Simchas Avraham

The Kruvim represents two people learning. But not just any two people. Two children. Perhaps to signify how one needs to approach learning.

How do we feel the inspiration we once had when the Beis Hamikdash was around? Go to the shuls and Batei Midrashim, places where spirituality reigns, and see people to look up to.

The Vilna Gaon illuminates our eyes as to why the pasuk isn't to be taken literally.

Shavous seems to have more significance than due to Matan Torah.

The Parsha talks about a lot of halachos that we have between people. Do these pertain to between a Jew and a non-jew? Certainly not.

Should one wake up a parent for them to gain? A machlokes amongst modern-day poskim.

Just like Tu Bishvat celebrates the rejuvenation of the trees, so too, Matan Torah should be a newness, a rejuvenation amongst everyone.

Why do elephants not knock down a circus tent? Why didn't Bnei Yisrael wage battle against Mitzrayim? Because they both thought that there was no way they would win.

Yehoshua takes center stage here and later on in Parshas Shelach. What is the common theme throughout? What is the common thread?

Just because Bnei Yisrael was leaving Mitzrayim didn't mean they could be confident that they didn't need to prepare for war. A person must abide by what circumstances dictate and not rely on a miracle.

Bnei Yisrael kept their names, clothes, and language while in Mitzrayim. If so, why did they need more merits to leave? Why add Korban Pesach and Bris Milah? The answer tells us a fundamental part of being Yidden.

Why was Nissan chosen over any other month to be the head of the year? The Ran illuminates our eyes/

This was no regular hail. Regular hail (or any precipitation) needs clouds. This was no ordinary hail.

Donald Trump and Paroh show us a powerful lesson in how we can end up where we ultimately want to.

The Brisker Rav zt'l illuminates our eyes, explaining how miraculous this plague was.

Moshe Rabbeinu grows up in Pharaoh's palace, and the most unlikely scenario occurs. He turns out to be the savior of Bnei Yisrael. The same can happen to us all. We can be in the worst scenario, but the salvation will come in the end

The Torah tells us the number of people who came down to Mitzrayim to tell us how improbable it is that we are still here.

Want a way to get out of Gehinom? Asher ben Yaakov will make sure you'll get out if you do a certain task. Just make sure you do it correctly.

The opening pasuk in the parsha is hard to understand. There are lots of questions we may ask. Perhaps these are some ways to answer them up..

The pasuk does not mention Yaakov dying; rather, it uses other terms to refer to death. He was very different from his predecessors, Avraham and Yitzchak, as all his kids went on the path of the Torah. Someone who passes on and has children on the correct path is as if they are still alive.

Yosef and Yaakov had the same thought process when they heard about each other. They both overcame their circumstances and both took satisfaction that the other did so.

Yosef reveals himself to his brothers and then asks if his father is alive. This wasn't a question, but he told the brothers that Yaakov wasn't the same since they sold him. After Yaakov sees the wagons, he gets a jolt of energy, seeing that his son Yosef is still the same as when he left.

Chanukah teaches us that things that look impossible are very much attainable. For Chanukah to happen seemed impossible, yet it did. So, too, we all can make the seemingly impossible possible.

Yosef Hatazadik was pulled out of the dungeon in an instant. The same happened by Yitzias Mitzrayim, and will happen Leasid Lavo. And the same will happen to us all!!

When the brothers throw Yosef into the pit, he could have been killed very easily by the snakes and scorpions inside it. Or could he? The Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh tells us it's not that simple.