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Parshas Vayakhel – Building the Shabbos Home
March 03, 2019 03:58 - 15 hours - 20.9 MBPart I. Hashem Created the WorldTHE MISHKAN OR THE SHABBOS?ויקהל משה את כל עדת בני ישראל ויאמר אליהם – “And Moshe assembled the entire congregation of the Bnei Yisroel and he said to them…”ParshasVayakhelbegins with Moshe Rabeinu gathering together theAm Yisroelin order to instruct them in all the details of the making of the Mishkan; everything we read inTerumahandTetzavehwas said to Moshe on Har Sinai, and now Moshe is preparing to teach the nation what he received from Hashem. And yet we f...
Parshas Ki Sisa – Thinking by Torah
February 24, 2019 03:59 - 12 hours - 24.5 MBPart I. Living bySeichelTHE MISUNDERSTOOD INCIDENTIn this week’sparshawe read about one of the most misunderstoodincidents in the history of our people; thecheit ha’eigel,the sin of the golden calf. The great embarrassment it brought upon theAm Yisroel,and the subsequent punishments were intended by Hashem as admonitions for eternity,lessons for how we should be living our lives.And yet the confusion about what took place at that time – confusion even among thelomdei Torah– prevents us from l...
Parshas Tetzaveh – Robes of Splendor
February 17, 2019 04:03 - 2 hours - 19.5 MBRobes of SplendorPart I.TheBigdei KehunaTHE KOHEN WHO ISNOTA KOHENAnyone who has learned even a little bit, knows that akohenis the only one who is qualified to do theavodahin theBeis Hamikdash;and if somebody else, azar, would attempt to do it, then no matter how well he would follow all the details of theavodah,it’s profaned, it’s renderedpossul. But in this week’sparshawe learn that even akohencan sometimes be considered azar, a stranger to thekehunah, and profane theavodahas well. Akohenm...
Parshas Teruma – The Shechinah Rests on Yisroel
February 10, 2019 04:03 - 5 hours - 22.3 MBThe Shechina Rests on YisroelPart I.TheShechinaFinds a HomeTHE MISHKAN IN A NUTSHELLWhen Hakodosh Boruch Hu gave the command to erect aMishkan, the firstBeis Hamikdash, so He stated, ועשו לי מקדש – “And they shall make for Me a place of holiness, an especial place for Me, ושכנתי בתוכם, and I will dwell in their midst” (Terumah 25:8) Now these words are of the utmost importance because we are learning in a nutshell what is meant by theMishkan, and later theBeis Hamikdash– that it’s the place o...
Parshas Mishpatim – Preface to Chassidus
February 03, 2019 04:03 - 8 hours - 20.6 MBPreface to ChassidusPart I.A Fitting SequelTHE MOST SPECTACULAR EVENT IN OUR HISTORYThe greatest event in the history of our nation, the most remarkable spectacle that theAm Yisroelwould ever witness, wasMatan Torah.We stood at Har Sinai and we saw what nobody before ever saw. הנהיה כדבר הגדול הזה או הנשמע כמוהו השמע עם קול אלוקים מדבר מתוך האש כאשר שמעת אתה ויחי – “Has there ever been any such thing like this great event or has anything like it been heard?! Has a people ever heard the Voice ...
Parshas Yisro – Hearing Hashem’s Messages
January 27, 2019 04:07 - 4 hours - 20.2 MBHearing Hashem’s MessagesYISRO LEARNS SOMETHING NEWOurparshahthis week begins with the story of Yisro leaving the comfort of his hometown to travel out into the dangerous wilderness to visit the encampment of theAm Yisroel. And for what reason did he undertake such a journey? Why would a man like Yisro, a man of nobility in Midian, forsake his home to go to themidbar? So the Torah tells us, וישמע יתרו – Because he heard something that stirred his mind. When Yisro was informed of what had happ...
Parshas Beshalach – Learning to Love All Types of Jews
January 20, 2019 04:10 - 4 hours - 24 MBLearning to Love All Types of JewsONE NATION UNDER G-DWe all know already that the children of Yaakov were inMitzrayimfor two hundred and ten years and it was there that this small family of twelve brothers developed into one great nation. And because they didn’t have any territory to divide among themselves; they were primarily in the area ofGoshenand couldn’t spread out and settle into separate districts, we would have therefore expected that they should have lived together as one people, t...
Parshas Bo – The Guide to True Happiness
January 13, 2019 04:14 - 4 hours - 24.9 MBThe Guide to True HappinessMOSHE RABEINU REPORTING THE WEATHER?!When we read thepesukimthat describe the departure of theAm YisroelfromMitzrayimwe note the interesting fact that the time of the year, the spring-like weather, plays a quite significant role in the story. As they gathered to leaveMitzrayim, Moshe Rabeinu spoke to the people זכור את היום הזה אשר יצאתם ממצרים… היום אתם יוצאים בחודש האביב – “Remember always this day that you came out of Egypt…Today you are leavingin the month of sp...
Parshas Va’eira – Hashem’s Bitter Medicine
January 06, 2019 04:14 - 5 hours - 18.9 MBHashem’s Bitter MedicineIT’S TIME TO GO HOME!InParshas Va’eirathe seeds of our redemption fromMitzrayimfinally begin to take root and sprout. The time has come for the tenmakkos, the great retribution upon Pharaoh and his slavemaster people, and for theAm Yisroelto finally make their exit from the long and arduous servitude in the ארץ לא להם, the land not their own. Thegeulahof theAm Yisroel,the fulfillment of ואחרי כן יצאו ברכוש גדול, had finally arrived.And on what basis was theAm Yisroelgo...
Parshas Shemos – A Life Apart
December 30, 2018 04:14 - 9 hours - 26 MBTHE GREAT MAN IS BORNIn this week’sparshawe are introduced for the first time to one of the greatest men in our history: ותהר האשה ותלד בן – And Yocheved gave birth to a son (Shemos 2:1). Moshe ben Amram is born into the Jewish nation, a handsome baby boy. ותרא אותו כי טוב הוא – His mother saw thatki tov hu, that he was good looking (Shemos 2:2). She didn’t see that he was good natured, or that he was smart. You can’t see that in a baby! She saw that he was handsome; a beautiful child.And tha...