January 23, 2025 | 23 Tevet, 5785 | Torah Portion: Vaera, Exodus 6:2-9:35 | Haftorah: Ezekiel 28:25-29:21
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Parsha Summary for Parshas Vaera
Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person ...read more
Haftorah Summary for Parshas Vaera
Yechezkel 28:25The theme of the Exodus is the Jew and the Egyptian recognizing G-d's absolute mastery over all things. The nature of a slave / ...read more
Feeling Ones Pain
This week we read the parsha of Vaera . In last week's parsha, Moshe's first appearance before Paroah to demand freedom for his people, Bnei ...read more
Not What It Looks Like
HE LED FOR one term. But when he refused to turn against the Jews, they got rid of him and forced him from office. But when he decided he liked ...read more
Now Is The Time
"Hashem spoke to Moshe and Aharon and commanded them regarding the Children of Israel...." (6:13)
The Talmud Yerushalmi relates that prior to ...read more
Parshas Vaera – Praying in a Non-Jewish City
The Story
The Green family arrived in Europe for their long awaited vacation. After picking up their luggage they loaded everything into ...read more
Don’t Flog the Frog
Frogs. Everywhere the Egyptians looked there were frogs. In the streets, in their homes, on their beds, even in their ovens. Billions of slimy ...read more
Hail to the Chief
Some people just never learn. For almost a year Pharaoh was literally plagued by every conceivable misfortune, yet he refused to let the Jewish ...read more
Dissension and Lashon Harah Undermine the Zechus of the Klal
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand's Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: # 1320 – ...read more
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Kedushah Can Be Sensed[1]
Paroh’s daughter went down to bathe…She saw the basket…opened it and saw him…and a youth was crying…She took pity on him and said, “This one is ...read more
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Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is ...read more
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Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is ...read more
Chapter 1, Law 6(b) – Do We Really Want G-d? Part II
Law 5 (end -- see two weeks ago for entire text)
Nevertheless, we are commanded to follow the middle path in life. This is the best and most ...read more
Chapter 6, Mishna 6: The 48 Ways: 12-13: Patience
Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is ...read more
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Chapter 6, Mishna 6: The 48 Ways: 9-11: From Student to Teacher and a Perfect World
Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is ...read more
Chapter 1, Law 4(b)-5 – Rational or Crazy?
Law 4 (end -- see last week for entire text)
Any person whose character traits all fall in the center, midway between the extremes, is ...read more
