PARASHA PERSPECTIVE

BY JACK E. RAHMEY
FROM THE TEACHINGS AND GUIDANCE OF RABBI AMRAM SANANES

BRING A FRESH PERSPECTIVE TO YOUR SHABBAT TABLE.

LEARN NEW LIFE LESSONS FROM AGE-OLD AND CURRENT STORIES.

STIMULATING TORAH CONVERSATIONS.

ENGAGE YOUR FAMILY IN STIMULATING CONVERSATION.

Parashat Mishpatim

Dedicated In honor of our son Gedaliah Wygoda on his Bar Mitzvah Parashat Mishpatim At the end of last week’s parasha, Am Yisrael received the holy Torah on Har Sinai. Immediately following this momentous occurrence in our history, parashat Mishpatim tells us: Now that you have accepted the Torah, get busy to start learning all its laws and ordinances. Learn how you’re supposed to conduct yourselves as the chosen nation, both for your own sake and to set an example for the ot

Parashat Yitro

Dedicated Leilui Nishmat Rachel Levy A’h by her grandson Alan Fallas Parashat Yitro This week’s parasha is named after Moshe Rabenu’s father-in-law, Yitro (Jethro), a high priest of Midian. Why would the Torah begin a new section with Yitro, and why would our Rabbis choose this section to be the start of a new parasha, which would then carry his name? Why confer such an honor on Yitro, an idolatrous Midianite, especially in a parasha that carries the holy words of the Ten Com

Parashat Beshallach

Dedicated Leiluy Nishmat Esther Bat Zakieh By Alan Chrem Parashat Beshalach At the end of last week’s parasha, after Pharaoh reluctantly sent B’nei Yisrael from Egypt, Moshe instructed the people (13:14), “And it shall be when your son will ask you at some future time, ‘What is this?’ You shall say to him, ‘With a strong hand Hashem removed us from Egypt from the house of bondage.’” From that time until today, every mitzva we are commanded to do and every holiday that we cele

Parashat Bo

Dedicated Leilui Nishmat Mazal Bat Rachael by the Liniado family Parashat Bo In this week’s parasha we encounter the last of the Ten Plagues that Hashem brought upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians. If we look back at the sequence of the plagues, we can see a very interesting pattern that conveys the ways in which Hashem works. The pattern they follow is “low to high:” That is, the plagues begin at the lowest point on earth and continuously rise from there. The first plague is dam,

Parashat Va’era

Dedicated Leilui Nishmat Sarah Bat Mazal and Mazal Bat Miriam by the Liniado Family Parashat Va’era At the end of last week’s parasha, Pharaoh — in retaliation for Moshe’s request to free B’nei Yisrael — Pharoah decided to punish them by withholding the straw to make the bricks: “Now you will not be given straw to make bricks but your quota of bricks must not diminish!” Rabbi Frand brings an interesting question: “Why didn’t Pharaoh just double their quota of bricks instead o

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