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Parshat Vayera 5777
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the very first pasuk in this week's parsha, Vayera Eilav Hashem B'Elonei Mamreh. The pasuk tells us simply that Gd appeared to Avraham Avinu, but it doesn’t tell us of any conversation or reason why Hashem appeared before him. Rashi comments that Gd was visiting the sick since Avrah Read more...
Parshat Lech Lecha
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week's parsha (Chapter 12, Pasuk 2), V'E'escha L'Goy Gadol, And I will make you into a great nation. Rashi comments on these words, Zeh She'Omrim Elokei Avraham, this is expressed by the words in the first bracha of Shemoneh Esrei, Elokei Avraham, the Gd Read more...
Lech Lecha
Rabbi Jablinowitz
This week's parsha begins with Hashem commanding Avraham Avinu (Chapter 12, Pasuk 1), Lech Lecha Me'Artzecha U'Mi'Moladetacha U'Mibeis Avicha el Ha'Aretz Asher Ar'eka. Hashem commands Avraham to leave his home and his birthplace and go to a land He will show him. The Ramban asks, how is it that the Read more...
Vayeira
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the beginning of this week's parsha (Chapter 18, Pasuk 1), Vayera Eilav Hashem. Gd appears to Avraham, but the Torah doesn't tell us what the purpose of the visit was. Rashi quotes the words of Chazal in the Gemara and teaches us that Hashem came to visit Avraham who was sick, recovering Read more...
