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Dvar Torah Parshat Bereishit 5772

As we start reading the Torah anew we cannot help but notice that it starts with the letter BET. Many Drashot have been said about this fact and also about the shape of the letter. There is, however, a very interesting Drasha that a Magid or preacher once gave. He pointed out that the Talmud [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Bereishit (Bereishis) 2009 5770

In describing the creation of light on the first day Hashem says: KI TOV,” …it was good”. (Gen. 1,4) On the second day, when Hashem divided the waters, it does not say that it was good. Traditionally, the explanation given is that when there is a division, it is not good. Since on the second [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Bereshit 2008 5769 דבר תורה פרשת בראשית

When man was created we are told that Hashem formed man and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life VAYEHI HA’ADAM LENEFESH CHAYAH, the literal translation of which is “…and man became a living soul.” (Gen. 2,7) Onkelos in his Aramaic translation, however, gives a different translation. He explains it to mean that Adam [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Bereshit 5767

Every year, after the holiday of Simchat Torah, we turn the Torah scroll back to the beginning and start anew to read BERESHIT, “In the beginning…”. This embraces a beautiful implication. It tells us that we can get another chance. All year we read through the stories of the families and travails of the Patriarchs. [ READ MORE ]

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