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Bo – 5780
Bo 5780
TEFILLIN; OUR GPS THROUGH HISTORY
In this week’s Parsha, Bo, the ten plagues are completed and Pharoah relinquished his grip on HaShem’s people. HaShem gave us the mitzvah of Korban Pesach and Bris Milah on whose merits we became worthy to leave Egypt. We were ready to begin our anticipated journey to receive His Torah and become His chosen people. However, before the story continues Ha-Shem breaks to give us the mitzvah of wearing tefillin. What is the immediate relevance of tefillin that it warrants to be introduced before our journey begins?
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Vayigash – 5780
Vayigash – 5780
Vayigash 5780
THE SEED VAULT OF OUR PEOPLE
Excerpted from a talk from Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky zt’l
In the last 13 verses of our Parsha, Vayigosh, the Torah relates specific details regarding the manner in which Yosef managed the distribution of the food during the famine. It warrants investigation why should the Torah tell us of these details. There seems to be no relevance to the story of our people. Furthermore, if the Torah felt it was important why did she not mention these details in last week’s Parsha at the beginning of the famine, which would be its place chronologically.