Vayishlach
פרשת וישלח The parsha begins with Esav marching towards Yaakov with 400 armed men. When Yaakov heard about this, the Torah testifies, “ויירא יעקב מאד […]
Vayeitzei
פרשת ויצא The parsha begins with Yaakov leaving Be’er Sheva and going to Haran. The verse continues by saying, “,ויפגע במקום” meaning literally that Yaakov […]
Toldos
פרשת תולדות This week’s Parsha mentions the episode of Esav’s sale of his birthright to Yaakov. The Gemorah in Bava Basra דף ט”ז mentions that […]
Chaye Sarah
פרשת חיי שרה This week’s Parsha contains an interesting verse which the commentaries take note of. The verse says, “And Avraham was old, coming along […]
Vayera
פרשת וירא Chazal teach us in Pirkei Avos (Chapter 5 Mishna 3) that God tested Avraham Avinu with ten trials in order to demonstrate His […]
Lech Lecha
פרשת לך לך The Mishnah in Avos (5:3) teaches us that Avraham Avinu had 10 tests and he withstood all of them, and this was […]
Bereishis
פרשת בראשית The verse in this week’s Parsha (1:16) says, “And Hashem made the two great lights, the large one to rule over the day, […]
Noach
פרשת נח At the end of this week’s Parsha, the Torah tells us about דור הפלגה – the generation that gathered together to collectively rebel […]
Yom Kippur
יום כיפור תשע”ב The Haftorah of Yom Kippur says, “If one honors God by not desecrating the Shabbos…” and it goes on to list the […]
Haazinu
פרשת האזינו ושבת שובה This week’s Haftara begins with the words, “Return to Hashem, if you have stumbled with sin, and bring with you your […]