Share the pain!
The Gemara Sotah (11a) tells us that Pharaoh had three advisers: Yitro, Iyov and Bilam. Pharaoh wished to decide how to deal with the Israelite “problem”. He sought the opinion of each of his three advisers. Bilam, was an evil…
Parasha Insights
The first time I personally met Dayan Lopian, was just over four years ago when I gave him a lift back from a Bris. At the time the hooter of my car was broken. Noticing that I was not hooting…
Believe in Yourself
Rabbi Ami said, “Come and see how great people of faith are, if one trusts in a weasel & pit, such an incident should happen, how much more so if one trusts in Hashem.”(Taanit 8a) Rashi explains that the Gemara…
Parasha Insights
In 2015 Johnny Strange lived up to his last name – entering the record books for pulling a huge aeroplane with his ears! Johnny, 26 at the time, used chains through pierced holes in his ears to drag a Cessna…
What’s in a Count?
The Parasha begins by instructing us only to count the Jewish people by way of their donations, since direct counting will cause plague to break out amongst Klal Yisrael. Indeed we find, later in history, seventy thousand people struck down…
Your True Self!
After the Golden Calf debacle, Moshe sought to open a path for the Jewish people to attain G d’s forgiveness. To this end, G d revealed to Moshe the Thirteen Divine Attributes of Mercy, opening a pathway for all future…
