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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Shemos
The Meaning of Vayoel MosheExile Means Subservience to G-dThe Wicked SonIngathering the Exiles Lest they multiply, and when there be a war, they be added to our enemies…and Egypt made the children of Israel perform hard labor. (1:10,13). Rabbi Avraham Loewenstam of Emden, in his work Tzeror Hachaim (published 1820), writes that in every Jewish…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Vayechi
The Zionists Are Nourished From the YeshivosJews Have No Authority During ExileLet Us Gather TogetherThe Comfortable Exile And Yaakov called to his sons, and said, “Gather and I will tell you what will happen (yikra) to you in the end of days.” The Satmar Rav asked: The word “yikra” is usually understood to mean “happen,”…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Vayigash
The Holy Tongue or Modern Hebrew?Don’t Straddle Both Sides of the FenceZionists Endanger the Jewish People “And behold, your eyes and the eyes of my brother Binyamin see that it is my mouth speaking to you.” (45:12) Rashi says that Yosef was speaking now in the Holy Tongue, and that was the proof that he…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Mikeitz
Confronting LeadersMoshiach Ben Yosef And Yisroel their father said to them, “If so, do as follows: Take from the best of the land in your vessels, and bring the man a gift: a bit of balsam and a bit of honey, wax and lotus, pistachios and almonds… And may G-d Almighty cause the man to…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Vayeishev
A Sin for the Sake of HeavenWho Will Support My Children? And they hated him, and could not speak to him peacefully. (37:4) The Chasam Sofer writes that the words could be read differently: “lo yachlu” – they could not stand – “dabro leshalom” – that Yosef spoke to them peacefully. Yosef had been telling…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Vayishlach
Never Put All Your Eggs in One BasketThe Satan Calls Himself “Israel”Another Reason for the DiasporaBow Your Head to the Wave And Yaakov was very afraid, and he was in distress; and he divided the people who were with him, the sheep, the cattle and the camels into two camps. (32:8) This passage is a…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Vayeitzei
Not Letting the Wicked Build UsThere are Some Things We Don’t Even Joke About“Zionists” Against Zionism And in the morning, behold, it was Leah, and he said to Lavan, “What have you done to me? Did I not work for you for Rochel? Why did you trick me?” And Lavan said, “It is not done…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Toldos
Living Under the Zionist StateThe Worst Zionists are the Religious ZionistsYitzchok Loved Esav And Yaakov gave to Esav bread and lentil soup, and he ate and drank, and arose and left; and Esav despised the birthright. (25:34) The Brisker Rav once said to Reb Zalman Sorotzkin, “Why does the Torah say, ‘And Esav despised the…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Chayei Sarah
Taking Money From the WickedDid the Land Belong to Avraham?When the Unholy Has a Holy NameWhen the Wicked Make Concessions And they called to Rivkah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.” (24:58) The Midrash (Yalkut Tehillim 795) says that Hashem took Israel out of Egypt…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Vayeira
There Were No Protests in SodomFaith Despite Our Many QuestionsObedience, Not LogicAvraham’s Test and Our Test And Hashem said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous people in the midst of the city, then I will forgive the entire place for their sake.” (18:26) Someone once asked Rabbi Avigdor Miller: “If Hashem was willing to…