All posts in: Bo
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7 years ago
Remembering Egypt…
והיה לאות על ידכה ולטוטפת בין עיניך כי בחוזק יד הוציאנו ה’ ממצרים (13:16) This week’s Parsha sees the beginning ..
Written by Benji Landau
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7 years ago
From slaves to Torah-receivers in only 50 days? Impossible!
The Netziv (Shemos 6:6) asks THE question: how could a nation which had been in slavery for close to two-hundred years, having been firmly enveloped in a slave mentality, ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
A Friend in High Places
Parshas Bo; Friend in High Places Sometimes a small act can facilitate larger events. I remember during my first year in Yeshiva I was sent to reserve a bimah down ..
Written by D Fine
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7 years ago
Parashas Bo (long)
Parashas Bo How many plagues appear in this weeks sedra Bo/בא? … It’s in the name… Just like we did with last week’s sedra, Vaeira, the gematria of Bo should ..
Written by Daniel Sandground
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7 years ago
about Midnight isn’t so precise??
Moshe says to Pharoah ” at about midnight Hashem will bring Darkness over the land” Why does Moshe say K’Chatzos (about midnight)?? Usually Hashem ..
Written by BENJAMIN A ROSE
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7 years ago
When mercy is cruel
The sedra opens with the ‘amira’ form of speech; which denotes a softer, calmer message. Why? The Ohr HaChaim gives two answers here. Firstly, he writes that ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
I’ll be there for you!!
Hashem tells Moshe “Bo El Pharoh” which translates as “Come to Pharoh”. Shouldn’t he have said “Go to Pharoh”? This teaches ..
Written by Benjamin Rose
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7 years ago
warning falling on deaf ears
The opening pasuk of our sedra seems a bit strange at first glance. It reads ‘and HaShem said to Moshe ‘come to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
The second shortest Vort EVER!! (A BIT MORE OF WHAT MR FINE SAID)
The Gematria of Vov and Aleph (the first two letters of Voera) = 7, because there are 7 plagues in that sedra, The gematria of Beis and Aleph (the first two letters ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
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7 years ago
the shortest vort ever!
The Ba’al HaTurim notes that the word (& sedra) ‘Bo’ has the gematria of 3, which is the same number of plagues that are in the sedra (locusts, ..
Written by D Fine
