[From the teachings of Rav. Ginsbourgh (Gal Einai Institute) and Ariel Cohen Alloro] ונח מצא חן בעיני יה-ו-ה “And Noah found favor in the eyes of HaShem” (Gn 6:8). “veNoah matza Hen b’Einei Adonai” PART 1 – Noah = Grace Noah in Hebrew means ‘rest.’ ‘When Noah (נח) was born he was named after the Read More
Category: Parshah
Weekly Torah Reading
Parashat Bereshit – The Two Souls and Messiah
“And HaShem God formed the human from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the human became a living being” (Gn 2:7). “vaYitzer Adonai Elokim et haAdam efer min haAdama, vayipakh beApiv Nishmat Hayim, vayhi haAdam L’Nefesh Haya” – The human being became a “Living being” / Read More
Parashat Shemot – Names and Geulah
This week’s Parsha is Shemot. Shemot means “names”; since the portion starts with: ‘these are the names of the sons of Israel’ (Ex 1:1) Although Israel had fallen into Exile and slavery, The book starts enumerating the names of the children of Israel, to remind us that God didn’t abandon them [even though it seemed Read More
Parashat Miketz-Vayigash (Part II) – Tzafnat Paneakh
This continues the previous note. Contextually it made no sense to talk about this there, since it was more focused on Hanukkah. But since the previous note explored a few of Messiah’s aspects, it is worthy to go deeper in one of the most precious aspects shown in the Parasha. TZAFNAT-PANEAKH Another aspect of Messiah ben Read More