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Tzav: Fighting Evil
We are surrounded by evil; every so often, it rears its ugly head as it did on Simchat Torah—the October 7 massacre. Pure evil raped Jewish mothers, burned Jewish babies alive, mutilated their fathers, and beheaded their neighbors. Pure evil burned loving couples clinging to each other, to …

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Vaeirah: Hiding Behind Destiny

January 16, 2006 – 1:46 am | Comments Off on Vaeirah: Hiding Behind Destiny2,651 views
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Was it their fault?
In this week’s Parsha we are given a demonstration of G-d’s power as he smites the mighty conquerors and frees the slaves.

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Shemot: Empathy in the Face of Suffering

January 15, 2006 – 10:13 pm | Comments Off on Shemot: Empathy in the Face of Suffering3,068 views
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A Mother’s Pain
A mother returned from her child’s funeral and approached the master. Through her tears, she begged him to tell her why her beloved child had had to die. The master asked her, “Do you really want to know?”

“Yes, of course I do” she replied.

“Are you sure?” asked the …

Shemot: Faith Based Relationship

January 15, 2006 – 10:09 pm | Comments Off on Shemot: Faith Based Relationship2,806 views
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Nurtured by a Miracle
Throughout the period of Jewish exile in Egypt, Jews experienced many miracles and divine interventions. Children were born in a miraculous fashion; they were raised in the fields by G-d and would arrive home, alive and healthy, at a mature age. They were fed, clothed and even …

Shemot: Insecure Aggression

January 9, 2006 – 4:50 pm | Comments Off on Shemot: Insecure Aggression4,863 views
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Egyptian Thorns
In describing the relationship between Jews and Egyptians the Torah says “And they (Egyptians) were as thorns before the children of Israel” (Exodus 1, 12) The Kli Yakar offers two explanations. The first explanation, Egyptians observed the miraculous birth rate of the Jewish people and feared that G-d intended …

Passover: A Basic Overview

November 4, 2005 – 9:32 pm | Comments Off on Passover: A Basic Overview2,885 views

Chametz and Matzah
On Passover we celebrate our ancestors’ exodus from Egypt. When our ancestors left Egypt they left in great haste. They didn’t have time to properly bake bread before they left and consequently ate unleavened bread for their first days of travel.In commemoration of this fact, the Torah commands …

Passover & Purim: Is there a Connection?

November 2, 2005 – 3:55 am | Comments Off on Passover & Purim: Is there a Connection?3,300 views
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Diametric Opposites
We have recently celebrated the holiday of Purim and are currently preparing for the holiday of Pesach – Passover. These two holidays are not only different from each other they are almost antithetical to one another.

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Passover: He Does not Abandon

November 2, 2005 – 3:15 am | Comments Off on Passover: He Does not Abandon6,581 views
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Where Is G-d?
There was once a young, fun loving, boy full of vigor and spunk. One day, having acted up during Hebrew School, the boy was called into the rabbi’s office. From under his heavy eyebrows, the rabbi’s deep-set eyes peered out at the child. In a soft but firm …

Passover: Freedom from Limitation

November 2, 2005 – 2:55 am | Comments Off on Passover: Freedom from Limitation4,344 views
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Throughout the World
Passover commemorates the exodus of the ancient Hebrew slaves from Egypt, their subsequent forty-year journey through the desert, and their ultimate entry into Israel, the Promised Land.

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