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Parshas Ki Sisa–“Little Did I Know”

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb Birthdays are important, and the older one gets, the more important he becomes. With age, birthdays begin to stimulate ambiguous...

Parshas Ki Sisa – Making a Difference in the World

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis Sometimes we wonder whether we puny individuals can make an impact on world events, whether we can make a real difference...

Parshas Tetzaveh–“Clothes Make the Man”

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb My interest in the relationship between a person and his or her clothing goes back to my early days in...

Parshas Tetzaveh; Moshe Rabbenu Putting Himself on the Line

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis This week`s parsha, Titsaveh, opens with the words, "V`Atoh titsaveh..,"–"And you shall command..." The words "and you" are puzzling. Who is "you",...

Parshas Terumah–The Mishkan Gifts Are Listed In Descending Order

By: Rabbi Yissocher Frand The verse lists the various materials that were donated to the Mishkan. The Torah mentions "gold, silver, and copper; turquoise, purple,...

Parshas Terumah – Building G-d’s Sanctuary

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this week’s parsha, we find the commandments to build the mishkan and all the vessels that were contained therein, including the ark, the...

Parshas Mishpatim – The Stuff of Unity

By: Rabbi Aron Tendler There are families whose hold on Judaism and Jewish tradition is so tentative that the word “holy” is thought to be...

Parshas Mishpatim – How to Relate to Your Fellow Man

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis The parashah opens with a most unusual expression, "V`eileh hamishpatim asher tasim lifneihem - And these are the commandments that you shall place before them."...

Parshas Yisro–Do You Listen to What You Hear?

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis Incredibly, the portion is entitled "Yitro" rather than "Moses" or "The Ten Commandments". The reason for this begs an answer. The...

Parshas Yisro–Preparing to Receive The Torah

By: Shlomo Katz The highlight of this week’s parashah is the Giving of the Torah. In preparation for that event, Moshe was told to fence-off Har Sinai and...

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 Beshalach – Shabbos Shira

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis This Shabbos is known as the "Sabbath of Song" because it is in this parsha that Moses leads the Jewish men, and Miriam the prophetess,...

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 Bo–The Redemption Comes When Things Seem Bleakest

By: Rabbi Yissocher Frand This week’s parsha contains a “famous pasuk”: “They baked the dough that they took out of Egypt into unleavened cakes, for...

Parshas Vaera–“Hopeless”

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb I remember the conversation very well. It was a discussion among a group of assorted friends, from a variety of...

Parshas Vaera – The Art of Comfort and Consolation

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis To find the proper words on such occasions is never easy, but that was the challenge of Moshe Rabbenu as he...

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