G-d orchestrated the Jewish exodus from Egypt with a spectacular show of nature-bending miracles. Why did He have to do this? Think of the alternate possibilities. G-d could have made […]
Weekly Torah Portion
Insight and themes on the weekly Torah portion read aloud in synagogue.
In this week’s Torah portion, Parshas Bo, we see the last three of the ten plagues. A swarm of locusts devours all the crops and greenery; a thick darkness envelops […]
Inspiration for Parshat Va’eira with TorahMates coordinator Rabbi Mordechai Horovitz
TorahMates coordinator Mrs. Sarah Feldman on Parshas Shemos
In this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Shemot, the Jewish people multiply in Egypt. Pharaoh is afraid of the growing numbers so he enslaves the Jewish people, forcing them to build […]
This week’s Torah portion, Parshas Mikeitz, picks up our story after exactly two years have passed. Pharaoh has woken up from a night in which he dreams two disturbing dreams […]
In this week’s Torah portion, Parshas Vayeishev, Yaakov settles in Hevron with his family and twelve sons, who tend to his many flocks of sheep. He clearly favors Yosef, the […]
Inspiration for Parshat Vayeitzei with TorahMates coordinator Rabbi Marmorstein.
This week’s Torah portion, Parshas Vayetzei, Yaakov leaves his home in Be’er Sheva and goes to Charan, as he is instructed at the end of last week’s parsha. On the […]
Rabbi Mordechai Horovitz of TorahMates on Parshas Toldos
