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Feb 23, 2024, 11:48 PM
What’s the wrestling match between Yaakov and Esau’s angel at the Ford of Jabbok (Bereishis 32: 22-31) all about?
An Answer: Our Sages tell us that what happened to the Avot (fathers) in the Torah is a signpost for their children: what's happened to the fathers in the past will happen to their children in the future -...
Feb 10, 2024, 12:40 AM
Who Are The Firstborn and Why Should We Care?
Under Torah Law, the firstborn male in a family inherits a double portion of his father's estate upon his death. As between Esau and Yaakov, however, the question of which brother is the firstborn son is not an easy...
Feb 6, 2024, 3:27 PM
G-d Tests Avrohom; Avrohom Tests G-d
Rabbi Huna said in the name of Rabbi Eliezer the son of Rabbi Yosei HaGelili: The Holy One of Blessing first places the righteous in doubt and suspense, and then reveals to them the real meaning of the matter,...
Feb 4, 2024, 8:50 AM
The Sacrificial Ram of Israel
"Jeremiah declares: 'They have built altars to burn their children with fire as offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor did I speak it, nor has it arisen in my thought.' 'Which I commanded not - this refers to Mesha...
Feb 2, 2024, 3:42 PM
The Good Son, Bad Son Theme in Genesis
Q. Why did Adam, Avrohom, and Yitzchok have one son who was "bad" and one son who was "good"? A. "The seed of Israel had been secreted away since before the creation of the world. For two thousand years, G-d...
Feb 1, 2024, 11:06 PM
Why did Yisro have to be at matan Torah?
Q. Why was it essential for Moshe Rabbeinu's father-in-law, Yisro, to show up before matan Torah and to experience it for himself? (See Zohar, disagreeing with many Sages who say Yosro showed up after). A. It was essential for Yisro...
Jan 19, 2024, 5:28 PM
Shemot 32:9: As a personal test of Moshe Rabbeinu
"9And the Lord said to Moses: "I have seen this people and behold! they are a stiff necked people. טוַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־משֶׁ֑ה רָאִ֨יתִי֙ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֥ה עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹ֖רֶף הֽוּא: "10Now leave Me alone, and My anger will be kindled against them so...
Jan 18, 2024, 9:50 PM
‘Congratulations! You’ve broken them!’
Even little children know that G-d offered to give the Holy Torah to all of the other nations, each of whom rejected it, because of its contents. Only klal Yisroel accepted the Torah unconditionally, even enthusiastically, responding, "Na'aseh v'nishma,"...
Jan 17, 2024, 6:12 PM
Loving G-d: A personal journey
"You shall love the L-rd, Your G-d, with all of your heart, and all of your soul, and all of your might." ~ Siddur, The Shema I confess do not remember a time in my life when was not crazy-in-love with...
Jan 16, 2024, 7:36 PM
‘You shall carry up my bones away from here’
"And Moshe took the bones of Yosef with him: for he had laid an oath on the children of Yisra᾽el, saying, God will surely visit you; and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you. Shemot...
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