Contact

Contact

If you or someone you know would like to be added to the weekly e-mailing list, please send an email to me at: contact@torahparallels.com 

Feel free to comment either by email or on the blog.

Hope you enjoy.

 





 









Your Name: 



E-mail Address *: 







Message *:   
















































Comments











Post a Comment























Popular posts from this blog









Parshas Yisro: UPS - What Can Brown Do For You?














Image







          💭  A Thought on the Parsha: UPS: What Can Brown   Do For You?                   After   the experiences of kriyas yam suf  and ma’amad Har Sinai , Hashem   commanded Moshe to warn B’nei Yisroel  not to make idol representations   using silver or gold. The Kli Yakar  explains that this was more than a   mere repetition of the mitzva to not create and worship avodah   zarrah . It was a warning to stay far away from even fairly accurate   reminders and representations of what B’nei Yisroel  experienced in   their relationship with Hashem since leaving Mitzrayim . At Kriyas   Yam Suf , Hashem appeared as an “ish milchama”  which is associated   with the color red, and at Har Sinai Hashem appeared as a “ zakein yosheiv   b’yeshiva ”, which is associated with the color white. Hashem therefore   warned that even though their intentions may be good to create images of gold   or silver – like red and white - that help reconnect with the feelings of   those moments, it remains absolut








Read more










Parshas Mishpatim: Pear Pressure














Image







      Torah Parallels: Parshas Mishpatim   By Daniel Listhaus           💭  A Thought on the Parsha: Pear Pressure                       This passuk  says, “You   shall not go after the many to do bad; and you shall not respond to a dispute   to tilt after the many.” This passuk alludes to several laws relevant   to how the sanhedrin  and beis din  must conduct themselves.   There are a couple of different views as to how to learn this passuk .   Rashi explains that when the passuk  says, “Do not respond to a   dispute...”, the word for 'dispute' ( ריב ) is written without the letter yud (as רב ) to teach us that a   judge cannot argue with someone greater ( רב ) than him in the   court. For this reason, the sanhedrin  would start voicing their   opinions “from the side”; meaning starting from the lesser members of the   court.                         Rashi in Gemara explaining   this passuk seems to start off explaining the same way as he does in   Chumash, saying that the pas








Read more










Parshas Beshalach - Think Like a Leader














Image







  💭  A Thought on the Parsha: Think Like a Leader          The Torah relates that it was not long after the B’nei  Yisroel  left Mitzrayim , that Pharaoh rallied the Egyptian army to pursue them. The sight of the Egyptian army approaching with 600 chariots frightened the B’nei Yisroel prompting a natural response to cry out to Hashem for help. Understandably, they also turned to Moshe rabbeinu and said, “Are there no graves in MItzrayim  that you had to take us out to the midbar  to die? Did we not tell you it would be better for us to stay in Mitzrayim ?” As their leader, Moshe attempted to calm them down by reassuring them that Hashem was on their side and there was therefore nothing to fear. However, the very next passuk strangely states, “Hashem said to Moshe, ‘Why are you crying out to me? Speak to the B’nei Yisroel  and let them journey!” Rashi writes that you see from this passuk that Moshe too must have stopped to daven. Why? If Moshe himself was not concerned about being kill








Read more