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The Torah tells us: "The Creator appeared to him in the mamber grove, while he was at the entrance of the tent, during the heat of the day."It was specifically when he was sick and weak after circumcision that Abraham merited a revelation from the Creator. The same applies to anyone who is sick or weak; they deserve to have the Divine Presence rest upon them. (Nedarim 40a) In the most difficult and painful moments of our lives, it is precisely there that the Divine Presence comes to protect and save us. So don't limit your Creator, have Emuna, because...

This Parasha is always read on the Shabbat before Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year or head of the year). Since to mitigate the decrees of the Day of Judgment (Rosh Hashana), the unity of the people is needed by meeting with love. That is why Moshe Rabbenu advises us: "Stand Together" which is how this Parasha begins: "Today you are all standing in the presence of the Creator, his God, your leaders, your tribes, your elders, your officers, with all the men of Israel" (Debarim-Deut 29 , 9) (Standing connotes prayer, BERACHOT 6B) We have to know that each...

Parasha "Balak" Bamidbar-Numbers 22.2 - 25.9) "Overcoming hate with love" The Sefer HaChinuch tells us that in this Parasha, the Torah does not command any precepts, yet it is full of wonderful teachings. And although we already know that we can always find much to learn, since with each letter, the Torah can teach us important lessons for our lives... Bilam assumed that the Creator would agree to curse the Jewish people if he “reminded” them how early and frequently they had rebelled against Him during their forty years in the desert. "Balam got up early in the morning and saddled...

“Send men for you so that explore the land of Canaan” (Bamidbar 13:2) The spies committed a terrible sin by speaking ill of the Promised Land. The great commentator Rashi asks why the Parashah that speaks of the spies was related to the parashah that speaks of Miriam, and answers that it is because she had been punished for the slander she said about her brother, and these wicked people saw the punishment she received, but still did not assimilate the lesson. The Israelites also believed what the spies said and they too wept. As the verse (Bamidbar 14:1): “The whole...

"And so the Menorah was made, beaten, engraved in gold" (Numbers 8:4) (Parashat Behaloteja Bamidbar-Numbers 8,1 - 12,16) The great commentator Rashi, in Perasha Terumah wrote (25:32): Moshe Rabbenu had a hard time making the Menorah, so Hashem instructed him to throw a piece of gold into the fire and it would make itself. A question arises here. It is known that in Washington there is a museum that has statues of all the presidents who governed the United States. These pieces are also made from a single piece of metal. How is it that Moshe had a more complicated...