ב"ה
Shemot 5762 - January 4, 2002
Parshah
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It was the darkest hour yet in the history of the fledgling nation. Slaves in a foreign land, subject to the cruelest of decrees. Just as it seemed that things could never be worse, a leader appears, sent by G-d to redeem them. Then things do get worse...
It was the darkest hour yet in the history of the fledgling nation. Slaves in a foreign land, subject to the cruelest of decrees. Just as it seemed that things could never be worse, a leader appears, sent by G-d to redeem them. Then things do get worse...
Parenting
Advice to an Expectant Mother
Of course, none of this is for you—it’s all for the unborn. So there's no self-indulgence going on. Just good pre-parenting. Right?
Of course, none of this is for you—it’s all for the unborn. So there's no self-indulgence going on. Just good pre-parenting. Right?
Do Our Deeds Matter To G-d?
If G-d is G-d, then obviously He is in no way altered or affected by His creations. But if a world full of people means nothing to Him, why did He create one?
If G-d is G-d, then obviously He is in no way altered or affected by His creations. But if a world full of people means nothing to Him, why did He create one?
Story
Moses was afflicted with a speech impairment so that no one should think that his success in transmitting the Torah to the world was due to his oratory skills.
— Derashot HaRan
Print Magazine
Of the 54 parshiot of the Five Books of Moses, only one is named after a woman. It is called “The Life of Sarah.”
It opens by informing us that Sarah has died.
Yes, this is the life of Sarah. Her true life. Because only in her passing was Sarah’s life fulfilled.
During her lifetime, she and her husband Abraham surveye...
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