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I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Me.[2] Actually, the Bnei Yisrael walked out of Egypt. They probably would have preferred taking… Read More »High-Flying Geulah

This week we read the parsha of Yisro. “And Yisro, the father-in-law of Moshe, heard all that Elokim had done for Moshe and Yisroel his… Read More »Change of Heart

Yitro Volume 39, No. 17 17 Shevat 5785 February 15, 2025 Sponsored by Mrs. Faith Ginsburg on the yahrzeit of her father, Herzl Rosenson (Naftali… Read More »What Changed?

DOES JUDAISM BELIEVE in reincarnation? Those who quote Saadia Gaon say no. But it is hard to imagine how, if he had a copy of… Read More »Reincarnation

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1324 Saying Kaddish: All Aveilim… Read More »If They Were Just Rich Men, They Still Would Not Necessarily Be ‘Anshei Chayil’

The six hundred thousand people gathered around Mount Sinai didn’t discuss it beforehand. They didn’t consult with each other and decide on a consensus response.… Read More »Spontaneous Consensus

Though the marquee event of this week’s portion surrounds the epic event of Matan Torah, the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, there are… Read More »What’s News

And Moshe stretched out his hand over the sea, and HASHEM led the sea with the strong east wind all night, and He made the… Read More »Constant Miracles

BS”D Volume 39, No. 16 9 Shevat 5785 February 8, 2025 Sponsored by Irving and Arline Katz on the yahrzeit of grandmother Henya Rachel bat… Read More »Seeing the Big Picture

Moshe took Yosef’s bones with him, for he had firmly adjured the Bnei Yisrael, saying, “You shall bring up my bones from here with you.”[2]… Read More »Dem Bones