By Rabbi Aharon Seleh: Purim is upon us.The Medrash asks why is Esther referred to as Ayelet Hashachar, which means the break of dawn? Just as dawn comes after night so too Esther is the end of the age of open miracles. From the story of Purim and onward, there […]
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By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari: Shalom, We are in the last parasha of Sefer Shemot, and the Torah is teaching us how they implemented the teachings of Moshe Rabenu in building the Mishkan. We can’t even fathom the deep secrets of the Mishkan and it’s vessels. Our sages alluded to it […]
By Rabbi David Cohen The men came with the women. (35:22) Targum Onkelos translates “AL hanashim” as al neshaya, on the women. This implies that the men brought the donations on the women, suggesting that the men accompanied their wives to the collection center, after which the women removed their […]
By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov The major incident in this week’s parsha is the story of Bnei Israel making the golden calf. This is of course a very strange event. How in the world could they have worshiped idols after experiencing the miracles of the Exodus? We are talking about people […]
By Rabbi Aharon Seleh The Sefer Chai be’Emuna brings a story about a religious person who bought a lottery ticket in Israel. He was notified after the drawing that he had the winning numbers! He won millions! He was ecstatic. Soon afterwards he was called with the sad news that […]