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Yael Chaya Miriam Gray
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,...
Yael Chaya Miriam Gray
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...
David Seidenberg
Jan 19, 2024, 3:23 PM
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What about Moses’ heart?
How could the former Egyptian prince announce the last plague in good conscience, without protesting God's plan to kill so many?
Dovid Vigler
Jan 15, 2024, 10:37 PM
Can the Whole World be Wrong about Israel?
Israel and the Jews are on Trial Today. Vital information to share with your loved ones. Israel is being accused of genocide and war crimes in the International Criminal Court in The Hague. As if it wasn’t bad enough that we...
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Jan 15, 2024, 1:49 AM
The Redemptive Message of Parshat Va’era
Some people think some Jews have a shetl mentality. Others think some Jews have a slave mentality. Looking at the aftermath of the Hamas Pillage of October – two very different reactions surfaced: Some voiced the shtetl-victimhood, hand wringing...
Maury Grebenau
Jan 14, 2024, 6:02 PM
Vision in a time of crisis
When Moshe relays Hashem’s promise of redemption at the outset of the parsha the response is anti-climactic. The Jewish people do not listen to Moshe. The pasuk gives a very specific reason that Moshe’s message is not received by...
William Hamilton
Jan 12, 2024, 5:45 PM
I was wrong. You were right.
It’s delicious. Hearing someone say, ‘I’m sorry. I was wrong. You were right.’ If you’re like me, you spend a lot of life longing to hear these words. Yet, they are so elusive. So rare. Why? Turns out that even...
Kenneth Brander
Jan 12, 2024, 1:30 PM
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‘Cleared for publication’: The power of a name
Just as the Divine Name is a revelation, the names of those who make the ultimate sacrifice offer a glimpse into their worlds (Vaera)
Frederick L. Klein
Jan 12, 2024, 9:33 AM
VaEra: Delusions of Power
There is another story that could have been told in this week’s parashah. Moses could have gone to Pharaoh and argued on behalf of the Jewish people, and Pharaoh -- recognizing their inherit dignity -- could have let them...
Ya'aqov Shenkin
Jan 12, 2024, 1:39 AM
Hashem’s Name and Active Conscientious
Parashath Wayera begins with Hashem introducing Himself by the name of the Tetragrammaton. He then proceeds to tell Moshe that He did not reveal Himself to the Avoth in such a manner, rather He appeared in the form of...
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