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Parshas Yisro –  Boruch Hashem

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin I called a friend whom I hadn’t spoken to for a while. “How are you doing…. How’s life” I asked. “Ehh...” “What’s ehh?” “Ehh...

Parshat Yitro – In Search of the Truth

By: Rabbi Shlomo Katz R’ Shlomo Brevda z”l (1931-2013; Maggid and author, noted for his commentaries on the teachings of the Vilna Gaon z”l) writes:...

Tu B’Shevat – The Rebbe’s Tish

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Tu B’Shevat, the 15th day of Shevat, is known as Rosh HaShanah L’ilanos, the New Year for Trees. (This year, Tu...

Parshat Beshalach – “Don’t Forget the Tambourines!”

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb It is a familiar domestic scene, one that we have all experienced. The family is about to leave on a...

Goodbye But Not Good Riddance: Parshat Bo

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Parshas Bo – Write Your Story

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Bnei Yisroel’s dream of leaving Mitzrayim is finally becoming a reality. With HaShem’s yad chazaka, His strong hand, they are able...

Parshas Bo – Reinvigorate Yourself Jewishly

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis At the beginning of the parsha, we are told that one of HaShem`s goals in the exodus from Egypt was to...

Parshas Vaera – Ovi Mori

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Beis Shevat. Yahrtzeit of my dear father, HaRav Meshulem ben HaRav Osher Anshil HaLevi, zt”l. It is now twenty-eight years since my...

Parshas Vaera – The Role of Faith

By: Rabbi Shlomo Katz We read near the beginning of our Parashah that Moshe spoke Hashem’s words to Bnei Yisrael, “but they did not heed...

Parshas Shemos – They Don’t Want to Know

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Sefer Shemos, the making of our nation. Shemos is also known as Sefer HaGeula, the Book of Redemption. Shemos takes us...

Parshas Shemos – The Difference Between Emunah and Bitachon

By: Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier “And Moshe returned to HASHEM and said, “HASHEM, why have You done evil to this people? Why have You sent...

Parshas Vayechi – The Crown

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Pashas Vayechi. The closing of Sefer Bereishis. The end of an era. “Vayikrivu yemei Yisroel lamus, When the end of Yisroel’s (Yaakov)...

Parshas Vayechi – The Special Level of Yaakov

By: Rabbi Yosef Kalatsky The Special Level of Yaakov, Our Patriarch The Midrash Tanchuma states, “Reb Shimon Bar Yochai said, “Hashem said to the Klal Yisroel...

Parshas Vayigash – Yosef’s Legacy

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Twenty-two years passed since Yosef had last seen his family. Hard years. Years of slavery. Years of imprisonment. Yosef is now...

Parshas Vayigash – Yosef’s Faith, Yaakov’s Reward

By: Shlomo Katz The Midrash Rabbah comments on the verse (45:28), “Yisrael said, ‘How great! My son Yosef still lives!’”– Yaakov said, “How great is...

Parshas Miketz – We Don’t Forget

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “V’lo zochar sar hamashkim es Yosef, va’yishkocheihu, And the chief wine butler didn’t remember Yosef, and he forgot him” (Bereishis 40:23) The...

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