Simchas Avraham

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Parshas Vaeira - Trump, Paroh, & You

Jan 22, 2025

4:48

Donald Trump and Paroh show us a powerful lesson in how we can end up where we ultimately want to.

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Parshas Vaeira - The Miraculous Hail

Jan 20, 2025

4:26

The Brisker Rav zt'l illuminates our eyes, explaining how miraculous this plague was.

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Parshas Shemos - From Worst To First

Jan 15, 2025

4:04

Moshe Rabbeinu grows up in Pharaoh's palace, and the most unlikely scenario occurs. He turns out to be the savior of Bnei Yisrael. The same can happen to us all. We can be in the worst scenario, but the salvation will come in the end

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Parshas Shemos - We Are A Miracle

Jan 13, 2025

4:42

The Torah tells us the number of people who came down to Mitzrayim to tell us how improbable it is that we are still here.

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Parshas Vayechei - Magical Mishnayos

Jan 10, 2025

4:26

Want a way to get out of Gehinom? Asher ben Yaakov will make sure you'll get out if you do a certain task. Just make sure you do it correctly.

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Parshas Vayechei - First Pasuk Ponderables

Jan 8, 2025

4:53

The opening pasuk in the parsha is hard to understand. There are lots of questions we may ask. Perhaps these are some ways to answer them up..

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Parshas Vayechei - Yaakov Lives On

Jan 6, 2025

4:48

The pasuk does not mention Yaakov dying; rather, it uses other terms to refer to death. He was very different from his predecessors, Avraham and Yitzchak, as all his kids went on the path of the Torah. Someone who passes on and has children on the correct path is as if they are still alive.

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Parshas Vayigash - True Life

Jan 1, 2025

3:57

Yosef and Yaakov had the same thought process when they heard about each other. They both overcame their circumstances and both took satisfaction that the other did so.

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Parshas Vayigash - Yaakov Gets Invigorated

Dec 30, 2024

4:28

Yosef reveals himself to his brothers and then asks if his father is alive. This wasn't a question, but he told the brothers that Yaakov wasn't the same since they sold him. After Yaakov sees the wagons, he gets a jolt of energy, seeing that his son Yosef is still the same as when he left.

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Chanukah - From Impossible To Possible

Dec 25, 2024

4:30

Chanukah teaches us that things that look impossible are very much attainable. For Chanukah to happen seemed impossible, yet it did. So, too, we all can make the seemingly impossible possible.

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Parshas Vayeishev- The Salvation Will Come

Dec 23, 2024

3:59

Yosef Hatazadik was pulled out of the dungeon in an instant. The same happened by Yitzias Mitzrayim, and will happen Leasid Lavo. And the same will happen to us all!!

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Parshas Vayeishev - Can an Animal Kill?

Dec 20, 2024

4:32

When the brothers throw Yosef into the pit, he could have been killed very easily by the snakes and scorpions inside it. Or could he? The Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh tells us it's not that simple.

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Chanukah - You Are Pure

Dec 18, 2024

4:26

The Gemara explains what Chanukah is not just to tell us the story but to tell something much deeper.

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Parshas Vayeishev - What Did Yosef Do Wrong?

Dec 16, 2024

4:09

What did Yosef Hatzaddik do wrong by asking the butler to remember him? Is this not a normal thing to do? Why did that warrant an additional two years in prison?

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Parshas Vayishlach - Explaining Dina's Character

Dec 13, 2024

3:02

The Sefer Apiryon (written by the author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch) gives us an amazing insight into Dina's wandering outside.

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Parshas Vayishlach - Keep Battling

Dec 11, 2024

3:34

The Malach chanhed Yaakov’s name to Yisrael to show us a very important lesson.

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Parshas Vayishlach - Was Yaakov a Baal Bitachon?

Dec 9, 2024

4:09

Yaakov Avinu made an effort to ensure that he greats Eisav. Why such an all-out effort? Did he not believe in what Hashem told him?

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Parshas Vayeitzi - Lavan Teaches Us a Halacha

Dec 6, 2024

3:38

We learn a Halacha from Lavan about marriage, and some ramifications that comes with it.

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Parshas Vayeitzei - Chanukah Revealed

Dec 5, 2024

4:46

Leah showed us the way to show thanks, which is the real point of Chanukah.

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Parshas Vayeitzei - Chanukah Revealed

Dec 5, 2024

4:46

Leah showed us the way to show thanks, which is the real point of Chanukah.

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Parshas Vayeitzei - The Masmid Closes the Gemara

Dec 2, 2024

4:48

Learning Torah is paramount to us. However, Yaakov teaches us that the Gemara must be closed for one specific purpose.

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Parshas Toldos - What Was Bothering Rivkah?

Nov 27, 2024

3:14

The Brisker Rav zt”l gives us an insight to Rivkah’s dilemma when she was pregnant

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Parshas Toldos - How Low Did Eisav Go

Nov 25, 2024

3:48

Eisav wasn’t just a rasha after he was born. Even before he was born, his intent was to do bad not just to him, but to Yaakov as well.

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Parshas Chayei Sarah - The Overarching Middah in Shidduchim

Nov 21, 2024

4:39

Eliezer saw Rivka and asked for water. She came back and gave the camels as well. We see from here the key middah to look out for in shidduchim

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Parshas Chayei Sara - Explaining Death of The Avos

Nov 18, 2024

4:46

The Torah uses different terms for death regarding the Avos. (״מיתה, גויעה, אסיפה״) But by Moshe Rabbeinu, it uses just the term ״מיתה״. Why the different terms, and why is it different by Moshe?

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Parshas Vayeira - Akeidas Yitzchak: Who's Test Was It?

Nov 15, 2024

3:29

Why is this test of Akeidas Yitzchak attributed to a test for Avraham? Was it not a test for Yitzchak?

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Parsha Vaeira - Defining a Test

Nov 11, 2024

3:56

Why isn't the story of Avraham Avinu waiting outside his tent for guests included in one of the 10 tests? The answer explains how a test is defined

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Parshas Lech Lecha - Bris Millah 101

Nov 8, 2024

3:03

Why is one punished so severely with כרת if a bris is never done? The answer may lie in the reason for having a bris

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Parshas Lech Lecha - Pass on the Faith

Nov 6, 2024

3:15

What was the first comment mentioned in the Torah that Avraham said to Hashem?? It was simply about making sure there was someone to pass on his wisdom to.

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Parshas Lech Lecha - The Best Bracha

Nov 4, 2024

3:31

How does one get real bracha? What is the secret? The answer lies right here.

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Parshas Noach - Inflence Matters

Nov 1, 2024

4:14

Noach was a tzaddik, but his generation was not. But if he lived in the time of Avraham Avinu, he would have been a greater tzaddik by his influence rubbing off on him.

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Parshas Noach - Be Like Shem

Oct 29, 2024

4:55

Shem was not just doing the right thing, he did it based not on his desires. Very much unlike his brother, Cham.

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Parshas Bereishis - A Ponderable Point

Oct 27, 2024

3:09

The way the Torah structures the pesukim at the beginning of the parsha needs explanation.

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Hoshana Rabah - Simchas Torah Prep

Oct 22, 2024

4:17

Why do we hit the Aravos? What is the significance? Perhaps we are preparing ourselves for the sweetest gift of all.

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Sukkos - Sukkah & Daled Minim: A Theme

Oct 20, 2024

4:39

It isn't a coincidence that the two mitzvos of Sukkos come together. They definitely have a theme to them. Perhaps it is to show us that we aren't here in this world.

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Sukkos - Intent Matters

Oct 14, 2024

4:13

There is a way to do certain mitzvahs that change the act entirely. The mitzvah of Sukkah is one of those.

187

Yom Kippur - Complete Transformation

Oct 11, 2024

4:21

When one does teshuva, he doesn't just get forgiven - he becomes a new person and is beloved by H-shem even more than one who didn't sin.

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Aseres Ymei Teshuva - Use The Big Three

Oct 9, 2024

4:24

Teshuva, Tefilla, & Tzedaka are the most powerful tools to use now during these days. They have the most potency to turn over a bad decree.

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Aseres Ymei Teshuva - Is Teshuva Necessary?

Oct 7, 2024

4:22

Must one do teshuva to get into the category of a tzaddik? Why not just do another mitzvah?

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Rosh Hashana - Confidently Confident

Oct 1, 2024

3:51

There is a Halacha that one should bathe and have a haircut before Rosh Hashana because we're confident in the outcome. However, the Gemara tells us that we don't say Hallel on Rosh Hashana due to its severity. So what is it? It seems like a contradiction?!?!?

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Parshas Hazinu - Sleep & Death

Sep 30, 2024

3:28

Sleep and death are related not just because we're not (totally) here. It could also be because a person can't be told to do either of them by someone else.

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Parshas Nitzavim - We Have The Power

Sep 27, 2024

4:15

We down here in this world have the power to make Halachic decisions. How is that possible? Isn't the Torah spiritual? Yes, it is. But we mortals can become immortal through it.

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Parshas Vayeilch - Writing a Sefer Torah

Sep 25, 2024

3:46

Writing a sefer torah is a mitzvah upon everyone. Why? To make sure you can use it at any time.

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Parshas Nitzavim - It's Your Choice

Sep 23, 2024

4:32

We as human beings have the free will to do as we wish. But how do we know that's true? What's the source? The answer is found in this weeks parsha.

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Parshas Ki Savo - It's Not You, It's Him

Sep 20, 2024

4:01

Bikkurim shows us that what we yield is only due to Hashem's help. That could be why it's read before Rosh Hashana. To remind us who the Real King is.

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Parshas Ki Savo - So Much Good

Sep 18, 2024

4:33

With Rosh Hashana rapidly approaching, maybe it is a good idea to look back and realize how much good Hashem has given them this year.

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Parshas Ki Savo - Happiness is the Key

Sep 16, 2024

4:44

Doing a mitzvah with simcha is extremely integral to doing a mitzvos. Also, one who does them with simcha gets double the reward for doing it with happiness and enthusiasm.

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Parshas Ki Seitzei - The Anti Amalek

Sep 13, 2024

3:43

Amalek jumped right into the hot, scalding bath. They did the exact opposite of how one conquers the Yetzer Hara. Don't be like them.

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Elul - The First Step Has Been Taken

Sep 11, 2024

4:36

One may think that to do teshuva you have to take the first step and initiate the process. However, it's not true. The first step has already been taken. Hashem is already here. He's making it so much easier for us than you may think.

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Parshas Ki Seitzei - Beating The Yetzer Hara

Sep 9, 2024

4:37

One who wants to beat the Yetzer Hara should consider it a disgusting piece of filth. Make it disgusting in your eyes and then you can overcome the challenge placed in front of you at that moment.

Simchas Avraham

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