Archive for the ‘ Shemot ’ Category

Dvar Torah Parshat Shemot 5772 2012

Chazal said quite often that what happened to our Patriarchs was a sign of what will eventually happen to their descendants. The same is true about what happened to our forefathers in Egypt when they developed into a nation. What happened to them reoccurred time and again in the long history of our people in [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Shemot 5771 2010

Moshe approached the burning bush and heard the voice of Hashem calling him. His reaction, the Torah tells us was: VAYASTER MOSHE PANAV, “…Moshe hid his face…”. (Ex. 3,6) Chazal tell us that this action had its consequences. At a later date, after the Children of Israel had transgressed with the Golden Calf, Moshe started [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Shemot 5770 2010

Pharaoh had decreed that every Jewish male child was to be cast into the Nile River. When Moshe was born his mother, Yocheved, tried to hide him in her home as long as she could. When it became impossible to keep him longer she was forced to put him in a Tevah, a box, and [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Parshat Shemot 2009 5769 דבר תורה פרשת שמות

A new king arouse over the land of Egypt who wanted to impose restrictions on the Jews and eventually end up enslaving them. He spoke to his people and said to them: HAVA NITCHAKMA LO, “Let us deal wisely with them…”. (Ex. 1,10) The Talmud adds another detail not mentioned in the Torah. The Talmud [ READ MORE ]

Dvar Torah Shemot 5767

In this week’s Portion Moshe is selected to lead the Jewish people out of Egyptian bondage and take them through the Wilderness to the Promised Land. The Midrash explains why Moshe Rabbenu was chosen for this task. It tells us that when Moshe, who was the shepherd for Yitro, was out in the wilderness with [ READ MORE ]

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