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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…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Lech Lecha
Lot: The First ZionistWe Have No Other Desire But YouEfes Biltecha Goaleinu And Hashem said to Avram after Lot had separated from him: Lift up your eyes and see from the place where you are, north and south and east and west. (13:14) Rashi comments that Hashem waited to speak to Avram until the wicked…
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Parsha Pearls: Parshas Noach
When the Righteous Fail to RebukeG-d Speaks to Us Through Current EventsAccepting the Decree of the KingNot For Us to Avenge And Hashem said to Noach: Come, you and your entire household, into the ark, for I have seen you to be a righteous man before Me in this generation. (7:1) The Mishnah in Bava…