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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, […]

Parashat Vaetchanan

Parasha Thoughts By Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם֒ ×›Ö´Ö¼Ö£×™ הִ֤וא חָכְמַתְכֶם֙ וּבִ֣ינַתְכֶ֔ם לְעֵינֵ֖י הָעַמִּ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִשְׁמְע֗וּן אֵ֚ת כָּל־הַחֻקִּ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְאָמְר֗וּ רַ֚ק עַם־חָכָ֣ם וְנָב֔וֹן הַגּ֥וֹי הַגָּד֖וֹל הַזֶּֽה׃ Observe them faithfully, for that will be proof of your wisdom and discernment to other peoples, who on hearing of all these laws will […]