Parsha Potpourri

Ish al diglo b’osos l’beis avosam yachanu B’nei Yisroel mineged saviv l’ohel moed yachanu (2:2) Our Sages teach that everything written in the Torah is...

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...

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...

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...

Parshas Emor – Vol. 5, Issue 29 Compiled by Oizer Alport  לא יקרחה קרחה בראשם ופאת זקנם לא יגלחו ובבשרם לא ישרטו שרט -21:5 The Torah prohibits...

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)            ...

Yukach na me'at mayim ... v'ekcha pas lechem v'sa'adu lib'chem (18:4-5) Avrohom excelled in the mitzvah of hosting guests. Three days after he had circumcised...

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 ul’vaneinu”...

V’asu li Mikdash v’shachanti b’socham (25:8) One of the blessings commonly given to a newly-engaged couple is “Der zivug zohl oleh yafeh zein.” While it...

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,...

V’hikrisem lachem arim arei miklat tih’yena lachem v’nas shama rotzeach makeh nefesh bishgaga (35:11) A man once traveled from Israel to Europe to collect money...

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...

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...

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...

כי קרוב אליך הדבר מאד בפיך ובלבבך לעשתו (30:14) The Ponovezher Rav once traveled toSouth Africato strengthen and encourage the Lithuanian Jews who had relocated...

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

Vayomer Paroh el Yosef acharei hodi’ah Elokem es kol zos ein navon v’chochom kamocha (41:39) After Yosef was freed from prison to interpret Pharaoh’s dreams,...

 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...

Vayomer Melech Mitzrayim lam'yaldos ha'Ivriyos asher shem ha'achas Shifra v'shem ha'sheinis Puah (1:15) As part of his vicious plan to enslave and oppress the Jewish...

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...

Zacharnu es hadaga asher nochal b’Mitzrayim chinam (11:5) On our verse, which relates that the complainers lamented their recollection of the fish they used to...

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...

Im ra’ah b’einei adoneha asher lo y’adah ... v’im liv’no yiadenah k’mishpat ha’banos ya’aseh lah (21:8-9) The Mishnah in Avos (3:17) teaches that without Torah...

Lachein emor liV'nei Yisroel ani Hashem v'hotzeisi eschem mitachas sivlos Mitzrayim (6:6) Hashem instructed Moshe to tell the Jewish people that He will take them...

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?...

V’kidashtem es sh’nas hachamishim shana u’krasem dror b’aretz l’kol yoshveha yovel hee tihyeh lachem (25:10) Parshas Behar begins by teaching us about the mitzvah of...

Vayotzi’u dibas ha’aretz asher taru osah el B’nei Yisroel leimor ha’aretz asher avarnu bah lasur osah eretz ocheles yoshveha hee (13:32) The first chapter of...

Vayomer Elokim zos os habris … es kashti nasati b’anan v’haysah l’os bris beini u’bein ha’aretz (9:12-13) Hashem told Noach that the rainbow will be...

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...

 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...

V’haya al Aharon l’shares v’nishma kolo b’vo’o el HaKodesh lifnei Hashem uv’tzeiso v’lo yamus (28:35)             The Gemora in Pesachim (112a) records that Rabbi Akiva...

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’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...

Vayakam Bilam ba'boker vayachavosh es asono Vayeilech im sarei Moav (22:21) After finally receiving permission from Hashem to go with Balak's agents, Bilaam awoke early...

Aish tamud tukad al hamizbeiach lo sich’beh (6:6) The Shelah HaKadosh writes in the name of Rav Moshe Cordovero that a person who is being...