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Parshat Bereishis 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha after Hashem created the world in six days (Chapter 2, Pasuk 1), ויכלו השמים והארץ וכל צבאם. Hashem completed the creation of heaven and earth. The Medrash Rabbah on the pasuk (10,2) teaches that though the word וכלו means He completed, o Read more...
Parshat Noach 5783
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha, at the end of the first pasuk, את האלוקים התהלך נח. Noach walked with Gd. Rashi comments that Noach needed support from Hashem and therefore always clung to Him. And this is in contradistinction to Avraham who is described as being more independen Read more...
Parshat Lech Lecha 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the first pasuk in this week’s parsha that Avraham is commanded to leave his home and go to Eretz Yisrael. However, upon commanding Avraham, Hashem doesn’t tell him exactly where he’s meant to go. The pasuk reads that Avraham is told to go אל הארץ אשר אראך; Read more...
Parshat Vayera 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the first pasuk in this week’s parsha, וירא אליו ד', Hashem appeared to Avraham. The Medrash Rabbah on this pasuk (48,2) teaches that Avraham said, were in not for him fulfilling the mitzvah of Bris Milah, Hashem would not have appeared to him. Rav Tzadok asks, how could Av Read more...
