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Shemot: Forever Building! ~ Yehoshua Steinberg
Article abstract: In Parashat Shemot, the word "הָאָבְנָיִם" appears, denoting a birthing stool. The word also appears in the Book of...
yehoshua steinberg
Dec 31, 20207 min read
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Shemot: Prophets and Visionaries ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
When G-d appoints Moshe as His emissary to redeem the Jewish People from their Egyptian bondage, He splits the leadership position into...
yehoshua steinberg
Dec 30, 20204 min read
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Shemot: The Pharaoh and The King ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com The Pharaoh and the King I still remember my fifth grade Rebbe, Rabbi A. Y. Berman, asking the one...
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Dec 30, 20205 min read
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Shemot: Hashem’s Treasure ~ Tzvi Abrahams
For the illui neshamahof my mother, Chaya Rachel basMordechai, on her yahrtzeit, the 17th of Teves, תש”ע Parshasשְׁמוֹת Hashem’s Treasure...
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Dec 29, 20207 min read
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Va’era: Positively Divided! ~ Yehoshua Steinberg
The root פלה first appears in this week’s Parsha, and it appears here twice, which is more than any other Parsha in the Torah. The first...
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Nov 30, 202013 min read
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Va'era: Down by the River ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
Before bringing the Plague of Blood, G-d tells Aharon to stretch out his staff over the different bodies of water in Egypt. He tells...

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Nov 29, 20203 min read
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Va'era: Just Because ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
Just Because Before the Plague of Hail, Moshe warns the Pharaoh that he truly deserves to be killed, but that G-d had said, “nonetheless,...

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Nov 29, 20203 min read
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Va’era: How Do We Give Kavod To Hashem ~ Tzvi Abrahams
Va’era How Do We Give Kavodto Hashem? כָּבֵד: heavy כָּבֵד: liver כָּבוֹד: honor לְכַבֵּד: to clean or sweep the house יוֹכֶבֶד: Moshe’s...

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Nov 28, 20203 min read
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Bo: I Desire it ‘Na’ Now, Even Half-Baked ~ Yehoshua Steinberg
Article abstract for Parashat Bo: The word נא appears in Parashat Bo four times, with arguably three disparate meanings. Yet, Rashi...
yehoshua steinberg
Oct 31, 20205 min read
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Bo: The Sign is Coming ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
In Parshat Bo there are three signs: The plagues in Egypt are called a “sign” (Ex. 10:1-2), the blood which the Jews were supposed to...
yehoshua steinberg
Oct 30, 20204 min read
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Bo: Turning off the Lights ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
Turning off the Lights The ninth plague in Egypt was the plague of darkness. When describing this plague, the Torah relates that G-d told...

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Oct 30, 20204 min read
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Beshalach: Manna at the Ready ~ Yehoshua Steinberg
Article abstract: Parashat Beshalach is the portion of the Exodus and the Splitting of the Red Sea; it is also the portion of the Manna,...
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Sep 30, 202016 min read
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Beshalach/Tu B’Shvat: Tree Words ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
This upcoming week is a little-known holiday called Tu B’Shevat (the 15th of the month of Shevat). The Mishna (Rosh Hashanah 1:1) says...
yehoshua steinberg
Sep 29, 20202 min read
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Beshalach: Sweet and Pleasant ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
Photo by mali maeder on Pexels.com Sweet and Pleasant Not long after the Jews’ Exodus from Egypt, they travelled in the desert for three...
Reuvan Chaim Klein
Sep 29, 20204 min read
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Beshalach: How to Pass the Driving Test ~ Tzvi Abrahams
Bishalach How to Pass the Driving Test נִסָיוֹן: test נֵס: miracle נֵס: banner נוּס: flee נֵס: sail נִיסַן: Nisan נִסָיוֹן: Test...
yehoshua steinberg
Sep 28, 20208 min read
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Yitro: Excruciating Elation ~ Yehoshua Steinberg
Article abstract for Parashat Yitro: This week's Parashah opens with an apparently clear statement describing Jethro's joy about Hashem's...
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Aug 31, 202012 min read
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Yitro: Myself and I ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
Myself and I The Ten Commandments famously open with the words, “I am Hashem your G-d who took you out of Egypt…” (Ex. 20:2). In this...

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Aug 30, 20203 min read
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Yitro: God’s Best Friend ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
The Midrash tells us that Moshe’s father-in-law Yitro (Jethro) had seven different names by which he is called in the Bible: Yitro,...

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Aug 29, 20203 min read
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Yitro: An Invitation to the Royal Wedding ~ Tzvi Abrahams
Yitro An Invitation to the Royal Wedding הַזְמָנָה: invitation, designation, preparation זִמּוּן: blessing Hashem זְמַן: time מְזוּמָן:...
yehoshua steinberg
Aug 29, 20205 min read
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Mishpatim: Rabbi of Robbers ~ Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
Rabbi of Robbers The Amoraic sage Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish, also known as Reish Lakish, serves as the quintessential baal teshuvah, as he...
yehoshua steinberg
Jul 31, 20203 min read
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