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Parshat Re'eh / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

August 5, 2018

Re’eh: Rabbi Abraham

By Abraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: RE-EH, Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17. Haftara: Isaiah 54:11-55:5. AND YOU SHALL CHOOSE LIFE “See: I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse.” (Deut. 11:26). Moses asks us to...

Parshat V'etchanan / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

July 22, 2018

Va’etchanan: Rabbi Abraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11. Haftara: Isaiah 40:1-26. “AND I TRIED TO INGRATIATE MYSELF.” In the opening word of our PARSHAH of VO-ESCHANAN, Moses tells how “I tried to ingratiate myself” with G-d —...

Parshat Matot / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

July 8, 2018

Matot: Rabbi Avraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum On this and the following Shabbos we complete our annual study of the book of BAMIDBAR (Numbers) by reading its two lengthy closing parshiyos, MATOS and MAS’EY, together. This year...

Parshat Naso / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

May 23, 2018

Naso: Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Numbers 4:21-7:89 Haftara: Judges 13:2-25 THE LONGEST PARSHAH Parshas NASO, with 176 verses, is the longest parshah in the whole Torah, and the Midrashic commentaries, particularly the aggadic...

Parshat Bechukotai

May 9, 2018

Face to Face | Proof of Divine Torah

It is clear also from this week’s reading that the expression “mouth to mouth” indicates Moses’ unique standing as a prophet: “Not so with My servant Moses; … With him, I speak mouth to...

Parshat Behar / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

May 9, 2018

Behar: Rabbi Abraham

UNIVERSAL TORAH By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum BEHAR, Leviticus 25:1-26:2 THE LAND BELONGS TO G-D “To G-d belongs the land and its fullness, the earth and its inhabitants.” (Psalms 24:1). “The heavens, the heavens belong...

Parshat Acharei Mot / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

April 22, 2018

Acharei: Rabbi Abraham

Rabbi Abraham shares his commentary on the weekly Portion Acharei. Discover the value of guarding the Torah in our lives. Leviticus 16:1-18:30 AFTER THE DEATH OF AARON’S TWO SONS Our parshah, ACHAREI MOS, introduces...

Parshat Ki Tisa / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

February 25, 2018

Ki Tisa: Rabbi Avraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: KI TISA Exodus 30:11-34:35 Haftara: I Kings 18.1-39 (Sephardi ritual: I Kings 18.20-39). PROVIDING THE MEDICINE BEFORE THE ILLNESS The lengthy first section of our parshah of KI...

Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

February 11, 2018

Terumah: Rabbi Avraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: TERUMAH Exodus 25:1-27:19 ABOVE SHALL BE BELOW, BELOW ABOVE From this week’s parshah of TERUMAH onwards until the end of the book of Exodus — five parshahs —...

Torah Portion / Uncategorized

January 9, 2018

Yaakov Earning His Name Israel

By Joseph Koval In a chidush shared by Rabbi Eli J. Mansour in one of his shiurim (available on YouTube) he pointed out that the name Yisrael, one that Yaakov had to literally fight to...

Parshat Mikeitz / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

December 10, 2017

Miketz: Rabbi Avraham

By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: MIKETZ Gen. 41:1-44:17 “AND PHARAOH WAS DREAMING.” The exile of the Children of Israel in Egypt and their subsequent redemption and exodus are the paradigm of all exile and...

Parshat Vayechi / Parshat Vayetzei / Rabbi Abraham / Torah Portion

November 19, 2017

Vayeitzei: Rabbi Avraham

By Avraham Greenbaum Torah reading: Gen. 28:10-32:3. Haftara: Hosea 12.13-14.10 (Optional addition: Micah 7.18) (Sephardi ritual: Hosea 11.7-12.12). “AND JACOB WENT OUT FROM BE’ER SHEVA” Last weeks parshah, TOLDOS, the story of Isaac, which...

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