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Va’era: Overcoming Our Nature Like Frogs!
In Parshat Va’era, in their warning before Makkat Tzefardea, Moshe and Aharon tell Pharaoh: “:וְשָׁרַ֣ץ הַיְאֹר֘ צְפַרְדְּעִים֒ וְעָלוּ֙ וּבָ֣אוּ בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ וּבַֽחֲדַ֥ר מִשְׁכָּֽבְךָ֖ וְעַל־מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ וּבְבֵ֤ית עֲבָדֶ֨יךָ֙ וּבְעַמֶּ֔ךָ וּבְתַנּוּרֶ֖יךָ וּבְמִשְׁאֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ” “And the Nile will swarm with frogs, and they will go up and come into your house and into your bedroom and upon your bed and into…
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Shemot: What Is So Feminine about the Number 70?
In the beginning of Parshat Shemot, the Torah enumerates the descendants that traveled to Egypt with Yaakov. The pasuk states that Yaakov had seventy descendants with him when he came down to Mitazrayim…
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Pekudei: Self-Accounting in Judaism
This week’s parsha begins with the pekudim, a full accounting of every shekel and kikar donated towards the Mishkan…
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Vayakhel: There Is No Wisdom to Woman Except the Spindle
This week’s parsha discusses the donations of the “chachmei leiv”, the wise-hearted men and women who gave materials towards the Mishkan…
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Ki Tisa: Betzalel’s Inheritance from His Grandmother
I have endowed him with a divine spirit of skill, ability and knowledge in every kind of craft.
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Tetzave: Oversharing One’s Emotions
“And the dividing curtain shall separate for you between the Holy and the Holy of Holies…”
