Parshas Beshalach
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum וייראו העם את ה’ (פרק יד פסוק לא) The Medrash says that only by קריעת ים סוף did בני ישראל truly fear Hashem, in Egypt they had not attained that level. The Beis Halevi asks what was special about קריעת ים סוף, didn’t the Jews witness countless miracles by […]
Parshas Beshalach: Our Essence
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 if we are once again […]
Parshas Bo
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloime Lindenbaum דבר נא באזני העם וישאלו איש מאת רעהו…(פרק יא פסוק ב) Hashem asks Moshe to instruct Klal Yisroel to go to the Egyptians and ask to borrow their gold and silver. Rashi points out that Hashem expressed this as a request, almost a plea, because He didn’t want Avraham […]
Parshas Bo: Lessons of Civility
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In פרשת לך לך, Genesis 15:13-14, the Almighty tells Avrohom Avinu, “Know that your offspring shall be in a land not their own – and they will serve them and they will oppress them four hundred years. But also the nation they will serve, I shall judge and afterwards […]
Parshas Va’era
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ויצעק משה אל ה’ על דבר הצפרדעים (פרק ח פסוק ח) There are many times throughout the מכות that Pharoah asked Moshe to daven and remove the מכה. The wording describing Moshe’s prayer, however, is unique by the מכה of צפרדע. Every other time that Moshe davened, the פסוק […]
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 land.’” […]
Parshas Shemos
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloime Lindenbaum ויהי כי יראו המילדות את האלקים ויעש להם בתים (פרק ב פסוק כא) Shifrah and Puah, the G-d-fearing Jewish midwives, risked their lives defying Pharoah’s order to kill all Jewish male babies. The פסוק says that as a reward, Hashem established houses for them. Rashi explains this to mean […]
Parshas Shemos: Selfless Dedication
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier We are introduced to משה רבינו, our great teacher and leader Moshe Rabeinu, as one who passionately with compassion went to feel the pain of his people and later on, in his life, one who saved seven non-Jewish women (daughters of Yisro) from abuse, and one whose “vocation” was […]
Parshas Vayechi
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum אחלקם ביעקב אפיצם בישראל (פרק מט פסוק ז) Yaakov tells Shimon and Levi that because of their attack on Shechem- when taking revenge on Dinah’s behalf- they will be scattered throughout the Jewish nation. Rashi expounds further that generally Rebbeim and scribes, professions that do not hold a lot […]
Parshas Vayechi: Life’s Greatest Blessing
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In Parshas Vayechi, we read that our patriarch, Jacob, gathered his twelve sons with the intention to bestow a blessing to each one. What is perplexing is that the first three sons, Reuven, Shimon and Levi are castigated and criticized for previous actions on their part. Why does the […]
