parshat Hachodesh

The parallel and connection between the four Parshiot, the four cups of the Seder, and the four expressions of redemption.

Why does the Torah first tell us so many historic facts, as interesting as they may be?

We are responsible for providing new understandings of the Torah every day in accordance with the changing times. “God renews the act of creation on a daily basis.”

We are responsible for providing new, novel understandings of the Torah every day in accordance with the changing times. “Each day they shall be as new in your eyes,” and by virtue of this innovation “God renews the act of creation on a daily basis.”