Weekly Parsha Thoughts

The Parsha starts, “Va’yihu chayei Sarah me’ah shana v’esrim shana v’sheva shanim, shnei chayei Sarah.” Rashi is bothered that the passuk states after each number another “shana.” Rashi writes that each one has a lesson to teach. Sarah, at age 100 was... Read More

The pesukim relate that Avraham saw three men and he ran to invite them in. It states, “A little water you shall have taken – through a messenger (Rashi), and you shall wash your feet, and rest under the tree. And I... Read More

The passuk states that Hashem told Noach that the land will be destroyed, “because the land was full with chamas – robbery.” At the end of the Parsha it relates the story with the dor haFlaga who built a tower to rebel... Read More

The passuk states that the nachash got punished with the curse: “על גחונך תלך ועפר תאכל כל ימי חייך, on your stomach you shall move around, and dirt you shall eat all the days of your life.” Rav Schwab is bothered; it... Read More

The passuk states, “למען ידעו דורותיכם כי בסוכות הושבתי את בני ישראל, in order that your generations shall know that I made Bnei Yisrael dwell in Sukkos.” The Gemara states that there are two possible reasons why we sit in a sukkah.... Read More