This weeks Parsha begins with the Pasuk, “Vayishma Yisro… And Yisro heard.”(18:1). What was it that Yisro heard? Rashi said he heard of Kriyas Yam Suf. Yet, the question still remains… so what? Maybe we can understand the great affect Yetzias Mitzrayim, and the giving of the Torah had on the world and its inhabitants […]
During the times of Rabbi Akiva the Evil Roman Government decreed that it was forbidden for Jews to learn Torah. Rav Pappus ben Yehuda found Rabbi Akiva organizing shiurim and learning Torah in public. He said to Rabbi Akiva, ‘Are you not afraid of the government?’ Rabbi Akiva said to him, ‘Let me tell you […]
It seems like the world had a good first couple of days, and then, early Friday morning Adam and Chava ate from the Eitz Hadas. This was the beginning to where we find the world in Parshas Noach. People had a complete lack of respect for each other, robbery, and killing was rampant and God […]
We, together, are in Galus. And although we are lucky in our day and age that our experience with anti-Semitism is usually words published online and written on signs in protest of Israel it was not too long ago that orthodox Jews in America had to start a new job every Monday because they refused […]
