Weekly Parsha Thoughts

Mishpatim

The passuk says ובכל אשר אמרתי אליכם תשמרו ושם אלהים אחרים לא תזכירו לא ישמע על פיך.   Rashi explains that the first part of the passuk gives each and every mitzvas aseh a warning of a lo saseh. The second part of...
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Yisro

The last of the Aseres HaDibros is the issur of lo sachmod, not to desire. The Shevet Mussar explains a person is unable attain anything which is not the ratzon Hashem. One can spend his whole life running after things he is...
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Beshalach

The passuk says ותעל שכבת הטל, “and the tal, dew, went up, evaporated.” This teaches that the tal was on top of the mon. However in Parshas Beha’aloscha the passuk says וברדת הטל, the tal descended and the mon was upon it....
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Bo

The passuk says ובכל אלהי מצרים אעשה שפטים, “and with all the gods of Mitzrayim I will give punishment.” We don’t see in the Torah openly which gods were punished or how they were punished.  What were the shefatim which Hashem did...
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Va’aira

The passuk says “hu Aharon u’Moshe.” Rashi explains that there are places where it first mentions Moshe and then Aharon and other places where Aharon is mentioned before Moshe.  This teaches us that they are equal as one. Rav Moshe Feinstein zatzal...
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Shemos

The passuk says Miriam asked the daughter of Pharaoh, “Shall I go and call for you a wet-nurse from the Jewish women and she will nurse the young boy for you?” Rashi explains that the daughter of Pharaoh tried to have Moshe...
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