now fearful of a vendetta from Yosef. They suspect that Yosef was only kind to them because their father was alive out of deference to their father. However, now that their father is gone, they thought that Yosef may retaliate against them. Therefore, they come to Yosef,…
