The entire Torah is leading to this point, the creation of heaven and earth, ten generations until the flood and another ten until Avraham. The forefathers and mothers, the tribes, the sale of Yosef, the subsequent slavery in and redemption from Egypt. All of this was so that the Bnei Yisrael would accept the Torah. … More Parsha Post: Yisro – How Hashem introduces Himself

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  יב) יַעֲלֹז שָׂדַי וְכָל אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ אָז יְרַנְּנוּ כָּל עֲצֵי יָעַר The field and all that is therein will jubilate; then all the forest trees will sing praises.:   Rav Hirsch explains that all these scriptural accounts give particular mention to ‘trees of the forest’. The forest is the habitat of the animal world. … More Happy Trees?

Rav Hirsch explains the final three pesukim of the chapter by saying that contain a central theme that is repeated a number of times in Tanach. Wherever the pesukim speak of mankind’s eventual deliverance from sin and man’s return to his own morally pure destiny under G-d, we find a mention of a flourishing rejuvenation … More The Heavens are Glad and the Earth Rejoices

Tiferes is the harmony and beauty of symmetry. It is the perfect balance of elements of creation. When elements come together, they become bigger than the sum of their parts. To listen to a symphony is not to merely listen to many different instruments at one time, but to listen to a new sound. This … More Video Shiur: The Beauty of Tiferes

יא) יִשְׂמְחוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְתָגֵל הָאָרֶץ יִרְעַם הַיָּם וּמְלֹאוֹ: The heavens will rejoice and the earth will exult; the sea and the fullness thereof will roar. This pasuk, which we recite daily is clearly not to be taken at face value. The Radak says this this pasuk, and the ones that follow it, are a mashal, … More The Heavens will Rejoice

י) אִמְרוּ בַגּוֹיִם ה’ מָלָךְ אַף תִּכּוֹן תֵּבֵל בַּל תִּמּוֹט יָדִין עַמִּים בְּמֵישָׁרִים: Say among the nations, “Hashem has reigned.” Also the inhabited world will be established so that it will not falter; He will judge peoples with equity.   The Malbim explains that is pasuk is informing us of our responsibility to inform the … More The Guiding Hand

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  The Bnei Yisrael are riding the wave; liberated from the ghettoes and forced labour camps of Egypt in the most miraculous fashion, they appear invincible. They have left the world’s superpower in shreds, Egypt is in disarray and Pharaoh is the lone survivor of his once mighty army. It seems that nothing can stop … More Beshalach: Leaving nothing to chance

י) אִמְרוּ בַגּוֹיִם ה’ מָלָךְ אַף תִּכּוֹן תֵּבֵל בַּל תִּמּוֹט יָדִין עַמִּים בְּמֵישָׁרִים: Say among the nations, “Hashem has reigned.” Also the inhabited world will be established so that it will not falter; He will judge peoples with equity.   Even though society must be founded on tzedek, it is not enough that each individual … More From Tzedek to Tzedaka