Rabbi Shalom Schwadron, the unforgettable maggid (inspirational speaker) of Jerusalem, told the following story. There was once a Chassidic rabbi walking with some of his disciples during the winter. As […]
Weekly Torah Portion
Insight and themes on the weekly Torah portion (parshah) read aloud in synagogue.
ARE YOU GOLDBERG? In this week’s Torah portion, we come across a very special mitzvah, to track down and kill all practitioners of witchcraft. Let’s imagine for a moment what […]
KOSHER KOLOR WAR! The highlight of this week’s Torah portion is the giving of the Torah. As soon as the Jewish people received the Torah, they rushed to put the […]
What does it mean to be a Jew? When I describe myself as a Jew, what does that really mean? It is readily apparent that none of the normal categories […]
HEADS UP The main story of this week’s Torah portion is the SPLITTING of the Red Sea. The Sages tell us that G-d wanted the entire world to witness this […]
EXODUS 2014 This week’s Torah portion tells the story of the Jewish People leaving Egypt. Our sages tell us that on the night of Pesach (Passover), it is not good […]
A man walks down the street He says why am I soft in the middle now? Why am I soft in the middle? The rest of my life is so […]
THE RED TEAM AND THE GREEN TEAM This week’s Torah portion describes seven of the Ten Plagues. I would like to focus on the first two. The very first plague […]
In the opening chapter of Parshas Shemos, we read about the beginnings of Jewish slavery in Egypt. One of Pharaoh’s main objectives in enslaving the Jewish people was to end […]
In this week’s Torah portion, we find an interesting statement. As an introduction to his last will and testament, Yaakov (Jacob) tells his children, “Gather and listen, sons of Yaakov, […]
