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Illuminations #203, Nissan, 5779, Parshat Metzorah
Illuminations #203, Nissan, 5779, Parshat Metzorah Torah Gems In a week from now we will celebrate the Passover holiday. We will spend the...
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Illuminations #202, Nissan, 5779, Parshat Tazria
Illuminations #202, Nissan, 5779, Parshat Tazria Torah Gems Instructions are given in this week’s Sidra that on the eighth day after a Jewish...
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Illuminations #201, Adar B, 5779, Parshat Shemini
Illuminations #201, Adar B, 5779, Parshat Shemini Torah Gems “Do not contaminate yourselves through them lest you become contaminated through them” (Vayikra 11:43).The...
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Illuminations #200, Adar B, 5779, Parshat Tzav
Illuminations #200, Adar B, 5779, Parshat Tzav Torah Gems “He shall bring along with his thanksgiving offering unleavened loaves… with loaves of leavened...
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Illuminations #199, Adar B, 5779, Parshat Vayikra
Illuminations #199, Adar B, 5779, Parshat Vayikra Torah Gems In Parshat Vayikra, we start learning about the different karbanos that were brought. When...
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Illuminations #198, Adar B, 5779, Parshat Pekudei
Illuminations #198, Adar B, 5779, Parshat Pekudei Torah Gems Our Portion this week gives a complete accounting of all the materials that went...
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Illuminations #197, Adar A, 5779, Parshat Vayakhel
Illuminations #197, Adar A, 5779, Parshat Vayakhel Torah Gems “And the heads of the tribes brought shoham stones, and stones to be set,...
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Illuminations #196, Adar A, 5779, Parshat Ki Tisah
Illuminations #196, Adar A, 5779, Parshat Ki Tisah Torah Gems “I will dwell among Bnei Yisrael and I will be their G-d” (29:45). To what can...
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Illuminations #195, Adar A, 5779, Parshat Tetzaveh
Illuminations #195, Adar A, 5779, Parshat Tetzaveh Torah Gems The Gemara in Yuma says that the incense in the Beis Hamikdash could be smelled...
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Illuminations #194, Adar A, 5779, Parshat Terumah
Illuminations #194, Adar A, 5779, Parshat Terumah Torah Gems The construction of the Mishkan and the various items that were to be included in it are...
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Illuminations #193, Shvat, 5779, Parshat Mishpatim
Illuminations #193, Shvat, 5779, Parshat Mishpatim Torah Gems If you shall acquire a Jewish servant, six years shall he serve.” (Shemot 21:2) The...
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Illuminations #192, Shvat, 5779, Parshat Yitro
Illuminations #192, Shvat, 5779, Parshat Yitro Torah Gems We have to know the Chafetz Chaim said, that only through observing the mitzvoth of...
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Illuminations #191, Tevet, 5779, Parshat Beshalach
Illuminations #191, Tevet, 5779, Parshat Beshalach Torah Gems In the beginning of the Parsha, the verse states, “And the children of Israel were...
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Illuminations #190, Tevet, 5779, Parshat Bo
Illuminations #190, Tevet, 5779, Parshat Bo Torah Gems When Pharaoh had enough of the plagues he told Moshe to take the people out of Egypt...
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Illuminations #189, Tevet, 5779, Parshat Vaeirah
Illuminations #189, Tevet, 5779, Parshat Vaeirah Torah Gems After Moshe Rabbeinu came to convey Hashem’s message to Bnei Yisrael that they were going...
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Illuminations #188, Tevet, 5779, Parshat Shemot
Illuminations #188, Tevet, 5779, Parshat Shemot Torah Gems “From Egypt You delivered us, and from the house of bondage You redeemed us.” The Siach Yitzchak writes that...
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Illuminations #187, Tevet, 5779, Parshat Vayechei
Illuminations #187, Tevet, 5779, Parshat Vayechei Torah Gems Before Yaakov Avinu left this world he told Yosef to bury him in Eretz Yisrael. Due to the hardship Yosef would endure in...
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Illuminations #186, Tevet, 5779, Parshat Vayigash
Illuminations #186, Tevet, 5779, Parshat Vayigash Torah Gems After all the hardships that Yosef caused his brothers he finally admits to them who he is....
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Illuminations #185, Tevet, 5779, Parshat Mikeitz
Illuminations #185, Tevet, 5779, Parshat Mikeitz Torah Gems “Did I not speak unto you saying, ‘Do not sin against the child?'” (Beresheet 42:22)...
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Illuminations #184, Kislev, 5779, Parshat Vayeishev
Illuminations #184, Kislev, 5779, Parshat Vayeishev Torah Gems ‘Reuven heard, and he rescued him from their hand. He said, “We will not strike...
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Illuminations #183, Kislev, 5779, Parshat Vayishlach
Illuminations #183, Kislev, 5779, Parshat Vayishlach Torah Gems The verse states, “Save me please from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Eisav.”...
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Illuminations #182, Kislev, 5779, Parshat Vayetzei
Illuminations #182, Kislev, 5779, Parshat Vayetzei Torah Gems The Torah tells that when Yaakov was ready to lie down to sleep, “He took...
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Illuminations #181, Kislev, 5779, Parshat Toldot
Illuminations #181, Kislev, 5779, Parshat Toldos Torah Gems In this week’s Parsha, Parshat Toldot, we read about the birth of twin boys to Yitzchak and...
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Illuminations #180, Cheshvan, 5779, Parshat Chaya Sarah
Illuminations #180, Cheshvan, 5779, Parshat Chaya Soro Torah Gems In Rav Pam’s will, he requested for his beloved children and precious students who would want to do something for...
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Illuminations #179, Cheshvan, 5779, Parshat Vayeirah
Illuminations #179, Cheshvan, 5779, Parshat Vayeira Torah Gems In the beginning of this week’s Parsha, Avrohom Avinu was visited by three angels. Avraham...
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Illuminations #178, Cheshvan, 5779, Parshat Lech Lecha
Illuminations #178, Cheshvan, 5779, Parshat Lech Lecha Torah Gems Towards the end of the Sidra Hashem promises Avraham that Sarah his wife will...
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Illuminations #177, Cheshvan, 5779, Parshat Noach
Illuminations #177, Cheshvan, 5779, Parshat Noach Torah Gems “These are the generations of Noach. Noach was a completely righteous man in his generation”...
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Illuminations #176, Tishrei, 5779, Parshat Bareishit
Illuminations #176, Tishrei, 5779, Parshat Bareishit Torah Gems When the pesukim describe the purpose of the sun and moon, the Torah first mentions...
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Illuminations #175, Tishrei, 5779, Parshat Ha’azinu
Illuminations #175, Tishrei, 5779, Parshat Ha’azinu Torah Gems “And for the sin that we have sinned before You by showing contempt for parents...
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Illuminations #174, Tishrei, 5779, Parshat Vayeilech
Illuminations #174, Tishrei, 5779, Parshat Vayeilech Torah Gems “And for the sin that we have sinned before You by showing contempt for parents...
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Illuminations #173, Elul, 5778, Parshat Nitzavim
Illuminations #173, Elul, 5778, Parshat Nitzavim Torah Gems Last week’s parasha ended off with all the curses that will befall our nation if we do not follow...
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Illuminations #172, Elul, 5778, Parshat Ki Tavo
Illuminations #172, Elul, 5778, Parshat Ki Tavo Torah Gems When the farmer brought the first fruit to the Bet Hamikdash he was given a prescribed...
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Illuminations #171, Elul, 5778, Parshat Ki Teitzei
Illuminations #171, Elul, 5778, Parshat Ki Teitzei Torah Gems “You shall surely send away the mother bird, and the fledglings take for yourself,...
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Illuminations #170, Tammuz, 5778, Parshat Devorim
Illuminations #170, Tammuz, 5778, Parshat Devorim Torah Gems In this week’s Parshah, we find Moshe Rabbeinu rebuking Klal Yisroel for the sins they committed in the desert, one of...
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Illuminations #169, Tammuz, 5778, Parshat Matot – Masai
Illuminations #169, Tammuz, 5778, Parshat Matot – Masai Torah Gems Two tribes asked Moshe to grant them permission to remain on the east...
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Illuminations #168, Tammuz, 5778, Parshat Pinchos
Illuminations #168, Tammuz, 5778, Parshat Pinchos Torah Gems The passuk in our Parshah tells us that the sons of Korach did not die...
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Illuminations #160, Iyar 5778, Parshat Behar – Bechukotai
Illuminations #160, Iyar 5778, Parshat Behar – Bechukotai Torah Gems The parsha States, “And Hashem spoke to Moshe on Har Sinai, saying: Speak...
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Illuminations #159, Iyar 5778, Parshat Emor
Illuminations #159, Iyar 5778, Parshat Emor Torah Gems “They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not desecrate their God’s Name.” (21:6)...
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Illuminations #158, Iyar 5778, Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim
Illuminations #158, Iyar 5778, Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim Torah Gems Found in Parshas Acharei-Mot is the reading of the Yom Kippur service. “For on this day...
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Illuminations #157, Iyar 5778, Parshat Tazria-Metzora
Illuminations #157, Iyar 5778, Parshat Tazria-Metzora Torah Gems It is an accepted practice among Chazal and the interpreters of the Torah to derive meaning from...
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Illuminations #156, Nissan 5778, Parshat Shemini
Illuminations #156, Nissan 5778, Parshat Shemini Torah Gems “And Aharon was silent” (Vayikra 6:3). Aharon was greatly praised for remaining silent when his...
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Illuminations #155, Nissan 5778, Parshat Tzav
Illuminations #155, Nissan 5778, Parshat Tzav Torah Gems A very great principle is derived from this procedure: “The Cohanim eat and thereby the...
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Illuminations #154, Nissan 5778, Parshat Vayikra
Illuminations #154, Nissan 5778, Parshat Vayikra Torah Gems Sefer Shemos is referred to as Sefer HaGeula, Book of Redemption, since in this sefer we became free people. In his introduction to Sefer Shemos, the Ramban poses the...
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Illuminations #153, Adar 5778, Parshat Vayakhel – Pekudai
Illuminations #153, Adar 5778, Parshat Vayakhel – Pekudai Torah Gems From Moshe’s presence they took the entire gift that the Children of Israel had...
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Illuminations #152, Adar 5778, Parshat Ki Tisoh
Illuminations #152, Adar 5778, Parshat Ki Tisoh Torah Gems Moshe Rabeinu ascended to the Heavens to receive the Torah and remained there for forty...
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Illuminations #151, Adar 5778, Parshat Tetzaveh
Illuminations #151, Adar 5778, Parshat Tetzaveh Torah Gems We learn that the Mishkan was built so that Hashem would have a place to “rest” down here...
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Illuminations #150, Adar 5778, Parshat Terumah
Illuminations #150, Adar 5778, Parshat Terumah Torah Gems There is a beautiful insight from Rav Eliyahu Diskin, shlita. Chazal (Sanhedrin 104b) reveal that the...
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Illuminations #149, Shvat 5778, Parshat Mishpatim
Illuminations #149, Shvat 5778, Parshat Mishpatim Torah Gems The Parashah this week is about the obligation of studying Torah, which also applies to a student who is having difficulty learning....
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Illuminations #148, Shvat 5778, Parshat Yitro
Illuminations #148, Shvat 5778, Parshat Yitro Torah Gems The Parsha States: “Moshe told his father-in-law all that Hashem had done to Pharaoh and to the...
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Illuminations #147, Shvat 5778, Parshat B’shalach
Illuminations #147, Shvat 5778, Parshat B’shalach Torah Gems “Then Moshe and Bnei Yisrael chose to sing...this is my God and I will make a Beis HaMikdash for him” (15:1,2). After experiencing...
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Illuminations #146, Shvat 5778, Parshat Bo
Illuminations #146, Shvat 5778, Parshat Bo Torah Gems This week’s Parsha brings the mitzvah of Tefillin. One of the things we think about when...
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Illuminations #145, Tevet 5778, Parshat Va’eira
Illuminations #145, Tevet 5778, Parshat Va’eira Torah Gems The Pasuk says, “This was the Aaron and Moshe to whom Hashem said, ‘Take the children of Israel out...
