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Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum   ויאמר כי את שבע כבשות תקח מידי בעבור תהיה לי לעדה כי חפרתי את הבאר הזאת (פרק כא פסוק ל) Our Parsha records a discussion between Avraham and Avimelech regarding the well of water that Avraham had dug which was subsequently seized by

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier   In 18:23 בראשית, after being informed by G-d that the depraved, wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be destroyed, Avrohom Avinu intercedes and prays to Hashem. It seems at first glance that his argument is; Should the righteous suffer? Then abruptly his

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   In this week’s פרשה, we learn of two monumental, eternal בריתות, covenants that are formalized between Hashem and Avraham Avinu, our patriarch Avrohom. The first time we are introduced to the idea of a ברית, covenant, is in פ‘ נח , Genesis 9:11-12,

Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum   וירא אלקים את הארץ והנה נשחתה כי השחית כל בשר את דרכו על הארץ (פרק ו פסוק יב) The Torah explains the reason that Hashem had to bring a מבול, flood, and destroy the world, in a seemingly repetitive way. It says, “Hashem

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier   At the end of פרשת בראשית, Genesis 6:8, it states: “And Noach found favor in Hashem’s eyes.” The Sforno explains, that despite that Noach was a צדיק תמים, a righteous person both in his ideology and actions, his family would not have been

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier At first it seems puzzling and incongruous as to why Rosh Hashana, the Day of Judgment precedes Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Wouldn’t it be more logical to first articulate our past mistakes, sincerely regret them and proclaim to Hashem, “I will improve

Print PDF  By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum   אתם נצבים היום כלכם (פרק כט פסוק ט) The Parsha begins with Moshe’s proclamation to כלל ישראל, “You are standing today, all of you, in front of Hashem…” The Chofetz Chaim derives a new meaning, apart from the simple explanation, that all of

Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier   In ‘נחמי פרק ח,י, Nehemiah 8, 10 it states (in reference to Rosh Hashanah): “Go eat rich foods and drink sweet beverages and send portions to those who have nothing prepared, for today is sacred to Hashem. Do not be sad, for the

Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum   לא תוכל להתעלם (פרק כב פסוק ג) We are commanded to return a lost object that we find, and the Torah stresses a specific command to not turn away and ignore it. R’ Shimon Schwab asks, we find many times in prayer that