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    Parashat Hashavua

    What’s in a Name? – About Shem, Sham, and Makom

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 13 Shvat 5784
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    Parashat Hashavua

    Interactions between Yehuda and Yosef over the Generations

    In Sefer Bereishit, the struggle for leadership is between the half-brothers Yosef and Yehuda. Shemot starts with a new chapter in the national story, as Egypt goes from a king who was very close to Yosef to one who did not recall Yosef.

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tevet 5783
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    Parashat Hashavua

    As a Hammer Smashes Rock

    Why are so many elements in Tanach only clarified by connecting different sections of Biblical text? We should understand that all of Tanach is one book, which is composed of 24 sub-books.

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tevet 17 5782
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    Parashat Hashavua

    A Sad Secret – Lashon Hara Brings National Agony

    Moshe’s first action as an emerging leader was that he saw an Egyptian beating an Israelite and killed the Egyptian (Shemot 2:11-12). This was followed by confronting two Israelites fighting and trying to stop them, only to be scorned, “Who has placed you as an officer and judge over us? Will you kill me the way that you killed the Egyptian?” (ibid. 14). Moshe was then sought by Paroh and slated for execution, but he managed to escape to Midian.

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tevet 19 5779
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    Parashat Hashavua

    Unknown Spiritual Power

    Before the appointment of Moshe at the burning bush, the pasuk announces: “Hashem saw Bnei Yisrael, and Hashem knew (vayeda)” (Shemot 2:25). Many of our great commentators have toiled to explain this pasuk, especially its conclusion. Doesn’t Hashem always know everything? What exactly is it here that Hashem “knew,” and what does it have to do with Bnei Yisrael’s burgeoning redemption?

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tevet 14 5778
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    Parashat Hashavua

    “These Are the Names of Israel” – How Does One Enter the List?

    We have dealt with helping Jews being accepted and encouraging the conversion of those with patriarchal Jewish lineage. Now we will deal with the question of how to approach the challenges of conversion. No broad elements of the religious community in Israel treat conversion as a highest priority endeavor, with groups viewing other things as higher on the national agenda. To change this, the political leadership of the State of Israel and Torah leadership need to embark on a program that turns the spiritual absorption of olim, especially those from the Former Soviet Union who require conversion, into a major national project. Passiveness with the illusion that matters will work out by themselves, runs the real risk of assimilation within the Jewish State.

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tevet 18 5777
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    Parashat Hashavua

    Yosef – Connected to Eretz Yisrael through the Grapevine

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 5775
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    Parashat Hashavua

    Israel Shall Bud and Blossom

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 5774
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    Parashat Hashavua

    The Path of Levi’s Ascendance

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 23 Tevet 5773
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    Shmot

    Once a King, Always a King?

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 9 Tevet 5769
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    Shmot

    A Promise by a Promising Leader

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tevet 5768
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    Shmot

    The Snake’s Tongue

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 23 Tevet 5767
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    Shmot

    Shepherding Skills

    Parashat Shmot

    Parashat Shmot

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 21 Tevet 5766
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    Shmot

    Tomorrow Will Be Better Than Yesterday and the Day Before

    Parashat Shmot

    Parashat Shmot

    Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Tevet 5765
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