Vayeitzei

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2006

פרשת ויצא There is a very strange series of verses recorded in this week’s Parsha.  Toward the end of the Parsha, Hashem appears to Yaakov […]

Vayishlach

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2006

פרשת וישלח This week’s Parsha tells us that when Yaakov was about to remake his acquaintance with Eisav after being away for 20 years, he […]

Vayeishev

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2006

פרשת וישב This week’s Parsha opens with the verse telling us how Yaakov dwelled in the land of his fathers.  Rashi brings a very enigmatic […]

Mikeitz

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2006

פרשת מקץ וענייני חנוכה In this week’s Parsha, Yosef gets married to Potiphar’s daughter and has two sons.  The Torah tells us that he named […]

Vayigash

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2006

פרשת ויגש This week’s Parsha relates the dramatic events which led up to Yosef’s ultimate revelation of his true identity to his brothers.  In the […]

Vayechi

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2006

פרשת ויחי In this week’s Parsha, Yaakov Avinu’s astonishing life is about to come to an end.  Before his ultimate demise, Yaakov asks for all […]

Shemos

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2006

פרשת שמות This week’s Parsha tells us how Pharaoh decreed that all the male children of Egypt (including the non-Jews) were to be thrown into […]

Va’eira

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2006

פרשת וארא Last week’s Parsha described to us how even though Moshe Rabenu was raised in the King’s palace, he did not refrain from going […]

Bo

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2006

פרשת בא This week’s Parsha describes to us the first קרבן פסח that was offered and all the prescribed rituals therein.  The verse informs us […]

Balak

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2006

פרשת בלק This week’s Parsha tells us how Billam wanted to curse the Jewish people but was prevented in doing so through a series of […]