February 11, 2023; 20 Shevat, 5783
Parsha
This week’s Parsha is named after Yisro. How did Yisro merit to have a Parsha named after him?
Rabbi Moshe Pivovitz ZT”L was one of the Alter Mirrers (senior members of the Mir Yeshiva) and one of the greatest students of Rav Yechezkel Levenstein ZT”L the Mashgiach of the Mir Yeshiva in Shanghai, China. He served as a Rav in the lower east side of Manhattan and was the Mashgiach of the Chasan Sofer Yeshiva in Brooklyn...
February 4, 2023; 13 Shevat, 5783
Parsha
This week’s Parsha discusses the exodus from Egypt. Regarding the exodus, the Yalkut Shimoni (Tehillim 819) cites Rabbi Pinchas in the name of Rabbi Hoshiyah: “Hashem took hold of the legs of Yaakov Avinu and placed them on the ocean. He said to him: ‘Witness the miracles that I am performing for your descendants…’”
There are three questions we may ask on this slightly perplexing Midrash...
January 28, 2023; 6 Shevat, 5783
Parsha In the beginning of this week’s Parsha, Hashem tells Moshe to “come to Pharoah” and deliver His message to him.
1) Why does the Possuk use the words “come to Pharoah”? The Possuk should have said “go to Pharoah”?
2) In the next Possuk, Hashem says that He will implement his signs of Divine Providence “within their midst” and so that “you should know that I am Hashem.” Why was it so important to place these signs publicly, in the midst of the Egyptians? ...
