By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom, this Shabbat is called Shabbat Hazon because of the Haftara that we read from the book of Yesha’ya. The Midrash in Tehilim 137 says: עַ֥ל × Ö·×”Ö²×¨Ö¨×•Ö¹×ª ×€ בָּבֶ֗ל שָ×Ö£× ×™Ö¸Öשַ××‘Ö°× ×•Ö¼ ×’Ö·Ö¼×Ö¾×‘Ö¸Ö¼×›Ö´Ö‘×™× ×•Ö¼ בְּÖ×–Ö¸×›Ö°×¨ÖµÖ—× ×•Ö¼ ×ֶת־צִיּֽוֹן׃ “By the rivers of Babel, there we sat down and we cried […]
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By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh צָר֖וֹר ×Ö¶×ªÖ¾×”Ö·×žÖ´Ö¼×“Ö°×™Ö¸× Ö´Ö‘×™× ×•Ö°×”Ö´×›Ö´Ö¼×™×ªÖ¶Ö–× ×וֹתָֽ×׃ “Assail the Midianites and defeat them—25:17 × Ö°×§Ö¹Ö—× × Ö´×§Ö°×žÖ·×ªÖ™ ×‘Ö°Ö¼× ÖµÖ£×™ יִשְׂרָ×ֵ֔ל מֵ×ֵ֖ת ×”Ö·×žÖ´Ö¼×“Ö°×™Ö¸× Ö´Ö‘×™× ×ַחַ֖ר תֵּ×ָסֵ֥ף ×ֶל־עַמֶּֽיךָ׃ “Avenge the Israelite people on the Midianites; …31:2 I recently heard Harav Yaakov Hillel explain the purpose of these two separate commandments in regards to dealing with […]
By Rabbi David Cohen And the name of the slain woman was Kasbi bas Tzur, he was head of peoples/ (25:15) Later on, in (31:18), we read that Midyan had five kings. Tzur was the most prominent of them all, as he is referred to here as rosh umot, head […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov In this week’s Torah portion we read about the incident for which Moshe Rabeinu was punished and not permitted to enter Eretz Israel. On the fortieth year of the Exodus, right before Beni Israel entered the land of Israel, the well which provided Beni […]
Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Aharon Seleh The Chofetz Chaim used to emphasize that if you want to know how the final redemption will play out, look back at our redemption from Egypt. Rabbi Mattisyahu Solomon asks, “When Hashem told Moshe the time had come to redeem Israel, Moshe went to […]