Dear Parents,
Before the plague of ברד arrived, anyone who “feared the word of Hashem” brought all his cattle and property into his home. Only “the one who did not fear the word of Hashem” did not protect his cattle. Who was that? The Medrash identifies him as Bilaam the rosho.
After seeing Moshe’s predictions come true...
Dear Parents,
Have you ever considered how strange it is that Paroh’s own daughter rescued a Jewish baby – destined to become the nation’s leader – from the Nile?
The Ibn Ezra points out that Hashem’s hashgachah caused Moshe to be raised in an atmosphere of royalty and power rather than an environment of slavery and...
Dear Parents,
פרשת ויחי is the parshah of brochos. In the brochoh given to Yehudah, Yaakov says, “חכלילי עינים מיין ולבן שנים מחלב.” The simple pshat is that Yehudah and his children would be blessed with an abundance of good things. However, Rabbi Yochonon, at the end of Kesubos, offers a lesson by...
Dear Parents,
Pharaoh summons Yosef from prison to interpret his dreams. Yosef not only interprets the dreams but even offers his own advice to Pharaoh. But surely if Pharaoh had wanted advice about the dreams, he would have asked his advisors, or directly asked Yosef. It seems that Yosef is risking his life by offering an עצה!
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