Weekly Parsha Thoughts

The Gemara brings: Rav Simla’ee was doresh: the Torah starts with chesed and ends with chesed. It starts with the chesed of Hashem making cosnos or, clothing for Adam and Chavah.  The Torah ends with the chesed of Hashem burying Moshe Rabeinu. ... Read More

The Rabeinu Yona brings a mashal from Chazal for a person who pushes off doing teshuva. There was a group of robbers which the king caught and put in prison. They dug a tunnel, broke through the walls, and escaped out of... Read More

The Gemara brings: Rebbi Yitzchak said, “Why do we blow shofar when we are sitting and then blow again when we stand? In order to confuse or mix up the Satan (לערבב השטן).” The Ran explains the question, that since we are... Read More