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Parshat Bereishis 5777
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week's parsha about the sin of Adam HaRishon and his banishment from Gan Eden. When Hashem first takes him into the Gan the pasuk says (Chapter 2, Pasuk 15), Vayikach Hashem Elokim es Ha'Adam Vayanicheihu B'Gan Eden L'Avdah U'Leshamrah. Hashem took Adam HaRishon into Gan Eden to work Read more...
Parshat Noach 5777
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week's parsha that Noach brought into the ark with him groups of two, male and female, of all the living creatures. The point of this was to insure the maintenance of the species after the Mabul. In addition, Noach was told to bring seven of each of the kosher animals and birds int Read more...
Vayechi
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The parsha begins with the words Vayechi Yaakov B’Eretz Mitzrayim. The Meshech Chachmah explains what the Torah is teaching by emphasizing that Yaakov lived seventeen years in Egypt. (There is a well-known Zohar which explains that Yaakov’s main “chiyus” of his life were the Read more...
Noach
Rabbi Jablinowitz
There is a Medrash Rabbah (36, 3) in this week’s parsha which contrasts Noach with Moshe Rabbeinu. Noach is described in the first pasuk in the parsha as Ish Tzadik, a righteous man. Yet towards the end of the parsha Noach plants a vineyard, becomes drunk, and is disgraced by his son Cham. In Read more...
