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Parshas Shemos
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Drasha by Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky
- Tough Love (5784)
- Simply Qualified (5783)
- Growth Investment (5782)
- Pushing the Envelope (5781)
- Balance of Power (5779)
- Burning Interests (5778)
Dvar Torah by Rabbi Label Lam
- Never Lose a Holy Curiosity (5784)
- A Holy Place (5783)
- About One Thing (5782)
- The Anatomy of an Exile (5781)
- A Nation is Launched (5780)
- A Real Nothing (5779)
- A New Chapter in Life Begins (5778)
- Being a G-dly Being (5777)
- Already Destined for Greatness (5775)
- Exodus (5774)
- Who Helps the Most (5773)
- In Germany! (5772)
- Genesis of Exodus (5771)
- Something Astonishing (5770)
- To Be Caring…To Be Daring (5769)
- Exactly Why He Was Chosen (5768)
- What’s Possible- In a Name! (5767)
- Within a Child’s Reach (5766)
- No Old Friends (5765)
- In Preparation- to Save a Nation (5764)
- Out of Time (5763)
- What’s In A Name? (5762)
- The Birthing of a Nation (5761)
- Who We Might Be! (5760)
- My Heavy Brother (5759)
- Rise to the Challenge (5758)
- What’s New? (5757)
Haftorah Commentary by Rabbi Dovid Siegel
Haftorah Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
Kol HaKollel by Rabbi Pinchas Avruch
- Follow The Directions (5783)
- Feeling the Pain (5766)
- Gratitude to Man, Belief in G-d (5764)
- It’s Good to Cry (5763)
- Reclaiming our Relationship with G-d (5762)
Legacy by Rabbi Naftali Reich
- The Strife Factor (5784)
- Anatomy of a Fire (5783)
- Bleeding Hearts-Lofty Souls (5782)
- Leadership Qualities (5781)
Lifeline by Rabbi Yaakov Menken
- Miracles and Free Choice (5784)
- Driven to Givin’ (5783)
- Balancing the Scale (5782)
- What a Sight! (5779)
- True Leadership (5762)
- False Humility (5761)
- The Name of the Game (5760)
- Hanging the Curtains (5757)
Parsha Halacha for the Shabbos Table by Joshua Kruger
Parsha Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
Rabbi Wein by Rabbi Berel Wein
- Great Jewish Mysteries (5783)
- We Shouldn’t Ignore this Lesson from Egypt (5782)
- The Least Obvious Leader (5780)
- A Series of Ups and Downs (5778)
- The Power of the People (5775)
- Egyptian Exile: The Prototype for Later Exiles (5774)
- Egyptian Exile: The Prototype for Later Exiles (5774)
- The Makings of a Jewish Leader (5773)
- “Complete It” (5772)
- Do and then Understand (5771)
- Goodness begets Goodness (5770)
- My Name, My Identity (5768)
- Selective Memory (5766)
- The Importance of Names in Judaism (5765)
- Levites: We’re Not Just Genes! (5761)
Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha by Rabbi Yochanan Zweig
Table Talk by Rabbi Raymond Beyda
The Living Law by Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene
Thinking Outside the Box by Rabbi Jeff Kirshblum
Intermediate Level
Beyond Pshat by Rabbi Yosef Kalatzky
Hamaayan by Shlomo Katz
- Later Rather than Sooner (5784)
- Appreciation (5783)
- In Our Youth (5782)
- Aliens (5780)
- Can You Keep A Secret? (5779)
- It’s All Good (5778)
- A Learning Experience (5777)
- Thoughts of Shabbat (5775)
- Prince of Egypt? (5774)
- A Time of Reflection (5773)
- What if? (5772)
- Parshat Shmot (5770)
- The Wise (5769)
- Balanced Forces (5768)
- Yaakov and His Children (5767)
- The Baby and the Bath Water (5766)
- Bondage of the Hebrews: The Egyptian Perspective (5764)
- The Path You Choose (5762)
- Individuality (5761)
- It’s All in Your Mind (5760)
- The Moment of the Decree (5759)
- Was It Proven that G-d Dosn’t Exist? (5758)
Olas Shabbos by Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann
- Sharing the Pain of Others (5771)
- By Design (5767)
- What Can I Do? (5766)
- In Search of the Missing Scrolls (5763)
- Every Throes Has Its Thorn (5762)
- Forgetting History: A Big Know-No (5761)
- Who Are You Fooling? (5760)
- Guard Your Tongue – It’s Healthy (5759)
Parsha Insights by Rabbi Yisroel Ciner
- Change Your Attitude (5784)
- Assisted Suicide (5783)
- Pharoah and “the Jewish Problem” (5782)
- It’s All Written Down (5763)
- What’s In a Name (5762)
- Fudged Perception (5761)
- A Special Step-Mother (5760)
Perceptions by Rabbi Pinchas Winston
- Root Anti-Semitism (5784)
- Inner Redemption (5783)
- Template Exile (5782)
- Recognizing Yosef (5781)
- All Out War (5780)
- Time to Empathize (5779)
- Saving Grace (5778)
- The Struggle to Prepare for Redemption (5775)
- Passing G-d’s Tests (5773)
- Will We Never Learn? (5772)
- Completing the Mother of All Exiles (5771)
- Redemption and Giving Birth (5770)
- Hashgochah Pratis (5769)
- Leaving Egypt, Take 2 (5767)
- Making Light of Anti-Semitism? (5766)
- Time to Kibbutz Around (5765)
- Growing Up In Exile (5764)
- Nothing to Fear, but the Lack of Fear (5763)
- The NAME of the Game (5762)
- Name that Redemption (5761)
- You Can Take the Jew Out of the Country, But … (5759)
- Redemption: Take 1 (5758)
Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha by Rabbi Yochanan Zweig
Rabbi's Notebook by Rabbi Aron Tendler
- Secrets of Survival Part II (5766)
- The Unity Series Part One – The Value of One (5765)
- Deep Conversations (5764)
- Remembering Yoseph (5763)
- G-d’s First Teacher (5762)
- The Missing Years (5761)
- Moshe’s Dilemma (5760)
- G-dly Interventions vs. Human Actions (5759)
- An Unlikely Candidate (5758)
Rav Frand by Rabbi Yissocher Frand
- Remove Your Shoes: The Place You Stand Upon Is Holy Ground (5784)
- Hakaras HaTov and B’ni Bechori Yisrael (5783)
- Presenting the Names of an All-Star Lineup! (5782)
- Hakaras HaTov, Projecting Personal Shortcomings on Others; Humility (5781)
- The Anonymity of Moshe Rabbeinu’s Parents (5780)
- Fear of Heaven / Best Reward is Seeing Results (5779)
- The Secret to Surviving Galus / You Never Know! (5778)
- A Miracle for Encouragement / Caring For Each Other (5777)
- The Symbolism of the Thorn Bush (5775)
- The Torah (5774)
- The Best of Personalities and the Worst of Personalities (5772)
- Miriam Taught The Lesson Of Not Giving Up Hope (5771)
- Participating With Someone Else (5770)
- Being Made Matriarchs Was The Reward For Acting As Mothers (5769)
- The True Reward For The Midwives (5768)
- Coming To Egypt (5767)
- Modern Medicine Corroborates Medieval Doctors (5766)
- When You Are Raised As A Prince, You Act Like A Prince (5765)
- What Constitutes a “Gadol”? (5764)
- Now The Matter Is Known (5763)
- Grandfather At The Table (5762)
- Work, Work, Work (5761)
- Sequence Is Critical (5760)
- Look Beyond Your Nose (5759)
- Under the Carpet (5758)
- Man Toils and G-d Foils (5757)
- You are a Star (5756)
The Shmuz on the Parsha by Rabbi B. Shafier
Advanced Level
Abarbanel by Rabbi Dr. Meir Tamari
Be’eros by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Gal Einai by Gedalia Litke
Growing with the Parsha by Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz
Gur Aryeh by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
HaMedrash V’HaMaaseh by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Insights from Krakow
Jerusalem Views by Rabbi Heshy Grossman
Ksav Sofer by
Machshava by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Mei Marom by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Meor Einayim by
Meshivas Nafesh
Nesivos Shalom by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Netziv by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Reb Yeruchem
Sfas Emes by Nosson Chayim Leff
Shem MeShmuel by Rabbi Dr. Meir Tamari
The Timeless Rav Hirsch by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
- Parshas Shemos – The Origins of State Anti-Semitism (5771)
- Parshas Shemos – The Source of All Freedom (5770)