Category Archives: Parshat Hashavua
Parental Responsibility in Parshat Vayairah
I want to record two interesting points that I noticed in last week’s parsha before I forget them. I noticed that there were two places in the parsha that hinted at the education and care that we need to give to our children. One was regarding Yishmael. When he was dying of thirst and G-d…
Re’eh Anochi Look At Me
I want to tell you a story. 15 years ago I underwent open-heart surgery. If I remember correctly on the 3rd day after surgery we were in good enough shape to return to the department. The fourth day was Shabbat, Parshat Re’eh. I think that I was able to go the hospital synagogue for part…
Parshas Beshalach – About The Slav
In the Parshas HaMan, it mentions that G-d will give them basar in the evening, and lechem in the morning. Then in the next posuk it identifies that the basar being referred to is the slav. I imagined that just like they had the Man (the manna) the whole 40 years, they also had the…
Parshat Bo
It came to me this year during the reading of Parshat “Bo el Pharaoh”, an innovative thought that I never considered before. At the beginning of the Parsha, Moshe and Aharon warn Pharaoh about the eighth plague of locusts, they gave the warning, turned around, and walked out. Then Pharaoh’s advisers urged him to reconsider…
Parshat Vayairah – An Important Principle in Mitzva Observance
At the beginning of Parshat Vayairah the Torah relates that three Heavenly angels disguised as simple guests came to Avraham Avinu. Avraham was a master at Hachnosas Orchim (hospitality), and he immediately brought them in and started to quickly prepare for them a meal to eat. The Torah says that Avraham chose a calf and…
Parsha Braisheit
I always wondered, in the third day it says that G-d commanded that the earth should bring forth grasses etc. and fruit trees. Aitz pri oseh pri, Rashi brings from the words of Chazal that Aitz Pri implies that the taste of the tree should be like the taste of the fruit. And that the…
The Akedah – Reconciling Contradictions
At the end of the Parsha Vayaira we find the story of the Akedah. Regarding the Akedah, the Torah recounts that G-d told Avraham to take his son Yitzchak to a place which He will reveal afterwards, and to offer up Yitzchak as a burnt offering to G-d. They journeyed together with Yishmael and Eliezer,…
Parsha Ki Sisa Likutei Shoshanim
Parsha Ki Sisa – Likutei Shoshanim Torah on the Parsha of Ki Sisa from Likutei Shoshanim. (BR: Please see my introduction HERE. Adapted from “Sefer Likutei Shoshanim” by HaAdmor HaRishon Me-Savran (Savaran), HaRav Moshe Tzvi Me-Savran Towards the end of this week’s Parsha the Torah states, “Vayemahair Moshe Vayikod Artza Vayishtachu” (Shemos 34:8), translated as,…
Parshas Tetzaveh – Savran
Parshas Tetzaveh – Savran As an introduction to this Divrei Torah on Parshas Tetzaveh – Savran, please see my introduction to all of these Torahs Here. Divrei Torah Adapted From The Words of Today’s Savraner Rebbe At the beginning of this week’s Parsha the Ba’al Haturim writes the following: Moshe is not mentioned in this…
Parsha Tetzaveh Likutei Shoshanim
Parsha Tetzaveh Adapted from “Sefer Likutei Shoshanim” by HaAdmor HaRishon MeSavran (Savaran), HaRav Moshe Tzvi MeSavran (BR: Please see my introduction Here.) The first posuk in this week’s Parsha Tetzaveh reads: “VeAtah” “Tetzaveh” “Es” “Bnei Yisroel” “VeYikchu Elecha Shemen Zayis” “Zach” “Kasis LeMaor” “LeHaalos” “Ner Tamid”. Someone who wishes to purify (Zach) and raise up…
Savran
Savran Savran, or sometimes spelled Savaran, is a chassidic dynasty going back to the “Saba Kadisha” Rebbe Moshe Tzvi from Savran. I quote here from en.wikipedia.org: Moshe Zvi of Savran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Moshe Zvi Giterman of Savran (1775-1837), the Savraner Rebbe, was an influential Hasidic Rebbe in Ukraine whose following numbered in…
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