Weekly Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 7, Parshas Vayeitzei

December 7, 2024; 6 Kislev, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara

In the bustling city of Bnei Brak, Israel, Rebbetzin Batsheva Kanievsky was renowned for her role in distributing Tzedakah (charity) to those in need. Every day, countless people would come to her modest home seeking assistance, and she would carefully distribute the funds that had been entrusted to her by her donors.

One winter evening in the 1990s, after a particularly busy day of receiving visitors and distributing charity, the Rebbetzin discovered that an envelope containing several thousand dollars meant for a specific family in dire need had gone missing...

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 6, Parshas Toldot

November 30, 2024; 29 Cheshvan, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara

"And the first one emerged ruddy…” (Beraishis 25:25)

Commenting on this Possuk that refers to Eisav’s birth, the Midrash (Bereishis Rabbah 63:8) teaches the following: "‘Ruddy’ - Rabbi Abba bar Kahana said: ‘Like one who sheds blood.’ When Shmuel saw Dovid who was ruddy, as it says, 'And he sent and brought him, and he was ruddy,' (Shmuel I 16:12) he became alarmed (and was hesitant to anoint him king). ...

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 5, Parshas Chayei Sarah

November 23, 2024; 22 Cheshvan, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara

"Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places." (Bereishis 23:6)

The Midrash Tanchuma says (Behar 1): “’Be not alarmed by a man of evil eye.’ (Mishlei 28:22) This [verse] refers to Ephron the Hittite. When Sarah died, Avraham went to Ephron to purchase the cave from him. Avraham said to Ephron, ‘Give me its value.’ Ephron replied, ‘The land is worth four hundred Shekels of silver, between me and you, what is it?’ Avraham began to weigh out the silver to Ephron, as it is said, ‘And Avraham listened to Ephron, and Avraham weighed out [the silver] to Ephron.’ ...

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