The intricate laws of the sacrifices can seem confusing and overwhelming. Part of the challenge is that the very concept of an offering...

ובצלאל בן אורי בן חור למטה יהודה עשה את כל אשר צוה ד' את משה (שמות לח:כג) ופרש"י-אשר צוה אותו משה אין כתיב כאן, אלא כל אשר צוה ד' את משה,...

In ספר תהלים, many psalms begins with an introductory word or phrase such as הללו, שיר המעלות, אשרי, משכיל, etc. One such word is...

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ואם מזבח אבנים תעשה לי לא תבנה אתהן גזית And if you build for Me an Altar of Stones, do not build them hewn Rashi points out, that...

נטית ימינך תבלעמו ארץ You stretched out Your right hand – the earth swallowed them. The splitting of the sea was the climax of the...

הירא את דבר ד' מעבדי פרעה הניס את עבדיו ואת מקנהו אל הבתים: ואשר לא שם לבו אל דבר ד' ויעזב את עבדיו ואת מקנהו בשדה Whoever among the...

ויסתר משה פניו כי ירא מהביט אל האלקים Moshe hid his face, because he was afraid to gaze at the Divine Presence Moshe Rabbeinu’s first...

Parshas Vayigash heralds our people's first national exile. Avrohom Avinu was already told of it in the prophecy of the Bris Bein Habesarim. Yaakov Avinu sensed its beginning upon his descent to Egypt to reunite with Yosef. Parshas Vayigash ushers in the very first "national exile" of our people. Avrohom Avinu was told about this destiny in the prophecy of the Bris bein Habesarim , and Yaakov Avinu sensed it beginning upon his descent to Egypt to reunite with Yosef. There is

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After the defeating the Greeks and regaining control of the Beis Hamikdash, the Chashmonaim found everything ransacked and contaminated....

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פרשת וישלח וישלח יעקב מלאכים לפניו אל עשיו אחיו And Yaakov sent messengers before him to Eisav his brother The Torah uses the word מלאכים usually translated as ‘angels’ to describe the messengers that Yaakov sent to his brother, Eisav. Indeed, Rashi brings from the medrash two opinions: either they indeed were real angels, or they were mere mortal messengers, described as angels. Either way, it would seem perplexing; if they really were angels, how could Yaakov utilize ange

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While realizing that he needed to bend the truth, Yaakov did not want an utterance of untruthfulness to undermine his character.

Rabbi Yonah Burr Our Sages tell us that the stories of our forefathers are in a sense more beloved than the mitzvos themselves. Some mitzvos are only written once, while this story is repeated in its entirety twice. The meforshim explain that learning about our forefathers gives us a window into greatness, showing us certain nuances and lessons that cannot always be given over explicitly. If we follow the pesukim carefully, we see some subtle differences between what actually

Rabbi Yonah Burr Although it was well known that Sodom had a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy towards welcoming guests, kindness, charity, and simple decency, Lot risked his own safety to welcome the visitors into his home. He even offered to sacrifice his own daughters to the rabble to spare his guests any dishonor. While we might say his sacrifice was misplaced and misguided, certainly his heart was in the right place. He surely deserves at least some credit for his commitment to th

By Rabbi Yonah Burr ויצא אתו החוצה ויאמר הבט נא השמימה וספר הכוכבים אם תוכל לספר אתם ויאמר לו כה יהיה זרעך “And Hashem took him outside and said, gaze towards the heavens, and count the stars; are you able to count them? And He said, so shall be your children” Why did Hashem take Avram outside? Simply, to compare his future offspring to the stars. Rashi, citing the medrash, states, “Hashem said to Avram, I know you checked your mazel, and have determined that it is impossible

By Rabbi Yonah Burr וימת תרח בחרן And Terach died in Charan. The very last word in this week’s parsha is ‘Charan’. Simply understood, it is the name of a place. Rashi, citing the Sifri, understands the word homiletically. Charan refers to Charon Af, which means anger. The Torah is teaching us that with the passing of Avraham’s father, Terach, a new era began. Until Avraham, there was anger, meaning Hashem looked towards the world with an attitude of anger. From Avraham and on

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