Lessons on 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.

Parashat Hashavua: “With a Strong Hand He Will Expel Them from His Land

Harav Shaul Yisraeli – from Siach Shaul, p. 205-6

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tevet 5785

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Moshe is Taught to Be a Leader

Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 24 Tevet 5785

The Birth of History

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | 14 Shvat 5784

What Was Is Not What Will Be

Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 4 Shvat 5784

The Search for a True Jew

Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | 2 Shvat 5784

You Will See

Rabbi Haggai Lundin | Tevet 5783

Spirits in a Material World

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Tevet 5783

Interactions between Yehuda and Yosef over the Generations - Part II

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tevet 5783

72 Lessons on Va'era

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Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
Rabbi Dov Lior
Rabbi Chaim Drukman
Rabbi David Dudkevitz
Rabbi Sha'ar Yashuv Hacohen
Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l
Rabbi Moshe Berliner
Rabbi Ya'akov Katz
Rabbi Chanan Porat Z"l
Rabbi Hillel Geffen

Chukat

A Tale of Four Islands

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tamuz 6 5778

D'varim

Poetic Controversies

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 1 5777

Prayer

Days on Which Tachanun Is Not Recited

Chapter Twenty One-Part Three

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775

Prayer

May I Daven in English?

People, who cannot read Hebrew at all, have no choice but to pray in the language that they can read and understand. However, anyone who can should accept the challenge of studying the prayers a bit at a time, gradually thereby developing both fluency and comprehension

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff

Prayer

The Blessing for Rain for those travelling to the Land of Israel

Praying for a Rainy Day When Traveling to or from Eretz Yisroel in November

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5771

Naso

The Mitzvah of “Duchening” - Birchas Kohanim

The basic Halachot of Duchening, taking off shoes and washing hands, Why Is This Mitzvah Called Duchening? The connection between Duchening and dreams...

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5769

Vayishlach

The Halacha and History of the Gid Hanosheh

The mitzvah of gid hanosheh forbids us from eating the sciatic nerve, a sinew that runs from the lower back over the top of the hip and down the leg. Another Mitzvah is not eating the Cheylev, some fats in an animal.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | kislev 5769

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Are We Permitted to Enjoy this World?

I recline in an armchair in the lobby of the hotel and look over the menu. After the crazy day I've had, I deserve to relax and enjoy a good meal. Suddenly, I am menaced by a disturbing thought: Am I really permitted to enjoy myself in this world?

Various Rabbis | 13 Shvat 5768

Laws of Hanukkah

Flying High - A Traveler’s Guide to Channukah

What does one do about Channukah candles in a hotel, while traveling and in other complicated circumstances?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Kislev 5768

Vayetze

Study House of Shem & Ever in a world of Lavan

Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Kislev 5768

Mishpatim

The Absolute and the Conditional

Although Mishpatim follows Yitro, the two parshiyot are very different in nature.

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Shvat 5767

Various Subjects

The Laws Relating to Converts

The laws relating to Jewish converts are most astounding. Despite the criticism directed at the Jewish people on the grounds that Judaism is racist, the Torah teaches us that any non-Jew who earnestly seeks to join the Jewish people may do so.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

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