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In Parshat Lech Lecha, after Avraham separates himself from Lot (Breisheet 13:14-15), God tells him: Raise your eyes and look from the place where...
In Parshat Noach, Breisheet 7:23 we read: All existence on earth was blotted out — man, cattle, creeping things and birds of the sky; they were...
Parshat Breisheet (Breisheet 2:10) describes the geography of the Garden of Eden: A river went out of Eden to water the Garden, and from there it...
Parshat VeZot HaBracha (Dvarim 33:1) begins with the words: This is the blessing that Moshe, the man of God, blessed B’nai Yisrael before his...
The Rabam, Mishneh Torah- Zmanim- Hilchot Shofar, Sukkah and Lulav 7:13-18 speaks about the evolvement of the mitzvah of Lulav: The Original Mitzvah:...
The Megillat HaAtzmaut, Israel’s Declaration of Independence has become very popular in Israel lately. It was read by many communities on Yom...
We learn about the Torah and Haftara readings for Rosh HaShana in the Talmud, Megilla 31a: On the first day we read “And God remembered Sarah”...