Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Noah AND I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU, AND NEVER AGAIN WILL ALL FLESH BE CUT OFF BY THE FLOOD WATERS, AND THERE WILL NEVER AGAIN BE A FLOOD TO DESTROY THE EARTH." AND GOD SAID: "THIS IS THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT, WHICH I AM PLACING BETWEEN ME AND BETWEEN YOU, AND BETWEEN EVERY LIVING SOUL THAT IS WITH YOU, FOR EVERLASTING GENERATIONS. MY RAINBOW I HAVE PLACED IN THE CLOUD, AND IT...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Bereishit AND GOD SAID, "LET THERE BE LIGHT," AND THERE WAS LIGHT. AND GOD SAW THE LIGHT THAT IT WAS GOOD, AND GOD SEPARATED BETWEEN THE LIGHT AND BETWEEN THE DARKNESS. (Bereishit 1:3-4) Rabbi Yehuda bar Simon said: One could see the entire history of the world through the light that was created on the first day. When the Holy One blessed be He saw the generation of the Flood and the generation of...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Sukkot FOR A SEVEN DAY PERIOD YOU SHALL LIVE IN SUKKOT. EVERY RESIDENT AMONG THE ISRAELITES SHALL LIVE IN SUKKOT (Vayikra 23:42) All seven days, one makes his sukkah into regular and his home in to an occasional . If rains fall, at what point may he leave the sukkah? When the porridge becomes spoiled . spun a parable: To what may this be compared – to...
Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Yom Kippur COME NOW, LET US DEBATE, SAYS THE LORD. IF YOUR SINS PROVE TO BE LIKE CRIMSON, THEY WILL BECOME WHITE AS SNOW; IF THEY PROVE TO BE AS RED AS CRIMSON DYE, THEY SHALL BECOME AS WOOL. (Isaiah 1:18) It is taught that Rabbi Eliezer said: If your sins prove to be like crimson, etc., – ...