Parshat Mishpatim – Trumah – 2010
Parshat Mishpatim – Trumah February 12, 2010 Exodus 24:7 – “And Moshe took the book of the covenant and read in the hearing of the people and they said, “All that t
Parshat Yitro – Modesty Above Wisdom – 2010
Parshat Yitro February 5, 2010 Rabbi Moshe Goldsmith This week’s Torah portion is named after Yitro, Moshe Rabeynu’s father-in-law a former Midyanite priest. Our sage
Parshat Beshalach – 2010
Parshat Beshalach January 28, 2010 “And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on thei
Parashat Bo – 2010
Parshat Bo January 23, 2010 Leah Goldsmith Like a big fish in a small pond, Pharoh ruled from his throne on the Nile. As this watering place replenished itself (and there was n
Parashat Vaera – 2010
Parshat Vaera January 15, 2010 “And G-d spoke to Moshe and said to him. I am the Lord, and I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya’akov, by the name of G-d Almigh
Parashat Shemot – G-D Watches Over His righteous Nation 2010
Parshat Shemot January 8, 2010 King Solomon in his book of Proverbs 13:23 writes “Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there are others that perish without judgment.&
Parshat Vayechi – 2010
Parshat Vayechi January 1, 2010 Leah Goldsmith The root of the word Mitzrayim, tzar, means a narrow narrow place. When looking at an Atlas one can see this is not the case; it is g
Parashat Vayigash – 2009
Parashat Vayigash December 25, 2009 VayiGASH (coming near), GASHmiyut (material bounty) and the Land of GOSHen (the place the tribes set up housekeeping in Egypt), are all of the r
Parasaht Vayeshev – Yosef – 2009
Parasaht Vayeshev December 11, 2009 Yosef’s life wasn’t easy, even from a tender age. When he was a little boy he became orphaned of his mother, which is why his father
Parasaht Vayishlach – Let Our People Grow
Parasaht Vayishlach December 3, 2009 King Solomon in his book of proverbs writes in chapter 26:17 He that passes by, and meddles with strife belonging not to him, is like one that
