Parshas Vayeshev Torah #1 - Ba’al Hatrurim on Verse 37:1 Torah #2: Explanation of Verses leading to the Sale of Yosef Great Torah on Verse 37:26 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוּדָ֖ה אֶל־אֶחָ֑יו מַה־בֶּ֗צַע כִּ֤י נַהֲרֹג֙ אֶת־אָחִ֔ינוּ וְכִסִּ֖ינוּ אֶת־דָּמֽוֹ׃ Rashi - מה בצע. מַה מָּמוֹן, כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ Torah #1: Verse 37:1 וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּאֶ֖רֶץ מְגוּרֵ֣י אָבִ֑יו בְּאֶ֖רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃ Now Jacob …
Month: December 2025
Week of Shabbos Parshas Mikatz 2025:
December 17 - 20, 2025 Ready for the Chabad of East Lakeview Chanukah Menorah parade. Wednesday, December 17th, 2025: Tova had a tonsillectomy today. Boruch Hashem, it went well. Danny drove us to the Fort Lauderdale Airport for our 2:40 flight to Chicago. Boruch Hashem, it was an empty flight, only 30 percent full and …
Shabbos Parshas Tazria – Metzora
May 2, 2025 The first Rashi brings down Reb Simlai Divrei Dovid – the Taz’s work on Rashi Sugihara אשה כי תזריע. אָ"רַ שִׂמְלַאי: כְּשֵׁם שֶׁיְּצִירָתוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם אַחַר כָּל בְּהֵמָה חַיָּה וָעוֹף בְּמַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית, כָּךְ תּוֹרָתוֹ נִתְפָּרְשָׁה אַחַר תּוֹרַת בְּהֵמָה חַיָּה וָעוֹף (ויקרא רבה יד): Slightly different in the Medresh, although seems the same: …
The Almost Rabbinic Roots of the Gettysburg Address
The Almost Rabbinic Roots of the Gettysburg Address Shem HaGedolim HaChadosh Visit with Rebbetzin Chaya Small Davening at Buckingham Pavilion Sheldon Stern – Yizkor Sunday Night, ShavuotDavened at Bais Mint. Serka served a great meal: eggplant parmesan, broccoli pasta, and tuna melt from Slices (formerly Tel Aviv Pizza). Shalom, Hudi, and Tzvi ate with us. …
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November 30, 2025 – Parshas Vayetzei
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ חָרָֽנָה vs וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ לְחָרָן Was the Ladder Straight or Slanted Rembrandt’s Jacob’s Ladder Verse 28:10: וַיֵּצֵ֥א יַעֲקֹ֖ב מִבְּאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ חָרָֽנָה׃ The first question is that in the previous sedra, Padan Aram is mentioned three times, but here it is changed to Charan. Maybe the Torah is telling us a premonition for the future …
