Parsha Potpourri

V'dibartem el ha'sela l'eineihem v'nasan meimav v'hotzeisa lahem mayim min ha'sela v'hishkisa es ha'eida v'es be'iram (20:8) Although Parshas Chukas begins by describing events which...

Vayehi mikeitz shenasayim yamim u'Paroh choleim v'hinei omeid al sfas haye'or (41:1) By linking the end of the two years of Yosef's additional jail time...

Ki ha’aretz asher atah ba shamah l’rishtah lo k’eretz Mitzrayim hu asher y’tzasem misham asher tizra es zarecha v’hishkisa b’raglecha k’gan hayarek v’ha’aretz asher...

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...

Vayomer Hashem el Moshe v'el Aharon ya'an lo he'emantem bee l'hakdisheini l'einei B'nei Yisroel la'chein lo savi'u es ha'kahal ha'zeh el ha'aretz asher nasati...

Ki asher r’isem es Mitzrayim hayom lo sosifu lirosam od ad olam (14:13) Vayar Yisroel es Mitzrayim meis al s’fas ha’yam (14:30) The Beis HaLevi,...

Vayachp’ru avdei Yitzchok b’nachal vayimt’u sham be’er mayim chaim vayarivu roei Gerar im roei Yitzchok leimor lanu hamayim vayikra shem habe’er Eisek ki his’asku...

 Dabeir el B’nei Yisroel v’yikchu aleicha parah adumah temimah (19:2) The Gemora in Kiddushin (31a) relates the tremendous dedication of a non-Jew named Dama ben...

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...

ואמרת לפני ד' אלקיך בערתי הקדש מן הבית וגם נתתיו ללוי ולגר ליתום ולאלמנה ככל מצותך אשר צויתני לא עברתי ממצותיך ולא שכחתי (26:13) There is...

Parsha Potpourri Parshas Behar - Bechukosai – Vol. 5, Issue 30 Compiled by Oizer Alport כי תבאו אל הארץ אשר אני נתן לכם ושבתה הארץ שבת לד'...

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...

V’ham’lacha haysa dayam l’kol ham’lacha la’asos osah v’hosar (36:7) There seems to be an internal inconsistency in our verse with which a number of commentators...

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...

V'chamushim alu B'nei Yisroel me'eretz Mitzrayim (13:18) The Torah relates that the Jewish people left Egypt chamushim. A number of explanations are given for the...

Vayeitzei Yaakov miBe'er Shava vayeilech Charana (28:10) The parsha begins by relating that Yaakov departed from Be'er Sheva and went to Charan. As the Torah...

V’sheretz haye’or tzefardim v’alu u’ba’u b’veisecha … uv’chadarecha uv’misharosecha (7:28) The Gemora in Pesachim (53b) relates that the righteous Chananya, Mishael, and Azaryah allowed themselves...

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...

Four presidential campaigns. Eight congressional elections. The longest war in U.S. history. The Sept. 11 attacks have shaped U.S. politics, sometimes over the objections of...

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...

V'asu li Mikdash v'shachanti b'socham (25:8) In Shir HaShirim (3:11), Shlomo HaMelech refers to an event which occurred on the day of his wedding and...

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,...

Rav lachem B'nei Levi (16:7) Parshas Korach begins with the tragic revolt led by Korach against Moshe and Aharon in which he questions their claims...

Parshas Achrei Mos/Kedoshim - Vol. 5, Issue 28 Compiled by Oizer Alport B’zos yavo Aharon el ha’Kodesh (16:3) The Vilna Gaon quotes a fascinating Medrash (Vayikra Rabbah...

L'horos b'yom ha'tamei uv'yom ha'tahor zos toras ha'tzara'as (14:57) A doctor in Jerusalem once approached the Tzitz Eliezer, Rav Eliezer Waldenberg, with an interesting legal...

Vayomer Hashem el Moshe kach lecha samim nataf ush’cheiles v’chelbena samim u’levona zakah … v’asisa osah ketores (30:34-35) At the end of the morning prayers...

U'sfartem lachem mimacharas haShabbos miyom haviachem es omer hatenufah sheva shabbasos temimos tihyenah (23:15) Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein relates that a weak and sickly centenarian once...

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...

V'achalta v'savata u'veirachta es Hashem Elokecha al ha'aretz ha'tovah asher nasan lach (8:10) Parshas Eikev contains the mitzvah of reciting Birkas HaMazon (Grace after Meals),...

Vayihyu chayei Sorah meah shana v'esrim shana v'sheva shanim sh'nei chayei Sorah (23:1) The Medrash relates (Esther Rabbah 1:8) that Rebbi Akiva was once in...

V'safarta lecha sheva shab'sos shanim sheva shanim sheva pe'amim (25:8) After relating the mitzvah of allowing the land to rest every seven years during Shemittah...

V’anisa v’amarta (26:5) A farmer is required to bring bikkurim, the first ripened fruits of the seven species for which the land of Israel is...

Adam ki yih'yeh 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 mi'banav ha'Kohanim...

Vayakumu lifnei Moshe v’anashim mi’Bnei Yisroel chamishim umasayim nesi’ei eida kriei moed anshei shem (16:2) Parshas Korach begins with the tragic revolt led by Korach...

Vay’dabeir Hashem el Moshe acharei mos shnei b’nei Aharon b’kirvasam lifnei Hashem vayamusu (16:1) In commanding Aharon not to enter the Kodesh Kodashim without permission,...