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Back to SearchParsha: Shemos - Moshe's Moxie (5783)
The story of the Jewish people in the book of Exodus gets off to a difficult start. The nation is firmly ensconced in Egypt, but their experience the…
1 year, 8 months ago
Mitzvah: Kosher Signs (#153, 155, 158, 470)
Some animals, birds, grasshoppers, and fish are kosher, some are not kosher. How do we know which animals are kosher and which are not? For that we h…
1 year, 8 months ago
Parshas Shemos (Rebroadcast)
The Book of Exodus begins with the Egyptians cunningly enslaving their Hebrew subjects: mandating that they work in backbreaking labor, killing their…
1 year, 9 months ago
Parsha: Vayechi - Unexpected Greatness
Prior to his passing, Jacob gave a series of blessings to his descendants. He blessed Joseph and Joseph's two sons, Ephraim and Menashe. He gathered …
1 year, 9 months ago
Parsha: Vayechi - Anti-Oxidance (5783)
Immediately prior to his passing, Jacob gathered his sons with the intention of revealing to them what will happen at the end of days. With his 12 so…
1 year, 9 months ago
Mitzvah: Priestly Decorum (#149-152)
priests are held to a higher standard. Clergymen are not like everyone else. Especially while working in the Temple/ Tabernacle. They must be on a mu…
1 year, 9 months ago
Parshas Vayechi (Rebroadcast)
Parshas Vayechi is the final portion of the Book of Genesis. Jacob is about to die and he tends to his affairs: He assures that he will not be buried…
1 year, 9 months ago
Parsha: Vayigash - Joseph's Magnanimity
Our Parsha sees the conclusion of the Saga of Joseph. The favorite son of Jacob is finally reunited with his father and his family as the fledgling n…
1 year, 9 months ago
Parsha: Vayigash - Definition of Life (5783)
Jacob relocates in our Parsha. Leaving Canaan once again, Jacob gathers his family and the possessions that he had acquired in Canaan and descends to…
1 year, 9 months ago
Chanukah Capstone with Rabbi Shmuel Botnick
There is no superficiality in Judaism. Everything is multi-layered, multifaceted, multidimensional. That seems to be particularly true with respect t…
1 year, 9 months ago