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Parashat Ki Tavo

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh יְצַ֨ו יְהוָ֤ה אִתְּךָ֙ אֶת־הַבְּרָכָ֔ה בַּאֲסָמֶ֕יךָ וּבְכֹ֖ל מִשְׁלַ֣ח יָדֶ֑ךָ וּבֵ֣רַכְךָ֔ בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃ The LORD will ordain blessings for you upon your barns and upon all your undertakings: He will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. […]

Parashat Ki Teitzei

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Shasho In this week’s parasha we learn about the mitzvah of sending away the mother bird from the nest. The Torah forbids one to take an ownerless mother bird when it is sitting on its eggs. One must send away the mother bird and only […]

Parashat Shoftim

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Aharon Seleh In this week’s Parsha, the Possuk states, “Righteousness, righteousness shall you pursue.” The Chida explains the redundant term with a Zohar which states that it’s not enough to make yourself righteous, you must try to make others righteous too. If you do so, you […]

Parashat Re’eh

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari רַ֣ק חֲזַ֗ק לְבִלְתִּי֙ אֲכֹ֣ל הַדָּ֔ם ×›Ö´Ö¼Ö¥×™ הַדָּ֖ם ה֣וּא הַנָּ֑פֶשׁ וְלֹא־תֹאכַ֥ל הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ עִם־הַבָּשָֽׂר׃ But make sure that you do not partake of the blood; for the blood is the life, and you must not consume the life with the flesh. It is taught in the […]

Parashat Eikev

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi David Cohen That it was He who gives you the strength to make wealth. (8:18) Targum Onkelos adds his own interpretation to the above translation. He writes: Hu d’yahiv lecha eitzah l’mikni nechassin, “He (Hashem) gave you the idea to purchase property.” Horav Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, […]