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Parshas Beshalach – Shabbos in Gaza

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “Vayehi beshalach Pharaoh es ha’am, And it was when Pharaoh sent out the nation…” (Shemos 13:17). The Talmud teaches that when...

Parshat Beshalach – “Don’t Forget the Tambourines!”

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb It is a familiar domestic scene, one that we have all experienced. The family is about to leave on a...

Parshas Bo – Tell the Story

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This week’s parsha, Bo, tells us of the mitzva of V’higadeta l’vincha, and you shall tell your son…” (Shemos 13:8). The...

Parshas Bo – Reinvigorate Yourself Jewishly

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis At the beginning of the parsha, we are told that one of HaShem`s goals in the exodus from Egypt was to...

Parshas Vaera – Habaita; Coming Home

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Baruch Atah HaShem….. matir assurim. Blessed are you HaShem…. Who releases captives. One of the brachos we say every morning during Shacharis. Following the...

Parshas Vaera – The Role of Faith

By: Rabbi Shlomo Katz We read near the beginning of our Parashah that Moshe spoke Hashem’s words to Bnei Yisrael, “but they did not heed...

Parshas Shemos–Live Your Name

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “V’eileh Shemos Bnei Yisroel, These are the names of Bnei Yisroel.” (Shemos 1:1) There is a well-known Midrash which teaches that the...

Parshas Shemos – The Difference Between Emunah and Bitachon

By: Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier “And Moshe returned to HASHEM and said, “HASHEM, why have You done evil to this people? Why have You sent...

Parshas Vayechi–Different But Together

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin End of life plans. Wills, last requests. Not things that are pleasant to think about. Decisions we tend to delay and...

Parshas Vayechi – The Special Level of Yaakov

By: Rabbi Yosef Kalatsky The Special Level of Yaakov, Our Patriarch The Midrash Tanchuma states, “Reb Shimon Bar Yochai said, “Hashem said to the Klal Yisroel...

Parshas Vayigash – We Can’t Forget

Parshas Vayigash – We Can’t Forget By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin This Shabbos, Parshas Vayigash, we read of the emotional moment when Yosef revealed his true identity...

Parshas Vayigash – Yosef’s Legacy

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Twenty-two years passed since Yosef had last seen his family. Hard years. Years of slavery. Years of imprisonment. Yosef is now...

Parshas Vayigash – Yosef’s Faith, Yaakov’s Reward

By: Shlomo Katz The Midrash Rabbah comments on the verse (45:28), “Yisrael said, ‘How great! My son Yosef still lives!’”– Yaakov said, “How great is...

Chanukah Gifting in 2024

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin I was Chanukah gift shopping for my grandchildren. A friend approached me, and asked if I was experiencing what she was going...

Parshas Miketz – The Art of Forgiveness

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this week`s parsha we read the dramatic story of Joseph who is now Viceroy of Egypt meeting his brethren after...

Parshas Vayeishev – Listen to the Lights

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin On recent trips to Eretz Yisroel, I noticed a change in the simple greeting of boker tov, good morning. Instead of...

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