This week’s Parsha is the first time that Yerushalayim is mentioned in the Torah. But, it is only mentioned by half of its name, Shalem. When Avrohom returns victorious from the battle with the four kings, he is met by Malki Tzedek the king of Shalem, he greets him with bread and wine, and gives…

https://www.dropbox.com/s/poavsjscuqbntj0/Parshas%20Noach%20Tzohar.docx?dl=0 In this week’s Parsha we learn about the construction of the Teivah of Noach. In order to provide light in the Teivah HKB”H commands Noach to build a Tzohar. Rashi[1] brings two opinions what that is; either a window, or a gemstone that shone and illuminated the Teivah. The Mefarshei Rashi explain what in…

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qbhif4axil03z3l/The%20Sweetness%20of%20the%20Arava.docx?dl=0 As I listened to the Haftorah of the first day of Sukkoth, from the Nevuah of Zecharyah in Perek fourteen, which is replete with references to Sukkoth, while describing the final battle of Gog and Magog, I noticed something which I did not find anyone else refer to. The Pasuk says: יסוב כל הארץ…

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uqlhpa0dim3k07x/The%20Whole%20Hallel%20of%20Sukkoth.docx?dl=0 (To really learn this I recommend downloading the version with footnotes) Sukkoth is a time of great Simcha- happiness. This expresses itself in many ways; in the Lulav and Esrog, in the Simchas Bais Hashoeva, and just the fact that the main source of Simchas Chag is in the Pesukim of Sukkoth[1]. But one…

https://www.dropbox.com/s/95md3qnz1wk1gyi/Yom%20Kippur%20The%20mans%20Candle.docx?dl=0 For years I have been bothered by a seeming missing part of the Avoda of Yom Kippur. As we all know after the sin of the Eigel, the Luchos were broken. So the original Matan Torah of Shavuos was broken. The Luchos which we actually have are the second ones, which were given on…