Zera Shimshon - Vayechi - 5784
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Read more...Dedicated to לעילוי נשמת אמי מורתי שולמית בת הרב דב יהודה ז”ל
Read more...Deliveredin Houston at a Melaveh Malka Motzei Shabbos parshas Vayeshev 5783
Read more...Delivered 12/15/22 in Congregation Beth Rambam Houston Texas
Read more...An address for Parshas Vayishlach & Chanukah delivered in the Mesivta of Cincinnati 12/9/222
Read more...An address at the gala STEAK & SPIRITS event Motzei Shabbos Cincinnati 12/10/22
Read more...Given at Cincinnati Community Kollel Thursday night 12/8/22
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What’s Lavan doing in the Haggada?
In the Hagaddah of Pesach we quote the Pasuk, “Arami Oved Avi vayered Mitzrayma” (Devarim 26:5) which the Baal HaHagaddah explains that Lavan was even worse than Pharaoh. Pharaoh only decreed the extermination of the Jewish males and Lavan wanted to “uproot” the whole .Why ...
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On the Ruins of the flood
“And the whole earth was one language and singular/uniform terms. When they traveled from the east they found a valley in the land of Shinar and they settled there”(11:1-2). Why is it necessary to stress that there was only one language? First of all, that is ...
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A Tribute to my Mother Z”L on the occasion of her first Yahrtzeit
Twenty Generations of Anger
“There were ten generations from Adam until Noah to make us aware how much patience Hashem has as all these generations angered him constantly until (after waiting ten generations) He brought upon them the Waters of ...
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How did Golus start?
This week’s Parsha starts without any break separating it from last week’s Parsha. therefore, it’s called a “Parsha Setuma”- a blocked Parsha as there isn’t that traditional space between the Parshas. Rashi addresses the issue and says: “why is this Parsha “Setuma”- blocked? Because Yaakov Avinu passed away ...
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Why frame Binyomin?
In course of the end of last week’s Parsha and the beginning of this week’s Parsha We find that Yosef framed his beloved brother Binyomin with the crime of having stolen his goblet. Why frame Binyomin, his full brother, that he loves so much? One would have thought that ...
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Spies! Now and forever
Yosef frames his brothers as being spies. Perhaps that was easiest crime to frame them for, given the circumstances. But is that all there is to it? The ‘Baal HaTurim’ writes something fascinating. ”… and he told them you are spies….” explains ...
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He was worried about a Traffic Jam?!?
“And Yaakov dwelled…” Rashi brings a Midrash: “This flax dealer came in to town with all his camels laden with flax. The blacksmith wonders where will all this flax will fit. A wise man answered him: ‘one spark comes out from your bellows that ...
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Eisov makes Drashos?!?
Like any good diplomat, Yaakov has a double message for Eisov, a conciliatory even submissive message and a tough one. He says with Lavan “Garti”– I resided. Rashi explains “Garti”- “I resided as a stranger and I was not made nobility or important. It’s not worth your while to ...
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Only Yaakov leaves an impression?
In the beginning of this week’s Parsha Rashi comments on what the Pasuk says: “Yaakov exited Be’er Sheva and went to Charan”: “It would have been enough to just say he went to Charan, why did have to mention his exit? this comes to teach ...
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Special expanded edition marking the conclusion of Sheloshim for my mother Z”l
לע״נ אמי מורתי שולמית בת הרב דב יהודה ז״ל
Why didn’t Yitzchak see thru Eisov?
Yitzchak had a special affinity for Eisov and had fully intended to give him the special “Brachos” that Yaakov had to get seemingly by trickery. This is ...
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לע״נ קדושי פיטסברג הי״ד
לע״נ אמי מורתי שולמית בת הרב דב יהודה ז״ל
Repetition is Beautiful?!?
The longest topic in this week’s Parsha is the story of Eliezer going to find Rivka for you Yitzchak. What makes it much larger than any other topic is because Eliezer repeats the whole story play by ...
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לע״נ אמי מורתי שולמית בת הרב דוב יהודה ז״ל
Why Dayanim? Why sitting?
At the beginning of the parsha Avraham Avinu is recovering from Bris Milah and nonetheless sitting at the opening of the tent in the heat of the day, hoping to invite in guests, when Hashem appears to him. Rashi on ...
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לע״נ אמי מורתי האשה החשובה שולמית בת הרב דוב יהודה ע״ה
Bnei Noach
Chazal refer to all good non-Jews as Bnei Noach, while evil goyim are tagged as ovdei cochavim u’mazalot, idol worshippers. This might seem strange seeing as how all of mankind, both Jew and gentile alike, are the descendants of Noach. ...
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הדברי תורה בעלון זה מוקדשים לזכות אמי מורתי מרת שולמית בת הרב דב יהודה והרבנית שרה סאשא
Bereishis – For the Land of Israel?
The first Rashi in the Parsha says as follows: “Rabbi Yitzchak said the Torah did not have to start from any other place than “This month is for you ...
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Dead or Alive?
This week’s Parsha opens up with the posuk “Yaakov was alive in Egypt for 17 years…” Hebrew doesn’t use the term “lived” as a synonym for “resided”. What is the Torah telling us? Was Yaakov more alive in Egypt than anywhere he resided? The Midrash Rabbah says that Rav ...
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Crying on the “Neck”
Following the reunification of the brothers it says that “Yosef cried on the necks (plural!) of Binyomin and Binyomin cried on Yosef’s neck”. Rashi brings the Chazal that raise the question: how many necks did Binyomin have? They answer that it was referring to two Temples that ...
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Reflections for the Chanukah after the Petirah of the Godol HaDor Maran HaRav Ahron Yehuda Leib Shteinman ZT”L
“Sparks”
An interesting phenomenon repeats itself no less than four times in this week’s Parsha. Ever since the Shevatim sold Yosef, Yaakov Avinu is stripped of prophecy. However, in this week’s Parsha prophecy makes a gradual ...
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Mysterious Metaphor
In the opening Rashi to this week’s Parsha, Rashi tells us that after speaking concisely about Eisav’s descendants and how and where they settled, the Torah now turns to discuss Yaakov and his children at length and in great detail. Yaakov and his children are so important to Hashem and ...
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Trouble Town
In this week’s Parsha we encounter the place called Shechem. Rashi tells that Shechem is a place prone to tragedy. It was there that Dinah was raped, it was there that Yosef was sold, and it was there the Kingdom of Israel split off from the kingdom of Yehudah. What ...
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Rachel vs Leah
In this week’s Parsha we have story of Yaakov finding his two wives, our matriarchs, Rachel and Leah. Although they came from the same home, they became Yaakov’s wives in very different ways. Rachel was the wife he was seeking, ...
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Water fight? Not quite….
In this week’s Parsha we have Yitzchak Avinu’s struggle with Avimelech and his people over Wells. interestingly enough, this was a common struggle he and his father Avraham had with Avimelech. Seemingly Avraham Avinu and Avimelech patched things up at the time. However, we see from this week’s ...
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First Funeral?
There are some standard daily and life cycle events that occur in this parsha for the first time in the Torah. With the description of Sarah’s burial and eulogy we have the first accounts of a death, burial, and eulogy. Up until this point the Torah simply stated the age ...
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Read more...What do the birth of Yitzchak Avinu, the three cardinal sins,and marital relations all have in common?
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When Sarah receives the amazing news that she will give birth to a son at the ripe old age of ninety she reacts with tzchok, laughter. We find that when Avraham Avinu had a similar ...
Read more...HITLER WON! (I'll explain, hear me out)
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Read more...Noach - Noach and Avraham Avinu - Movement vs Progress
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If ever the question should ever be raised what was the most amazing era of Avraham Avinu’s life I’m sure most people, if not all, would answer: How at a young age he figured out the truth for himself, stood up against his family, his society, and the whole world. He ...
Read more...Noach - History Repeating Itself
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A warning from the generations of the flood and the dispersal
The Halacha States that when two people agree on a sale of a movable object and the prospective buyer has already given the money, the sale is not final until the movable object has been lifted or pulled. Nonetheless if one ...
Read more...Parshas Breishis and the current events of October 2017
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Read more...Delivered last chanukah in the Wilamowsky residence on the occasion of the 44th yahtzeit of HaRav Alter Wilamowsky zt”l
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Read more...Reflections for elections 2016
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Read more...The merit of the Torah learning of these audios is to be dedicated to the Refuah shleima of HaRav Moshe Shapiro shlit”a
Please find the time to listen and say a chapter of Tehillim for him
his name is משה בן רחל
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