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Hashem constantly sends us messages, through his Hashgacha pratit, his 'Divine providence.' Now, what do we need to understand his messages clearly? The saga of Joseph and his brothers gives us crucial insight to decipher the messages the Creator sends us. After Joseph's brothers accused him of being a megalomaniac, with extravagant dreams of ruling over them, they sold him into slavery. Joseph was separated from his beloved father for 22 years and eventually rose to become viceroy of Egypt. A famine struck the land, forcing the brothers to go down to Egypt to obtain food. Seeing them, Joseph devised...

This Parasha is a portion full of great messages for all humanity. It is written "Noah (Noah) was a Tzadik (a righteous one), he was perfect in his generation. Noah walked with the Creator" (Bereshit-Genesis 6,9) -Noah (Noe) symbolizes peace, since the name shares the same root as the word "Naj" (נח) rest, and the Name "Elohim" The Holy Name of the blessed Creator, refers to the judgments . Noah represents the perfect righteous of each generation who continually seek to mitigate and sweeten the Creator's judgments- The Creator contemplated the earth and here it was corrupted because all flesh...

Sefer Bamidbar (Numbers 25:10-30:1)In this Parasha we can see the Creator's zeal, as well as His great patience toward us... "And Israel dwelt in Shitin, and the people began to commit prostitution with the women of Moab, and they called the people to the offerings for their gods, and the people ate of them and bowed down to their gods. And Israel clung to Baal of Peor, and the Creator, blessed with Israel, was enraged.And the Creator said to Moses, take the leaders of the people and hang them before the Creator in the light of day. And the wrath...

"The Great Promise of Bejukotai Parsha Behar - Bejukotai (Vaykra-Leviticus 25,1 - 27,34) In the relationship between Parashiot Behar and Bechukotai, we learn that in order to merit acquiring the Torah that was given at Mount Sinai, one must first be humble, as Mount Sinai is. Although there were other larger and loftier mountains, the Creator decided to give the Torah on the smallest mountain: "Mount Sinai." And why did he choose Mount Sinai? Because the necessary condition for receiving the Torah is humility! But how is it possible to subdue the ego and be humble like Mount Sinai? The...