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Tetzaveh – The Great Collaboration
Season 1
Besides being brothers, Moshe and Aaron were both leaders of the Jewish people: Moshe was the king and Aaron was the high priest. These brothers had different, but complimentary, skills and character…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Esther on an Allegorical Level
Season 1
On Purim we read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Purim miracle. The Persian king Achashverosh conspires with his Amalekite viceroy Haman to eradicate the entire Jewish nation, but Go…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Terumah – 3 Points Behind the Ark
Season 1
In the epicenter of the Tabernacle, in the Holy of Holies, was the Ark of the Covenant. This golden vessel was the receptacle of the Tablets, both the First Tablets which Moshe shattered at the foot …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Mishpatim – Crowning Achievement
Season 1
The end of our Parsha revisits the Sinai Revelation of Parsha Yisro and recounts some of the preparations for the Ten Commandments. In the negotiations and deliberations in the runup to Sinai, the Na…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Yisro – Jethro’s Epiphany
Season 1
The protagonist of our parsha, Jethro, underwent a long and fruitful spiritual journey. When the journey began, Jethro was a idolater who worshipped every pagan deity in the world. At its conclusion,…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Beshalach – Bread of Angels
Season 1
Parshas Beshalach is arguable the most action-packed Parsha in the Torah. It starts with the Jews hightailing out of Egypt – only to have Pharaoh follow in hot pursuit, and it ends with the nation’s …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Bo – The Ember of Abraham
Season 1
The Jewish nation was in the dumps. They had spent hundreds of years in Egypt, and the possibility of ever leaving and reconstituting as an independent nation, the dream of Abraham, was long abandone…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Vaeira – Pharaoh’s Education
Season 1
The Jewish people undergo a stunning transformation in our Parsha: It begins with the nation walling in misery; when Moshe offers a plan for salvation, they cannot even hear his comforting message. Y…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Shemos – Grooming Greatness
Season 1
Moses is the greatest leader of our history and the archetype of a great, transformative leader. Why was he chosen for the role? What was his training to become the leader he became? What are the Tor…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Vayechi – The Five Stages of Transformation
Season 1
The Book of Genesis is replete with interesting stories. We follow the narrative about Adam and Noah and their families, Abraham and his odyssey and trials, Isaac and his family’s challenges and triu…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago