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Parshat Vayishlach 5785
Rabbi Jablinowitz

We read in this week’s parsha that Yaakov returned home to Eretz Yisrael. But before he returned to Eretz Yisrael, he spent time in a place called Succot. The pasuk states (Chapter 33, Pasuk 17), ויעקב נסע סכתה ויבן לו בית ולמקנהו עשה סכת, על כן קרא ש Read more...

Parshat Vayeishev 5785
Rabbi Jablinowitz

We read in the first pasuk of this week’s parsha, וישב יעקב בארץ מגורי אביו בארץ כנען. Yaakov lived in the land of his father in Eretz Cana’an. The Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh asks, why does our parsha begin with this pasuk. We read in last week’s parsha that Read more...

Parshat Vayigash 5785
Rabbi Jablinowitz

We read in this week’s parsha (Chapter 45, Pasuk 3), ולא יכלו אחיו לענות אתו כי נבהלו מפניו. When Yosef reveals himself to his brothers, they were unable to respond and they were in a state of shock and bewilderment. The following pasuk even indicates (see Rashi) Read more...

Parshat Bereishis 5786
Rabbi Jablinowitz

We read in this week’s parsha about the creation of the world. In the beginning of the second chapter, we read that though the vegetation and trees were already created on the third day (Chapter 2, Pasuk 5), וכל שיח השדה טרם יהיה בארץ וכל עשב השדה טרם יצמח Read more...