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Why does Moshe 'stand by the side' at each point - at the burning bush, at the splitting of the sea, at Sinai, and at the building of the Mishkan? Why, in each case, does Hashem tell him that only he can do it? How does this parallel Mordechai's instruction to Esther to be the one to approach the king and serve as their redeemer? What is meant by our sages when they compare Esther to Sarah with the number 127, and when they compare her to Avraham who left for Israel at the age of 75? What is meant by the sages when they say that Tamar was the daughter of Shem if she lived so long after Shem? What is the significance of all of this in relationship to current events, which are occurring after 75 years since the Jewish state was founded? Find out in this week's Parsha Podcast.
What is the idea behind Hashem 'knowing the days of the whole ones?' Why do we find that when both Avraham and Sarah die, the Torah implies that their days were very full? What is their 'inheritance that lasts forever? What is the concept of the righteous knowing about their reward just before...
Published 11/22/24
Why were the cities of Sodom and Amora being destroyed at the very same moment that Avraham and Sarah were about to miraculously conceive with Yitzchak, and also when the nations of Amon and Moav were founded? In the face of World changing cataclysmic events, why do some people fear their sins,...
Published 11/15/24