Parshas Bo
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ויצא מעם פרעה בחרי אף (פרק יא פסוק ח) After מכת חשך (the plague of darkness), when Pharoah continues his stubborn refusal, he angrily threatens Moshe that if he dares to show his face again then he will be punished severely. Moshe readily agrees with Pharoah that he will […]
Freedom: Its True Definition
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In שמות פרק י:א , Exodus 6:1, it states, “and G-d said to Moshe, ‘Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand he will let them [the Jewish people] go. Indeed, by a strong hand he will drive them out of his […]
Parshas Va’eira
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum הן בני ישראל לא שמעו אלי ואיך ישמעני פרעה (פרק ו פסוק יב) Hashem tells Moshe to inform the Jews that Hashem will take them out of מצרים and bring them to ארץ ישראל. The Torah tells us that the did not listen to Moshe because they were too […]
Certainty and Actuality
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In the beginning of פ‘ וארא (ו‘:ג‘) , we are taught one of the essential fundamentals of Hashem’s world. “And I (Hashem) appears to the Patriarchs as קל שקי, but My name which implies my Essential Truth, I didn’t reveal (Myself).” Rashi explains the first name is a manifestation […]
Parshas Shemos
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ותחיין את הילדים (פרק א פסוק יז) Pharoah commanded the Jewish midwives, Shifrah and Puah, to murder all Jewish male babies. They brazenly ignored the missive, at great personal risk, and did not kill any children. The Torah adds that they also gave life to the children. What is […]
Moshe Rabeinu
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In this week’s פרשה we are introduced to משה רבינו, who eventually would be the one to bring the Torah to Klal Yisroel. Basya, the daughter of Pharaoh, saved his life, after finding him in a basket, floating on the water. She named him משה , Moshe, for מן […]
Parshas Vayechi
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ויאמר יוסף אל אביו בני הם אשר נתן לי אלקים (פרק מח פסוק ט) When Yaakov is approaching his final day on this world, he calls to Yosef to bless his children. Yosef comes with Menashe and Efraim and Yaakov asks him, “who are these people.” Although Yaakov knew […]
Honesty and Impetuosity
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier יעקב אבינו, our patriarch Jacob, before his death, blessed his sons. To ראובן he said, “Reuven, you were to have superior positions, that of kingship and priesthood. But due to water-like impetuosity, you forfeited both of them.” Though Reuven had thought he was acting virtuously in justifying his mother’s […]
Parshas Vayigash
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ולא יכלו אחיו לענות אותו כי נבהלו מפניו (פרק מה פסוק ג) After Yosef revealed himself to his brothers the Torah tells us that they were too astounded to respond. The Medrash applies this sensation to the final Day of Judgement when we will be faced with the glaring, […]
Measuring and Convincing Another
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In the beginning of the week’s Parsha, we read of the epic battle waged by Yehuda to save Binyomin. Truthfully, the stakes couldn’t be higher; Yosef and Yehuda, two people worthy of sovereignty, are fighting for what they feel will affect the destiny of mankind. Yosef’s plan was to […]
