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21 Nov 2019

Chayei Sara

The passuk states that Eliezer asked Rivka “היש בית אביך מקום לנו ללין, Is there in your father’s house a place to sleep overnight?” She responds “גם מקום לנו ללון, There is also place to sleep overnight.” When Lavan hears about Eliezer’s...

21 Nov 2019

Vayeira

The Gemara brings: anyone who makes himself a מקום קבוע, permanent place, to daven, the G-d of Avraham will be at his assistance… as it states in our parsha “וישכם אברהם בבקר אל המקום אשר עמד שם את פני ה’, and Avraham...

21 Nov 2019

Lech Lecha

The passuk states, “And Avram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his nephew, and all the possessions that he acquired.” The passuk then says “ואת הנפש אשר עשו בחרן” “and the souls that they made in Charan.” The Midrash Rabbah asks: if...

21 Nov 2019

Noach

The passuk states that Noach drank wine and became intoxicated, and was uncovered in the tent. Cham saw and told his two brothers outside. Onkelos translates the word בחוץ outside, as in the marketplace, meaning publicly making mention about their father and...

21 Nov 2019

Bereishes

The passuk statesויפח באפיו נשמת חיים ויהי האדם לנפש חיה . “And He blew into his nostrils a breath of life and the Adam became a living soul.” Rashi explains that although the passuk also calls animals נפש חיה the creation of...

21 Nov 2019

Sukkos

The passuk states בסוכות תשבו שבעת ימים…למען ידעו דורותיכם כי בסכות הושבתי את בני ישראל בהוציאי אותם מארץ מצרים “In Sukkos you shall dwell for seven days…since in Sukkos I made dwell the Bnei Yisrael when I took them out of the...

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