Parsha Moment

The verse seems to imply that as soon as the Jews came into Israel they were to mark the sabbatical year. When in fact it was only 7 years later? It is too impress upon us that as soon as they acquire the land they had to work towards the spiritual understanding that everything that they possess belongs to God. And this is true in our day and age as well and this is true in terms of raising a fami...

The uniqueness of this day

Why do we need to be told that we should work for 6 years and the 7th is the sabbatical. Isn't it obvious that we need to work? We are being told that to appreciate the sabbatical year during the first 6 years of work we need to realize that our successes come from God. And to benefit from the sabbatical year we need to take the spiritual energy and let it flow into the coming 6 years after the sa...

We compare the sabbatical year to the Sabbath. Even though on the Sabbath all work is prohibited be that as it may we can compare it to the sabbatical year where only working the earth is prohibited.

Why was the sabbatical year chosen as the example of the commandment given on Mount Sinai? Because this law only came into effect 21 years after the Jews had entered the land of Israel. It was the latest commandment that the Jews would have to fulfill. And we are therefore informed that even this law was given to the Jews at Mount Sinai

Why do we count the omer at night and not by day and why only on the 15th at night and not on the 14th at night? Because historically that is when the Jews started to count for the first time. Because the first day when they left Egypt they left in a miraculous manner and they thought that they would be traveling to Mount Sinai it was only the 15th in the night did they come to the understanding t...

The talmud would says when we make a blessing we are permitted to eat food if we don't make the blessing it is as if we are eating sanctified food which is not permitted. How does the blessing remove the sanctity? By making a blessing we are acknowledging we are the servants of God and if we are a servant of a Cohen we can eat sanctified food and the same thing will be when we consider ourselves s...

In three instances we are told that we need to educate our children. The first that they shouldn't eat and and insects. I might have thought the only reason a person would is because they're they want to go against God and therefore there is no hope in changing their ways and we are told yes you can. The second drinking blood. That was common practice and I may have thought that something that is...

We need to educate our children by drawing them near by illuminating the beauty of the Torah. And by doing that the parents the adults their lives are also illuminated as well

Before we get begin to pray we need to verbalize our commitment to fulfill the positive commandment of loving our fellow Jew. Why do we need to verbalize it why isn't it sufficient to simply think it? The answer is because in the world of thought in the spiritual world the world of the soul there is no distinction between one Jew and another. It is only in this physical world when the soul finds i...

When you speak Russian horror the one you spoke about is also harmed. The question is why what did they do wrong? When something leaves the world of concealment from the world of thought and it enters a revealed world the world of speech that can impact a person

How can you love someone as yourself? If I'm commanded to love somebody as myself why do I need to be commanded that I shouldn't steal from another person? The commandment to love someone expresses itself not so much as an emotional commandment but rather as a physical one. Therefore we can love someone else as we love ourselves. Just as I don't want somebody to still from me I don't want I will n...

If you see someone's life in danger both physically or spiritually you should know the very fact that you have seen it means that you are able to save them.

When you speak to somebody to encourage them to fulfill God's laws speak to them in a very positive manner. Tell them that they are holy because God is holy. Don't tell them the punishments that they will receive for not fulfilling the word of God

The connection between the blood of an animal that will sprinkled on the altar while if the animal was slaughtered not for temple service it is not covered with dust. Unlike the blood of a bird that was not sprinkled on the altar and its blood needed to be covered. Why was this so?

Why does rashi single out the pig as the example of a statute?

Why did the Cohen goddal have to wear new garments on Yom Kippur?

The significance of opening the door on the night of the Seder

We say vayhi sheomdo. What is vayhi referring to?

We need to understand that leaving Egypt was only the beginning of the redemption process it was not the final redemption. And that will explain why the section hay lachmo anyo is placed just prior to beginning the Haggadah

Why would I think that we would be obligated to retell the story of the Exodus from the first of the month and not on the 15th?

Why did Moshe request that the Yidden should not need to work on shabbos?

Why by the wicked son is the verse written in the plural unlike all the other sons the verses written in the singular? Because a wicked person can also be wise or simple or doesn't know how to ask questions so there are many types of wicked people therefore the verses in the plural

Why do we make mention of the fact that we are children and our grandchildren would have remained enslaved Egypt? Because true freedom is a spiritual freedom and that can only be reached if not only are we serving Hashem but our children and our grandchildren as well

If Hashem would not have taken us out of Egypt we would have still been enslaved to Pharaoh in Egypt. How is that possible Egypt is no longer a superpower? If we would have remained then yes it would have remained a superpower