Parshas Shemos 5786
וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמוֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַבָּאִ֖ים מִצְרָ֑יְמָה אֵ֣ת יַעֲקֹ֔ב אִ֥ישׁ וּבֵית֖וֹ בָּֽאוּ׃
And these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each man came with his household.
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Parshas Vayechi 5786
וַאֲנִ֣י ׀ בְּבֹאִ֣י מִפַּדָּ֗ן מֵ֩תָה֩ עָלַ֨י רָחֵ֜ל בְּאֶ֤רֶץ כְּנַ֙עַן֙ בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ בְּע֥וֹד כִּבְרַת־אֶ֖רֶץ לָבֹ֣א אֶפְרָ֑תָה וָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָ שָּׁם֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ׳
אֶפְרָ֔ת הִ֖וא בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃
As for me, when I was coming...Read more...
Parshas Vayigash 5786
וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו אֵ֣ת כׇּל־דִּבְרֵ֤י יוֹסֵף֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־הָ֣עֲגָל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֥ח יוֹסֵ֖ף לָשֵׂ֣את אֹת֑וֹ וַתְּחִ֕י ר֖וּחַ יַעֲקֹ֥ב אֲבִיהֶֽם׃
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PARSHAS Mikeitz Shabbos Chanukah 5786
Each year on Chanukah we fulfill the mitzvah of neiros Chanukah, and in normative Ashkenazic practice we do so at the level described by the Gemara as mehadrin min hamehadrin, the most meticulous and elevated manner of performance.
Chanukah, of course, is a rabbinic holiday, and the mitzvos associated with it are rabbinic in origin as well. It is therefore striking that specifically on Chanukah there is such a...Read more...
Parshas Vayeishev 5786
וַיְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וַתִּשָּׂ֧א אֵֽשֶׁת־אֲדֹנָ֛יו אֶת־עֵינֶ֖יהָ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֑ף וַתֹּ֖אמֶר שִׁכְבָ֥ה עִמִּֽי׃
And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Yosef, and she said: ‘Lie with me
וַיְמָאֵ֓ן ׀ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־אֵ֣שֶׁת אֲדֹנָ֔יו הֵ֣ן אֲדֹנִ֔י לֹא־יָדַ֥ע אִתִּ֖י מַה־בַּבָּ֑יִת וְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יֶשׁ־ל֖וֹ נָתַ֥ן בְּיָדִֽי׃
Parshas Vayishlach 5786
וַיִּוָּתֵ֥ר יַעֲקֹ֖ב לְבַדּ֑וֹ וַיֵּאָבֵ֥ק אִישׁ֙ עִמּ֔וֹ עַ֖ד עֲל֥וֹת הַשָּֽׁחַר׃
Yaakov was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn.
וַיַּ֗רְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ ל֔וֹ וַיִּגַּ֖ע בְּכַף־יְרֵכ֑וֹ וַתֵּ֙קַע֙...Read more...
Parshas Vayeitzei 5786
In the middle of Parshas Vayeitzei, as Leah has already borne several sons to Yaakov and Rachel has yet to conceive, the Torah presents a puzzling and emotionally charged scene.
Reuven goes out during the wheat harvest and finds dudaim, a plant which, as Rashi explains, was believed to enhance fertility. Hoping these plants might help her finally bear a child, Rachel asks her sister Leah to share some of them with...Read more...
Parshas Toldos 5786
וַיִּתְרֹצְצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ וַתֹּאמֶר אִם־כֵּן לָמָּה זֶּה אָנֹכִי וַתֵּלֶךְ לִדְרֹשׁ אֶת־ה'׃
The children struggled within her, and she said, ‘If so, why am I like this?’ And she went to inquire of Hashem.
After years of infertility, Rivka finally conceives,...Read more...
Parshas Chayei Sarah 5786
וַיִּהְיוּ֙ חַיֵּ֣י שָׂרָ֔ה מֵאָ֥ה שָׁנָ֛ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְשֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֑ים שְׁנֵ֖י חַיֵּ֥י שָׂרָֽה׃
And the life of Sarah was one hundred years, and twenty years, and seven years — the years of Sarah’s life.
וְאַבְרָהָ֣ם זָקֵ֔ן בָּ֖א...Read more...
Parshas Vayeira 5786
וַיֵּרָ֤א אֵלָיו֙ ה' בְּאֵלֹנֵ֖י מַמְרֵ֑א וְה֛וּא יֹשֵׁ֥ב פֶּֽתַח־הָאֹ֖הֶל כְּחֹ֥ם הַיּֽוֹם
“And Hashem appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, while he was sitting at the entrance of the tent in the heat of the day.”
The parsha opens with Hashem visiting Avraham as he recovers from his bris milah.
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Parshas Lech Lecha 5786
In Parshas Lech Lecha, Avraham, then called Avram, is told:
וְאֶֽעֶשְׂךָ֙ לְג֣וֹי גָּד֔וֹל וַאֲבָ֣רֶכְךָ֔ וַאֲגַדְּלָ֖ה שְׁמֶ֑ךָ וֶהְיֵ֖ה בְּרָכָֽה׃
I will make of you a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you shall be a blessing.”
(Bereishis 12:2
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