By Rabbi David Cohen: By Rabbi David Cohen ויהי שעמדה.. “And it is this that has sustained” The word “ויהי” reminds us of this promise. Hashm promised to save us since He knew that we would remain true to Him by studying His Torah and keeping His Mitzvot. The Abarbanel […]
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By Rabbi Aharon Seleh Hashem commanded Moshe to go tell Paroah to let His nation go free. Moshe went to Paroah and did as he was told. But not only did Paroah refuse, things became much more difficult for the Jewish nation. The obvious question is why? After Hashem decided […]
By Rabbi Moshe Vosoghi: Parshat Ki Tisa reveals perhaps the most dramatic and tragic story found in all of the Torah — the story of the Golden Calf. Just a few months after ‘Believing in Hashem and Moshe’, and just a few weeks after ‘We will do and we will […]
By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: This Shabbat (the Shabbat before Purim) we will take two sifrei Torah out, one for the weekly Torah portion of Tetzaveh and the other for reading the Zakor. It is a positive mitsva to listen to this reading from a kosher sefer Torah. Some believe that […]
By Rabbi Nuriel Zargari ויהי בשלח פרעה את העם ולא נחם וגו’ [י”ג יז] When the Bnei Yisrael were leaving Egypt, they had two different routes to take. Either they could travel through the land of the Plishtim or through the midbar, the desert. Each path had its advantages and […]