Parsha Potpourri

Adam ki yihyeh b’or besaro se’eis o sapachas o baheres v’haya b’or besaro l’negah tzara’as v’huva el Aharon HaKohen o el echad mibanav (13:2) Parshas...

Vateitzei aish milifnei Hashem vatochal osam vayamusu lifnei Hashem (10:2) The Gemora in Sanhedrin (52a) teaches that while Moshe and Aharon were leading the way...

Vaya'as Aharon u'banav es kol ha'devorim asher tziva Hashem b'yad Moshe (8:36)             After discussing more of the laws governing the various offerings, Parshas Tzav...

Adam ki yakriv mi'kem korban l'Hashem (1:2) In the times of the Beis HaMikdash, a person who sinned at least had the comfort of knowing...

Eileh pekudei haMishkan Mishkan ha’eidus (38:21) Rashi explains that the repetition of the word “Mishkan” alludes to the fact that the Temple was taken from...

Vayeitz'u kol adas B’nei Yisroel mi'lifnei Moshe (35:20) Parshas Vayakhel begins by relating that Moshe gathered together all of the Jews to instruct them about...

V’atah kach lecha besamim rosh mar deror chamesh me’os (30:23) When the Megillah first introduces us to Mordechai, it tells us not only his name,...

V’atah Tetzaveh (27:20) The Baal HaTurim points out that from the birth of Moshe in Parshas Shemos until his death in Parshas V’Zos HaBeracha, this...

V’yikchu li terumah me’eis kol ish asher yidvenu libo tikchu es terumasi (25:2) In the 1920s, the yeshivos of Poland were so strapped for cash...

It has been noted that the yahrtzeit of Rav Yisroel Salanter (25 Shevat), the founder of the Mussar movement, traditionally falls out close to...

Parshas Yisro begins by relating that Yisro heard about all of the miracles that Hashem performed for the Jewish people. This motivated him to...

V’haya ha’dam lachem l’os al ha’batim (12:13) The Tosefos Yom Tov writes (Demai 7:3) that some people ask a powerful question based on the verse...

Vay’dabeir Hashem el Moshe v’el Aharon vay’tzaveim el B’nei Yisroel (6:13) In our verse, the Torah tells us that Hashem commanded Moshe and Aharon regarding...

UV’nei Yisroel paru vayishr’tzu vayirbu vaya’atzmu bim’eod me’od vatimalei ha’aretz osam (1:7) The Oznayim L’Torah recounts that a nonobservant Jew once approached his father-in-law Rav...

Vayar Yisroel es b’nei Yosef vayomer mi Eileh vayomer Yosef el aviv banai heim asher nasan li Elokim ba’zeh (48:8-9) Rashi writes that although Yaakov...

 Vayomer Yosef el echav ani Yosef ha’od avi chai v’lo yachlu achiv la’anos oso ki nivhalu mipanav (45:3) When Yosef’s brothers came to Egypt to...

Parshas Mikeitz is traditionally read on the Shabbos which falls out during Chanuka. The mystics teach that the parsha read during a Yom Tov...

 Vayishlacheihu me’Emek Chevron vayavo Sh’chemah (37:14) The Rokeach, a mystical Rishon, cryptically writes that the 112 verses in Parshas Vayeishev correspond to the 112 words...

The parsha begins by relating that Yaakov departed from Be’er Sheva and went to Charan. As the Torah doesn’t write unnecessary letters, why didn’t...

 Vayisrotz’tzu habanim b’kirbah vatomer im kein lamah zeh anochi vateleich lidrosh es Hashem vayomer Hashem lah shnei goyim b’vitneich u’shnei l’umim mimeiayich yipariedu ul’om...

 V’ashbiacha b’Hashem Elokei HaShomayim V’Elokei ha’aretz asher lo tikach isha liv’ni mi’bnos haC’naani asher anochi yosheiv b’kirbo ki el artzi v’el moladti teilech ul’kachta...

  V’hayah ki yiru osach haMitzrim v’amru ishto zos v’hargu osi v’osach y’chayu imri na achosi at l’maan yitav li ba’avureich v’chaysa nafshi biglaleich (12:12-13) Due...

Hanistaros L’Hashem Elokeinu v’haniglos lanu ul’vaneinu ad olam la’asos es kol Divrei haTorah hazos (29:28)             In our verse, the Torah writes the words “lanu...

V’amarta lifnei Hashem Elokecha biarti hakodesh min ha’bayis v’gam n’sativ l’levi ul’ger l’yasom ul’almana k’chol mitzvas’cha asher tzivisani lo avarti mi’mitzvosecha v’lo shachachti (26:13)            ...

Navi mikirb’cha me’achecha kamoni yakim lecha Hashem Elokecha eilav tishma’un (18:15)             A biography was once written about Rav Yehoshua Leib Diskin. Before publication, the...

Lo sa’ason kein l’Hashem Elokeichem (12:4) After instructing the Jewish people to break and smash the idolatrous temples and pillars which they will find in...

V’ragl’cha lo batzeika zeh arba’im shana (8:4) In mentioning that the shoes of the Jewish people miraculously didn’t wear out during their sojourn in the...

Eileh ha’devorim asher dibeir Moshe (1:1)             There are 5 books in the written Torah, and 6 sections of the Mishnah – the Oral Torah....

Vayomer Moshe livnei Gad v’livnei Reuven ha’acheichem yavo’u l’milchama v’atem teishvu poh v’lama se’niun es lev B’nei Yisroel me’avor el ha’aretz asher nasan lahem...

Parshas Balak - Vol. 5, Issue 38 Compiled by Oizer Alport   Vayakam Bilam ba’boker vayachavosh es asono Vayeilech im sarei Moav (22:21) After finally receiving permission from...

Parshas Chukas - Vol. 5, Issue 37 Compiled by Oizer Alport   Zos chukas HaTorah (19:2)             The Magen Avrohom writes (Orach Chaim 580:9) that it is the...

Vayishlach osam Moshe mimidbar Paran al pi Hashem kulam anashim roshei B’nei Yisroel heima (13:3) In relating that Moshe sent spies to scout out the...

Vayishma Moshe es ha’am boche l’mishp’chosav (11:10) The Gemora in Shabbos (130a) teaches that any mitzvah which was accepted by the Jewish people with joy,...

וילך איש מבית לחם יהודה – רות 1:1 Why does the Megillah omit Elimelech’s name, only to reveal it to us in the following verse?...

ויחן שם ישראל נגד ההר -שמות 19:2 כאיש אחד בלב אחד -רש”י Rashi notes that when the Jewish people arrived at Mount Sinai, they encamped כאיש...