Parasha Insights
“And Yithro came…” (18:1) The Talmud (Zevachim 116a) discusses what made Yithro, a gentile priest, come to join our nation? R. Yehoshua says it was the war of Amalek; R. Elazar HaModai says the giving of the Torah; R. Eliezer…
Gemara through to Halacha –Meam Loez Kollel by Mordechai Ovadia
Is one obligated to read Shnayim Mikra with the Targum translation or Rashi? Is it acceptable to read the Torah twice and then an English translation such as Artscroll? Rabbeinu Ephraim writes an allusion in Parashat Shemot: the words V’ele Sh’mot are…
TechiyatHametim and TU BISHVAT
This week is TU BISHVAT the new year of trees. What lesson can we learn from a tree? Every Jew has an obligation to believe in תחיתהמתים the resurrection of the righteous souls who have departed from this world. It…
It’s time for a reality check!
In the year 5776 what kind of a world are we living in? Given historical trends, would you say the world has become more violent or peaceful? War seems more widespread than ever; Israel, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc. Violence…
Parasha Insights
Yitro hears about all that Hashem did for the Jewish people when He took them out of Egypt and decides to join them. The first Rashi on this week’sParsha asks what exactly did Yitro hear that made him come to…
