Shemos-Remove your shoesHashem calls to Moshe from the burning bush [Sneh] and tells him (Shemot 3:5) “Shal Ni’alecha Mei’al Raglecha” [remove your shoes from your feet]. Hashem created the world as a structure with a hierarchy…
VAERA-REDEMPTION AND SALVATIONREDEMPTION AND SALVATION Four concepts are used to describe redemption: “And I will take you out; And I will rescue you; And I will redeem you; And I will…
Parshat Bo- How to avoid “Cardiac Arrest”?How to avoid “cardiac arrest“This week’s Parsha, Bo, lists twenty mitzvot, sixteen directly about Pesach and nine of them relating specifically to the Korban Pesach [The Paschal sacrifice]. That’s a lot of laws…
Why must one feel gratitude?Why must one feel gratitude?Why must one feel gratitude? We must take nothing for granted and view everything as a gift. The ability to show gratitude…
Shemos – Moshe and Zipporah –Is this a strange match or a match of convenience?Moshe and Zipporah –Is this a strange match or a match of convenience? Once Moshe discovered his Hebrew background,…
Shemos – carry your friend’s burden “Carry your friend’s burden”:_to be aware and share the pain of your true friends “And it was in those days that Moshe grew up…
Beshalach-whatever you do, do it enthusiastically! “And you shall safeguard the matzos” (12:17) ’ushmartem es hamatzos’ (Shemos(12:17)) The literal interpretation of the above verse is that one should approach the preparation…
One of the most beautiful customs in Jewish life is for parents to bless their children at the start of the Friday night Shabbat meal. Girls receive the blessing: “May…
Vayechi- Jacobs sensitivityWhen Joseph brought his two sons, Menashe and Ephraim to his father, Jacob, to bless them before his death, Joseph positioned Menashe, his older son, at Jacob’s right…
Vayigash-No man is an island No man is an island Often we do something which is not acceptable to others or is not conventional and say to ourselves that whatever we do…
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