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Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ושבתי בשלום אל בית אבי והיה ה’ לי לאלקים (פרק כח פסוק כא) Yaakov runs away from Eisav’s vengeful wrath to his notorious uncle, Lavan. On the way he turns to Hashem and beseeches Him to deliver him whole and healthy, spiritually and physically,
By Rabbi Naftoly Bier Print PDF In פרק ל“א, פס‘ מ“ב it says, “If the G-d of my fathers, the G-d of Avraham and the ‘dread’ of Yitzchak had not been with me, you surely would have send me emptyhanded; G-d saw my wretchedness (or plight) and the toil of
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In פ’ תולדות, כה, כז, Genesis 25. 27, it states, “When the boys grew up, it came to pass that Essau was a man who understood hunting, a man of the field, and Yaakov, Jacob, an honest person, dwelling in tents.” The Torah does
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloime Lindenbaum הנה אנכי הולך למות ולמה זה לי בכורה (פרק כה פסוק לב) Eisav, exhausted from his day in the field, asks his brother Yaakov for a bowl of עדשים. Yaakov agrees inexchange for the בכורה, the firstborn rights, which Rashi explains would entitle Eisav
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In פרק כ“ד:ס“ג , chapter 24 verse 63 it states: “ ויצא יצחק לשוח בשדה “ . The Talmud ברכות כו:י translates it to mean that יצחק , our patriarch Isaac went to pray ( שיח , to speak). רבינו בחיי , Rabbeinu Bachya
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ויהיו חיי שרה וכו’ (פרק כג פסוק א) The Parsha begins with the death of Sarah and Avraham’s subsequent search for a proper gravesite forhis late wife. Rabbeinu Yonah deems this to be the tenth and final test in which Hashem testedAvraham. He explains
Print PDF By: Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum לושי ועשי עוגות…ויקח חמאה וחלב ובן הבקר (פרק יח פסוק ו-ח) When the מלאכים came to visit אברהם he hastily prepared a lavish meal in their honor. While heprepared the meat, he instructed שרה to ready the bread. Strangely, though, when he served the
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier The Medrash states for 2,448 years the world existed due to the חסד, selfless dedication to all of אברהם אבינו, our patriarch Abraham, who was the paragon of kindness and taught the world by example. Due to this dynamic, when he was commanded by
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum בט נא השמימה וספר הכוכבים אם תוכל לספור…כה יהיה זרעך (פרק טו פסוק ה) Hashem tells Avraham to look up at the stars and attempt to count them. He then tells him, just as you cannot count the stars, so will be your children,
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier, Rosh Kollel Every day in תפלת שחרית we quote the פסוק from נחמיה: “ומצאת את לבבו נאמן לפניך, And You (Hashem) found his (Avrohom Avinu’s) heart faithful to You.” HaRav Yeruchem Levovitz defines this trait of אברהם אבינו, our patriarch Avrohom as a “בר
