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Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum מחוץ לפרוכת אשר על העדת יערך אותו (פרק כז פסוק כא) The Torah commands בני ישראל to donate olive oil for use in the משכן and explains that its purpose will be for the מנורה which is to be placed outside the curtain that

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier Dovid Hamelech in Psalms Ch. 22:1 states, “למנצח על אילת השחר”. The Talmud in מס‘ יומא כט , Tractate Yoma 29a, quotes רב אסי , Rav Assi who explains that this refers to the period of אסתר המלכה , Queen Esther. Why is the

Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum דבר אל בני ישראל ויקחו לי תרומה (פרק כה פסוק ב) Hashem commands Moshe to instruct the Jewish nation to donate money and materials for the purpose of building His משכן. The Beis Halevi explains that this mitzvah comes specifically after פרשת משפטים because

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier HaRav Yerucham Levovitz זצ”ל taught that in this week’s portion we are inculcated with one of the major lessons of spiritual life! The Torah delineates the exact measurements of the Mishkan (Tabernacle), the מנורה (candelabrum), the שולחן (table for the showbreads), the ארון (ark)…

Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ורפא ירפא (פרק כא פסוק יט) In listing off the laws of various liabilities the Torah tells us that if two people are fighting and onedamages the other in a way that puts him out of commission, the attacker must pay various payments tothe

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier Immediately after the giving of the עשרת הדברות at Har Sinai, the Torah introduces us to the mitzvah of the עבד עברי; a Jewish male who had stolen money and can’t pay back. He is “contracted” as an indentured servant for a period of

Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ואתה תחזה מכל העם אנשי חיל וכו’ (פרק יח פסוק כא) Yisro advises Moshe that instead of him judging the entire Jewish people by himself, he should establish smaller courts to deal with the simpler cases. Only the most difficult cases will be brought

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier The Torah says (18:13), “…And Moshe sat to judge, adjudicate cases for people, and they – the people – stood by him from the morning till the evening.” Rashi asks, “Was it possible? We are seeing that any judge that renders judgment that is

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier This Shabbos we once again relive the momentous occurence of the deliverance of Klal Yisroel at the Reed Sea! The Egyptians, nine million of them, drowned while the Jewish people were saved. As this portion is read in the synagogue, all attendees stand, as

Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ויולך ה’ את הים ברוח קדים (פרק יד פסוק כא) Moshe raises his hand over the ים סוף and Hashem sends a powerful eastern windthroughout the night to split the sea. The Ramban explains that the reason for this windis to provide the Egyptians