Parshas Beshalach | Shabbos Shira
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum אז ישיר משה (פרק טו פסוק א) The famous שירה that בני ישראל sang at the ים סוף begins with the word אז- then. The מדרש notes a different usage of the same word when משה was complaining to Hashem that after he was sent to פרעה the workload […]
Our Essence
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier This Shabbos we once again relive the momentous occurrence 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 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 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 […]