Ki-sisa/Parshas Parah – Seeking Sterile Purity
Reflections on Ki-sisa and parshas Parah against the backdrop of the post Purim pandemic
Parsha sheet: Mishpatim/Shekalim – The Wheel of Life & Fortune
Click here to download PDF Reincarnation The Zohar uses parshas Mishpatim and its monetary laws as a vehicle for its main discourse about ‘gilgulim’—reincarnations. All the commentators struggle to find a common denominator between these extremely disparate concepts. What is … Continued
Parsha sheet: Pikudei – Overflowing Heart
Click here to download PDF Contradiction in Rashi The Gemara (Yevamos 72A) explains that the reason the Jewish people did not do Bris Milah in all the years that they were in the desert is because they did not have … Continued
Parsha sheet: Vayakheil/Shekalim – The Inverse Perspective
Click here to download PDF The Mirrors & the Memories In this week’s Parsha (38:8) “and he made the “Kiyor” and it’s base out of copper from the mirrors…” Rashi bring the Chazal that Moshe did not want to take … Continued
Parsha sheet: Ki-Sisa – Breaking Light into Sound
Click here to download PDF Luchos and Jewish eyes?!? In this week’s Parsha we have the tragedy of the breaking in of the Luchos in response to our sin of the golden calf. It’s one of the reasons we fast … Continued
Parsha sheet: Titzaveh – Inching towards Actuality
Click here to download PDF Shovavim – Tat As is well-known, these weeks of Shemos, Vaeira, Bo, Beshalach, Yisro, and Mishpatim have a special quality of Teshuva being readily accepted, particularly the “known sin” of “waste”. For that reason, some … Continued
Parsha sheet: Teruma – To Serve and to Dwell
Click here to download PDF Contradiction in Rambam In this week’s Parsha we have the directive to build the Mishkan and subsequently the Beis HaMikdash as the Pasuk says (25:8) “and they will make for me a “Mikdash”-sanctuary and I … Continued
Parsha sheet: Mishpatim – The Inside Track
Click here to download PDF Mishpatim & Mizbe’ach After the command not to ascend by stairs to the Mizbe’ach at the end of last week’s parsha, we are commanded to bring our civil and monetary disputes before the Jewish Dayanim … Continued
Parsha sheet: Yisro – Sensory Crossover
Click here to download PDF Sponsored in Honor of the upcoming Marriage of Miriam Wilamowsky to Binyomin Zonenshayn בשעטו״מ שהזיווג יעלה יפה בבנין עדי עד Seeing Sound Hearing Sights “And the whole nation saw the sounds”(20:14) Rashi brings the Chazal … Continued
Parsha sheet: Beshalach – Cosmic Applause
Click here to download PDF Two Hands Towards the conclusion of ‘Shiras HaYam’ (15:17-18) it says: “You shall bring them and implant them on the mountain of the heritage the place for your dwelling that You made Hashem, the Mikdash, … Continued
Parsha sheet: Bo – Breakout
Click here to download PDF Pre-planned Rush?!? In the Haggadah we say that we eat Matzah to commemorate that Bnei Yisroel’s dough didn’t have time to rise prior to Hashem revealing Himself to them and redeemed them as the pasuk … Continued
Parsha sheet: Vaeirah – From Prophet to King
Click here to download PDF Didn’t we Talk about this? In this week’s Parsha Moshe seemingly raises a concern that he raised already, and the answer is the same as it was. He raises the concern of being inarticulate, worried … Continued
Parsha sheet:Shemos – Creating Containment
Click here to download PDF They are rewarded for “Fear”?!? “And The midwives feared Hashem and they did not do as told to them by the king of mitzrayim and they allowed the boys to live”(1:17)…”And because the midwives feared … Continued
Parsha sheet: Parshas Vayahheil/Pikudei/Parah – Pulling the pieces Together
Click here to download PDF Why the Assembly? Moshe, having just having come back from Heaven with the second Luchos, gathers all the Jewish people and tells them the prohibition to work during Shabbos. Following that he tells them the … Continued
Parsha sheet: Parshas Titzaveh/Zachor – Hands over Head & Nameless
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Parsha sheet: Terumah – The Power of the Benevolent Heart
Click here to download PDF Why leave it up to us? In this week’s Parsha the Jewish people as a collective are commanded to construct the Mishkan. Hashem left it up to everyone’s own benevolence to donate whatever they want … Continued
Parsha sheet: Mishpatim – Sweet sounds and tastes
Click here to download PDF The Two accounts of Matan Torah In this week’s Parsha we find a whole other account of Matan Torah from a different perspective. It looks more like a festive occasion, accompanied by eating and drinking, … Continued
Parsha Sheet: Yisro – Forever New
Click here to download PDF Never Gets Old The Posuk says: ”on the third month of B’nai Yisroel leaving Egypt on this day they came to the Sinai desert” Rashi explains: “it should have said on that day they arrived … Continued
Parsha Sheet: Beshalach – Harmonious Systems
Click here to download PDF Think Before you sing? Az Yashir Moshe – Then will sing (yashir) Moshe. It that should say “then sang (shar) Moshe”! Why is there the extra letter “Yud” that makes it the future tense? Rashi … Continued
Parsha Sheet: Bo – Covering the “Eye of Earth”
Click here to download PDF 7 & 3 The first thing to observe, is that the Torah saw fit to separate the 10 plagues into two different Parshiyos. Seven out of ten appear in last week’s Parsha, Parshas Veyeira and … Continued
Parsha Sheet: Vaeira – Infinite & Eternal
Click here to download PDF Trustworthy to Reward and Punish Hashem tells Moshe: “I appeared to Avraham Yitzchak and Yaakov with as E-l Sha-dai and my Name Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh was not displayed to them”. Rashi explains that means: I am trustworthy … Continued
What do Yetzias Mitzrayim and marriage have in common?
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Parsha Sheet: Shemos – Stars in Hashem’s show
Click here to download PDF Names & Numbers This week’s Parsha opens with the words “And these are the names of the children of Yisroel that came to Mitzrayim…” Rashi comments even though they were counted in their lifetime by … Continued
Vayahkhel/Pekudei/Chodesh – Shadow Power
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Ki Sisa/Parsha Para – Sipur Yetzias Mitzrayim – What’s The Story
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Ki Sisa/Parsha Para – The DAAS factor
THE ZECHUS OF THIS SHIUR ARE DEDICATED TO THE HATZLACHA OF YOCHANAN MEIR BEN SHULAMIS AND LEAH BAS MIREL MALKA If you’re viewing this on a portable device, such as a phone, and are having difficulty playing the shiur, then … Continued
Ki Sisa/Parsha Para – The Post Purim Cleanup
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Trumah – Mind expansion
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Mishpatim/Shekalim – Internal Law vs External Law
in support of President Trump’s law and order and tribute to ambassador Nikki Haley Delivered Thursday night by “Maamar & Munchies If you’re viewing this on a portable device, such as a phone, and are having difficulty playing the shiur, … Continued
Mishpatim/Shekalim – The Wheel of Life (Full Maamar)
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Mishpatim/Shekalim – The Other Side of Things
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Mishpatim/Shekalim – Surrender and own
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Yisro – Tapping the Lights of Torah & Shabbos
Delivered at Yahtzeit seuda on Motzei Shabbos parshas Yisro 5777 at The Levi Residence in Teaneck NJ Liluy Nishmas Koby Levi Z”L If you’re viewing this on a portable device, such as a phone, and are having difficulty playing the … Continued
Yitro – Is There a Mitzvah Never to Forget Maamad Har Sinai? Why Do We Have to Keep Torah Anyway
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Yitro – News with Impact
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Beshalach – Aligning means and ends
A Maamar on Beshalach-Tu Bshvat-snow-and the President’s common sense executive order. May Hashem Grant the President success! If you’re viewing this on a portable device, such as a phone, and are having difficulty playing the shiur, then try the below … Continued
Bo – Natural Borders
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Bo – Peh-Sach: Freedom of Speech
A response to the Berkeley riots – delivered last night at the white shul If you’re viewing this on a portable device, such as a phone, and are having difficulty playing the shiur, then try the below YouTube version.
Va’eira – Yetzias Mitzrayim: The Script of Destiny
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Va’eira – Eternal and Infinite
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Va’eira – Unconditional Love
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Shemos – What’s in a Name?
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Shemos – Stars, Names and Numbers
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Shemos – Basic Form
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Pashas Zachor – Getting in Touch with Moshe Rabbeinu
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Pekudie/Chodesh – Redeeming the Collateral
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Pekudie – The Finite Work, Infinite Reward Paradox
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Ki-Sisa – When Nature Buys You Time
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Ki-Sisa – In Over Our Heads
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Beshalach – Opening a Stable Wormhole
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Yisro and Mishpatim – Awe vs. Flavor
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Teruma – Building the Mishkan of Heart and Mind
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