February 14, 2017

Vaera

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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ויפן ויצא מעם פרעה  And he turned and left Pharaoh’s presence The Ramban comments on this pasuk, telling us that after Moshe Rabbeinu warned the Egyptians of the impending plague ...

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February 14, 2017

Shemos

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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כי כבד פה וכבד לשון אנכי     For I am heavy of mouth and heavy of speech The Pasuk tells us that Moshe was trying to find reasons to demonstrate that ...

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February 14, 2017

Vayechi

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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וואני בבאי מפדן מתה עלי רחל בארץ כנען בעוד כברת ארץ לבא אפרתה ואקברה שם בדרך אפרת        When I came from Padan Rachel died on me in the land of ...

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January 4, 2017

Parshas Vayigash 5777

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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והנה עיניכם רואות ועיני אחי בנימין כי פי המדבר אליכם Behold your eyes see as do the eyes of my brother Binyamin that it is my mouth speaking to you ...

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January 4, 2017

Parsha Miketz – Chanukah

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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הלוא זה אשר ישתה אדוני והוא נחש ינחש בו   Is this not the one from which my master drinks, and from which he regularly divines? The Torah describes Yosef’s framing ...

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November 23, 2016

Chayei Sara 5777

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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ויקח האיש נזם זהב בקע משקלו ושני צמידים על ידיה The man took a golden nose ring, its weight a beka, and two bracelets on her arm Rashi’s explanation of ...

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November 23, 2016

Vayeira 5777

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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וירא אליו ד’ באלני ממרא And Hashem appeared to him in the plains of Mamreh The Daas Zikanim tells us that Hashem had commanded Avraham to circumcise everyone in his ...

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November 9, 2016

Lech Lecha 5777

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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לך לך מארצך וממולדתך ומבית אביך אל הארץ אשר אראך Go for yourself from your land, from your relatives, from your father’s house to the land that I will show ...

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November 4, 2016

Parshas Noach

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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אך בשר בנפשו דמו לא תאכלו-But flesh with its soul its blood you should not eat Rashi explains this Pasuk as referring to the prohibition of אבר מן החי  – ...

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November 4, 2016

Parshas Bereshis 5777

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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ויאמר אלקים נעשה אדם   Hashem said let us make man Rashi explains this Pasuk to demonstrate that even though no one helped Hashem create man, the Torah uses language of ...

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