A yid makes a נדר as a סיג לתורה. The שלה הקדוש says the reason we need to come on to סייג, is because of סיגים, impurities, sediment due to our חטאים, especially חטא העגל which brought back the זוהמת הנחש. The root of סייג and סיג is סג, which equals sixty three, the number…
Category: PARSHA
Parashat Matot-Masei
AND MOSES TOLD THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL [ACCORDING TO ALL THAT THE ETERNAL COMMANDED MOSES]. “‘This is [stated] in order to separate the subject [of the offerings from that of the following chapter, dealing with vows and oaths].’ These are the words of Rabbi Yishmael. [The meaning thereof is as follows:] Since up till this…
ADV Parashat Pinchas
פינחס בס”ד In ירמיהו it says ותרד פלאים concerning the חורבן, where Rashi says that all were amazed at the downfall of י”ם, and the destruction of the בהמ”ק. If someone sees פינחס in a dream, many פלאים will happen to him חודש תמוז=771=ותרד פלאים – פלא is כתר, the אלף of אנכי The Torah…
Parashat Pinchas / פרשת פינחס
LET’S STUDY ONKELOSA Guide for Rabbis, Teachers and Torah Students to Study and Teach the Parashat Hashavuathrough the Eyes of its Most Important TranslatorBy Stanley M. Wagner and Israel DrazinBased on the five volume, Onkelos on the Torah (Genesis-Deuteronomy), Understanding the Bible Text, by Israel Drazin and Stanley M. Wagner, published by Gefen Publishing House,…
Adv Parsha Balak
Balak is a Parsha סתומה (no spaces). Parshas ויצא is also סתומה, the connection between the two Parshios, being that ויצא talks of Lavan who most say was מתגלגל into בלעם, and both wanted to לעקור את הכל. Parshas Balak is a Parsha of ונהפוך הוא, in that Billam’s curses were transformed into Brachos, even…
Parashat Balak / פרשת בלק
BALAK 2 And Balak bar Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amoraah. 3 And the Moabaah feared before the people greatly because they were many; yea, the Moab are were in distress before the sons of Israel. 4 And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this host consume all…
ADV Parsha Korach
The first Rashi in the Parsha is unique, and not found elsewhere, where Rashi says פרשה זו יפה נדרשת במדרש רבי תנחומא According to the peshat, which Rashi usually explains, Korach rebelled against the leader of all כלל ישראל, and was considered a רשע. However in דרש, Korach had lofty intentions, and was a great…
Parashat Korach / פרשת קורח
Parashat Korach / פרשת קורח Efrat, Israel – “And the Lord spoke to Moses saying ‘send forth for yourself men to explore the land of Canaan…” (Numbers 13:1-2) The great sin of humanity was Adam’s disregard of God’s command not to eat the fruit of knowledge; the great sin of Israel was the Israelites’ disregard of God’s command to…
Parashat Sh’lach / פרשת שלח־לך
Parsha Summary for Parshas Shlach Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person “goes up” to make a bracha [blessing] on the Torah Reading. 1st Aliya: Moshe sends the Spies on their mission. 2nd Aliya: The Spies return…
ADV Parashat Beha’alotcha
בהעלותך בס”ד The first four pesukim of the Parsha is the theme of the Parsha, the instructions to Aharon of the lighting the Menorah in the Mishkan. Rashi says that when Aharon saw the נשיאים bringing their sacrifices for the חנוכת המשכן, he had a חלישת הדעת in that he nor his שבט contributed. Hashem…
Parashat Beha’alotcha / פרשת בהעלתך
Torah Portion: Numbers 8:1 – 12:16 After the dedication of the Sanctuary — the portable Temple and repository of the Torah — the Children of Israel were almost ready to start the journey to the Land of Israel. The purpose was to fulfill the mission of Abraham, the founding father: to take the Ark of the…
Parashat Nasso / פרשת נשא
naso Portion Commentary Messiah the Avenger Thought for the Week: Messiah is our redeemer. He has redeemed us from slavery, from sin, from condemnation and from death. He is our kinsmen redeemer, our brother in the house of God, who has ransomed us from the debt we could not pay. Therefore, we speak of Him…
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