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Va’eschanan – Entering Israel
Why was it so important to Moshe to go into Israel? What is the significance of Hashem’s response – ‘don’t speak to Me about this,’ and ‘go up on the mountain to see the land?’ What is the value of seeing the land if he could not go there? Why is this the circumstance that…
Read MoreShemos – Meriting Redemption
What does it mean that Hashem redeems us for the ‘sake of His name and the sake of His covenant?’ What is the difference between ‘seeing’ and ‘knowing?’ Why does Hashem ‘see’ our sins, but ‘know’ about our good deeds? How can we be redeemed in the merit of something we will do in the…
Read MoreDevarim-Tisha B'av – Rectifying a Splintered Reality
Why did Moshe translate the Torah into 70 languages if the Jewish people at that time only spoke Hebrew and Egyptian? What is the curative power of the Torah? How does the Torah transport a person to the World to Come? How did Moshe go from a person who was ‘not a man of words’…
Read MoreMatos-Masei – Good Subsumes Evil
Why did Joshua only live to be 110 years old as opposed to Moshe who lived until 120? Why did Moshe want to see the ‘revenge’ of the Jewish people on Midian before his death? What does the word nekama (revenge) really mean? What is the difference between seeing and hearing? Find out in this…
Read MoreLech Lecha – Inspiring Impressions
Why does the Torah stress the fact that Sarah was so beautiful? What does the midrash mean when it says that Abraham realized how beautiful she was when he saw her reflection in the Nile river? Why did Pharaoh give his daughter to Abraham and Sarah to be their maidservant? Why did Abraham call Jerusalem…
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