Noah was an obedient servant of God amidst a sinful world. He is most well-known for building an ark that preserved himself and his family, as well as representatives of every land animal, from a great flood that God unleashed in judgment upon the earth. In the previous parashah, Bereishit, we saw how God created…
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Noah’s Sacrifices
Noah’s SacrificesUnderlying the present parshah of Noah and the ensuing parshiyos, which tell the story of the patriarchs, is the quest for the Holy Mountain of G-d, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Adam’s body had been created from the dust and earth of the Temple Mount. And “to dust you will return!” — mankind must…
Parashat Bereshit / פרשת בראשית
Torah Genesis Genesis begins with the so-called “primeval history” (Genesis 1–11), the story of the world’s beginnings, and the descent from Adam. This is followed by the story of the three patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), Joseph (Genesis 12–50), and the four matriarchs (Sarah, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel). Hashem gives to the patriarchs…
Parashat Chayei Sara / פרשת חיי שרה
Genesis 23:2 with Sforno, Midrash Tanhuma Source Sheet by yaakov Saavedra בראשית כ״ג:ב׳ (ב) וַתָּ֣מָת שָׂרָ֗ה בְּקִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע הִ֥וא חֶבְר֖וֹן בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַיָּבֹא֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם לִסְפֹּ֥ד לְשָׂרָ֖ה וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ׃ Genesis 23:2 (2) And Sarah died in Kiriath Arba—it is Hebron—in the land of Canaan; Abraham came to grieve for Sarah and to weep for her. ספורנו על בראשית…
VE-ZOS HABRACHAH
With The End Comes The Beginning By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading for Simchas Torah: VE-ZOS HABRACHAH, Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12Additional reading: Genesis 1:1-2:3Maftir: Numbers 29:35-30:1Haftara: Joshua 1:1-18 AND THIS IS THE BLESSING After the succession of stern rebukes to Israel in the preceding parshahs, we finally come to the conclusion of the Torah, which is all…
Shabbat Shuva 2020 – 5781 / שַׁבָּת שׁוּבָה
The Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is called Shabbat Shuvah, or the Sabbath of return. If that word reminds you of the word teshuvah, that’s not a coincidence — they share a common root. Teshuvah, or repentance, is a core concept of the High Holidays. The word literally means “return.” Services…
Parashat Ha’Azinu / פרשת האזינו
Torah Reading: HA-AZINU, Deuteronomy 32: 1-52 THE SONG OF G-D’S JUSTICE Some songs are happy, some are sad. Some are for entertainment. Some come to tell a story or teach a lesson. Some express the inner heart and soul. Unique among all songs is the song of Moses in our parashah. HA-AZINU is the song of…
Parashat Ha’Azinu / פרשת האזינו
Torah Reading: HA-AZINU, Deuteronomy 32: 1-52 THE SONG OF G-D’S JUSTICE Some songs are happy, some are sad. Some are for entertainment. Some come to tell a story or teach a lesson. Some express the inner heart and soul. Unique among all songs is the song of Moses in our parshah. HA-AZINU is the song of…
TORAH: NITZAVIM-VAYELECH
TORAH: NITZAVIM-VAYELECH By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: NITZAVIM: Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 VAYELECH: Deuteronomy 31:1-30. DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING “Declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying ‘My counsel shall stand and all My pleasure I shall do’ ” (Isaiah 46:10). Parshas NITZAVIM is always…
You shall not despise
Ki Tetze21:10 If you go out to war against your enemy and the L-rd yourG-d delivers him into your hand, and you capture itscaptivity,If you go out to war – This [ 4‘If’] teaches us that Scripture is herespeaking of a permitted war “and you capture its captivity – to include Canaanites from outside EretzYisrael,…
Parashat Ki Tavo / פרשת כי־תבוא
Parashat Ki Tavo is the 50th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Deuteronomy 26:10 – 29:8 Summary Parshat Ki Tavo In this parashah, Moses tells the people that when they come into the “land of milk and honey” (“Ki Tavo” means “when you enter”) and have settled there, each of them…
Parshas Ki Teitzei
When you go out to war against your enemies and HASHEM your G-d will deliver them into your hands and you will capture its captivity. (Devarim 21:10)The Torah only speaks versus the “negative inclination” (Rashi)“When you go out to war against your enemies…” In this verse we find the strategy for success in war against our most dangerous enemies.The Lubavitcher Rebbe saw in…
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