skip to Main Content

Parasha Insights2

“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.…

Read more

Parasha Insights

“Yitzchak was caused to love [VAYE’EHAV] Esav for he hunted/ensnared with his mouth, and Rivka loves [OHEVETH] Ya'akov” (25:28). Rashi, citing the Medrash, explains to us how Esav would cunningly ensnare his father Yitzchak with his mouth. He would ask…

Read more

Parsha Insights

“Today you have become a nation” (27:9). The Torah describes us as being born a nation on the day that we accepted upon ourselves to be loyal and faithful to G-d’s Torah! At this stage we were still a wandering…

Read more

Parsha Insights

“Tell the Kohanim descendants of Aharon, and you shall say to them, he may not defile himself in contact with a deceased amongst his people” (21:1). Our Parsha opens up with the laws that apply exclusively to the Kohen, due…

Read more

Parasha Insights

“This is how you shall make it: 300 cubits the length of the ark, 50 cubits it’s width, and thirty cubits it’s height” (6:15). The Torah informs us of the measurements of Noach’s ark - 300 cubits long, 50 cubits…

Read more

Back To Top
×Close search
Search
Close search
Cart
X
X