Jtss extensive online torah resources reflect todays most compelling conversations, research, and teaching from leaders in jewish studyall available for learners around the world to explore and enjoy. The inner child parshat bo 1112019 0 comments i recently gave my thirteenyearold son an electric guitar after he expressed a desire to play. The commandment to sanctify the new month is given in this weeks torah portion of bo. The american writer bruce feiler recently published a bestselling book entitled the secrets of. The largest free library of jewish texts available to read online in hebrew and english including torah, tanakh, talmud, mishnah, midrash, commentaries and more. One of the things that have always bothered me about the plague of the smiting of the first born is the fact that all first born sons were killed by god. The discussion will disclose timeless strategies to cope with our long and bitter exile and the wisdom of the sages in guiding the jewish people for all time. No place like home torah insights no place like home judaism seeks to transform each and every home into a place of. The five books of moses are divided into 54 portions parshiyot, linked to a specific week in a leap year.
And when your children ask you, what do you mean by this rite. This page contains a link to every dvar torah ive written since 2003 at least, every one to which i can currently dig up a working link, sorted by parsha as an fyi. Questions about god march 6, 2015 we need to offer halachically acceptable bar mitzvah celebrations for children with mental disabilities january 22, 2015 parshat bo. In this passage, some of the plagues have already been enacted, and the consequences for egypt have been daunting. Bo 5772 beth tikkun messianic congregation beth tikkun. The final three plagues are visited about the egyptians. More torah cartoons at a special thanks to for the weekly parasha cartoon in addition to the weekly torah portion, there is. Rabbi minkowicz weekly torah lesson parshat bo 1230 rabbi yitzchok minkowicz. In nonleap years, with fewer weeks, some shorter torah portion readings are combined into one week. After the death of the firstborns, pharaoh demands that the israelites leave. The light of renewal rabbi shlomo riskins insights into parshat bo. Rabbi shlomo riskins video insights into the weekly portion.
China is facing a new coronavirus flareup along its remote northern border with russia, far from the epicenter of wuhan, where it has all but declared victory in the battle against the pandemic. A hasidic lens on parashat bo reconstructing judaism. The plague of the first born and oppressed egyptians. No books had been burned yet, and reb yitzhak wanted mottel to approach a certain powerful polish minister and convince him. The book of jubilees taught that the israelites were forbidden to break any bone of the passover lamb so that no bone should. Jan 15, 2016 and then my mind travelled to parshat bo, the biblical portion exodus 10. He is also the theological support coordinator for the torah club program and has authored several books including godfearers and a comprehensive commentary on the didache titled. Mekhilta means that hes quoting an early medieval midrash on the book of. The omer controversy rabbi sacks delivered a shiur to over 500 yeshiva and seminary students in jerusalem on wednesday 18th may 2016 the event was hosted by aish hatorah at their incredible building right by the western wall kotel in the old city of jerusalem download the accompanying mekorot source sheet ways of counting time the omer controversy. Parshat bo 5768 download as pdf this week we read of how, just before he took the jews from egypt, gd told moses to order the jews to circumcise themselves, sacrifice a lamb or a goat, put the blood of the sacrifice on the insides of their doorposts, then roast the meat and finally eat it. Haftorah summary for parshas bo 5778 by rabbi pinchas avruch. The story we tell about ourselves bo 5780, family edition. Jews in the diaspora read it the fifteenth sabbath after simchat torah, generally in. The parashah tells of the last three plagues on egypt and the first.
Parashat bo commentary 2 parashat bo commentary 2 parshat bo this weeks parsha is one of the three or four torah portions most central to the jewish narrative. Born in poland to a rabbinic family, reb yosef was a student of reb simcha bunem of pshiske. Rabbi yitzchak botton the mystical side of the parsha. Actions speak louder than miracles 5766 a position of strength 5765 emotional planning 5764 purifying the soil 5763 just do it. Welcome to the website of rabbi lord jonathan sacks. With clarity and insight, rabbi berel wein delves into this puzzling question using the beautiful commentary of rabbi yaakov kamentesky. He then surprised me by spending enormous chunks of time learning guitar from youtube videos the eagles, fleetwood mac, queen the rock guitar classics. The post parshat bo always seeking more appeared first on ou torah. Shai helds weekly reflections on the torah are, with amazing consistency, insightful, illuminating, fresh, ethically powerful and inspiring, humane, and psychologically rich. Jan 22, 2015 his acclaimed series of parsha commentary, torah lights, is available from maggid books, a division of koren publishers jerusalem. His acclaimed series of parsha commentary, torah lights, is available from maggid books, a division of koren publishers jerusalem. Rabbi francis nataf is a jerusalembased educator and thinker and the author of four books of contemporary torah commentary. In this weeks torah portion, parashat bo, the israelites are given precise directions for how to prepare and eat the passover sacrifice.
Parshat bo takes us to the dramatic final moments of the exodus from egypt. Each weekly torah portion takes its name from the first word or distinctive phrase of the passage. More torah cartoons at a special thanks to for the weekly parasha cartoon in addition to the weekly torah portion, there is a haftarah. The last three of the ten plagues are visited on egypt.
A matter of time 5779 choose light 5778 the nation of brotherly love 5774 the stroke of midnight 5770. The obligation to remembermarking the exodus in and after egypt 1 study guide the torah. Parashat bo commentary 2 parashat bo commentary 2 parshat bo this weeks parsha is one of the three or four torah portions most central to the jewish narrative, as we read of the final plagues, the storm brought by gods mighty hand and outstretched arm gathering on the border of egypt, the divine command to prepare for the exodus by. Radical uncertainty emor 5780 download the accompanying family edition here. Moshe and aharon forewarned pharaoh about the locust. The text describes what kind of animal to bring a yearling lamb or baby goat without blemish and who should eat it each family, gathered together as a household.
Matzah and pesah the twain shall meet january 20, 2015. Divrei torah, inspiration, ethics and stories for all ages. Articles on the weekly torah portion, parsha, from beginner to advanced levels. Kazen, pioneer of torah, judaism and jewish information on the web. No books had been burned yet, and reb yitzhak wanted mottel to approach a. Parshat emor is famous for its lengthy presentation of the chagim the jewish holidays. There is something very strange about the festival of succot, of which our parsha is the primary source on the one hand, it is the festival supremely associated with joy it is the only festival in our parsha that mentions rejoicing.
Additional portion, from prophets, which is read after the parsha yirmiyohu jeremiah 46. And you shall rejoice before the lord your god seven days lev 23. A commentary on the torah by rabbi mordechai yosef of isbitza 18001854 is the collected teachings on the torah by the hasidic master rabbi mordechai yosef of isbitza. The shabbos torah reading is divided into 7 sections. Ed greenstein department of bible parshat vaera tells us about the first seven plagues brought on egypt, and parshat bo, about the last three plagues. Go up since for each aliya, one person goes up to make a bracha blessing on the torah reading. If you examine the text in parshat bo you will see that three times he reverted to the same theme. Posts about parshat bo english written by 24jewish. Several books and films have told the story of the 10,000 jewish children who were spirited out of europe during. In this weeks torah portion, parashat bo, the israelites are given precise.
According to the text, the names of the months are based on their numerical placement within the calendar year. Our faculty and teachers bring the depth and breadth of jts learning directly to you through a rich collection of contemporary jewish content. We have the final three plagues locust, darkness, and the killing of the firstborn the israelites celebrate the first passover, and the frightened egyptians send them on their way. These same holidays are also described in the other books of chumash. Now when pharaoh let the people go, god did not lead them by way of the land of the philistines, although it was nearer. And then my mind travelled to parshat bo, the biblical portion exodus 10.