On Parshat Vayeishev 5744, just after 19 Kislev and the חלוקת הש”ס, the Rebbe began speaking about the concept of learning Rambam with comparisons to the way the Shas is divided yearly. As Talmidei ...

We see this lashon at the end of next weeks Parsha, with the Pasuk מי-בעל דברים יגש אלהם – “whoever has a claim will go to them”. I noticed that both the Netziv and the Mesh ...

Our Torah portion begins with the story of Jethro [a priest of Midian], father-in-law of Moses, who, after hearing about the splitting of the Red Sea and the war against Amalek, decided to join ...

The revelatory moment at Mount Sinai is bookended by two challenging passages. Six sentences before the giving of the “10 sayings” (aseret hadibrot), also known as the Ten Commandments, we ...

There’s a lot of complaining in Parshas Beshalach. At the end of Perek 15 מה נשתה , What shall we drink? In the next Perek, after bnei Yisrael travelled for a month, וילינו כל-עד ...

Parshat Yitro famously gives us a commandment relating to how we should be good children to our parents. However, it also offers a hint as to how we can be good parents to our children. It is well ...

When Yishayahu experiences revelation in our Haftarah for Parshat Yitro, angels feature prominently in his vision of the divine realm, surrounding the throne upon which God sits while bestowing ...

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Parshat Yitro: Exodus 18:1-20:22; Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5-6. The verses immediately preceding the Decalogue Revelation at Sinai are curious, to say the least. God and Moses enter a dialogue that ...