All posts in: Torah-Portion
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3 years agoWhat is there to think about? Vayakhel
And Moshe said to the Children of Israel, “See, Hashem has called by name Betzalel, son of Uri, son of Chor, from the Tribe of Yehudah. He imbued him with a Godly ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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3 years agoWords to the Wise: Clean Stains – Vayikra
Elisha ben Avuya was a great Mishnaic master who infamously turned heretic later in his life. After his demise he was simply known as Acher, other one. There is one episode ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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3 years agoWay out , Pray out 2022 [Book of Shemot]
Way Out, Pray out. Rabbi Daniel Leeman ‘Shemos’, the second of the five books of the Torah, is ‘the book of exile and redemption’. In the book of Shemos ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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3 years agoVAYAKHEL – LEARNING ON SHABBOS
Shemos, 35:1-2: “And Moshe gathered all the assembly of the Children of Israel, and he said to them, ‘these are the matters that HaShem commanded, to do them. ..
Written by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
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3 years agoThe Urge to Create – Parshas Vayakhel
The Akeida talks about the human urge to create and what people should do with that urge. He writes that since people weren’t created to do nothing (rather to achieve), ..
Written by Rabbi Shmuel Gluck
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3 years agoTo Do or Not to Do – Vayakhel
“ … these are the things that Hashem commanded to do them” (ibid.). Why, asks the Or ha’Chayim, does the Torah find it necessary to add the words “to ..
Written by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
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3 years agoUnity – Parshas Ki Sisa
זֶה יִתְּנוּ כָּל הָעבֵר עַל הַפְּקֻדִים מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקּדֶשׁ This they should ..
Written by Rabbi Moishe Kormornick
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3 years agoWords to the Wise: The Middos Connection – Parshas Ki Sisa
Ki Sisa: The Middos Connection Eric Adams, the current Mayor of New York City, had a public scuffle with the press corps this week. The part that struck me was when ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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3 years agoDon’t Remain Silent! – Ki Sisa
“Moshe stood at the gate of the camp and announced: ‘Whoever is on G-d’s side, come to me!’ And the whole tribe of Levi gathered to him.” ..
Written by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
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3 years agoCLEARING THE CONFUSION – KI SISA
The sin of the Golden Calf is one of the most difficult to comprehend episodes in the Torah. The commentaries discuss at length how the Jewish people could stumble ..
Written by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
