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Parashat Hashavua - Torah Portion - Va'era
articles on Va'era
The Weighing of the Heart
A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly portion "Va'era".
Trusting Hashem
A Shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly portion "Va'era".
The Land Brings It All Together
A short video connectecting the land of Israel to the Parasha.
Trusting in Hashem
A Critical Midrash, Trust in God. A Long-Range Perspective, Silver Linings, The True Test.
Lessons on Va'era
DO WE DESERVE REDEMPTION? “Blood, Covenant, and Return”- Parshat VaEra
Are we today so much greater than say the Rambam's generation? Why is G-d returning us to Israel & doing so many salvations and victories over Hamas, Hizballah, Syria and Iran in recent years, even if we haven't done Teshuva & seemingly don't deserve it?
Lessons
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Various Events FOR WHOM NOT TO VOTE
Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook stressed that Israeli politics is G-dly, so I have no problem answering this common question on a Torani blog. Also, Free-Will is a G-d-given right and obligation, to "destine one's fate" (R. Soloveichik, Kol Dodi Dofek, 67), so I obviously don't tell others how to vote. But once not a few (especially young) have already asked, a couple of personal words from experience and thoughts from chazal & Rav Kook which may be of help to others, mainly for whom NOT to vote.
Rabbis on Va'era
