וַיֹּ֤אמֶר ה’ אֶל־משֶׁ֔ה רְאֵ֛ה נְתַתִּ֥יךָ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לְפַרְעֹ֑ה And Hashem said to Moses, “See! I have made you a lord over Pharaoh… Against his will, Yosef had been thrust into a society that was very much like the world of unfiltered internet of today. He lived among the Mitzrim, who are described by Chazal as…
הַעְתִּ֨ירוּ֙ אֶל־ה’ וְרַ֕ב מִֽהְיֹ֛ת קֹלֹ֥ת אֱלֹקים וּבָרָ֑ד וַֽאֲשַׁלְּחָ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם Pray to Hashem, and let it be enough of Hashem’s thunder and hail, and I will let you go… Pharaoh kept getting makos (plagues) until ultimately he was motivated to let the Yiddin go! The key word is MOTIVATED. Making any major change is the same. You need to…
וַיַּ֣רְא פַּרְעֹ֗ה כִּ֤י הָֽיְתָה֙ הָֽרְוָחָ֔ה וְהַכְבֵּד֙ אֶת־לִבּ֔וֹ And Pharaoh saw that there was relief and he hardened his heart The idolization of physical beauty in the non-Jewish world is illustrated in the horrific account of the execution of Rabbi Yishmael the kohen gadol, who was blessed with a strikingly handsome appearance. The daughter of the…
וְלָֽקַחְתִּ֨י אֶתְכֶ֥ם לִי֙ לְעָ֔ם וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָכֶ֖ם לֵֽאלֹהִ֑ים And I will take you to Me as a people, and I will be a G-d to you. One of the primary weapons of the yetzer hara is dimyon — the illusion that doing a specific act or acquiring a specific thing will give someone the positive feelings that he seeks….
וּבְכָל־אֶ֧רֶץ מִצְרַ֛יִם תִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ מִפְּנֵ֥י הֶעָרֹֽב And throughout the entire land of Egypt, the land was destroyed because of the mixture of noxious creatures Previous generations were surely greater in “Aseh Tov” (do good), but with the enormous nisyonos we face, there’s probably never been a generation with the greatness of “Sur Mera” (avoid…
וְלֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ אֶל־משֶׁ֔ה מִקֹּ֣צֶר ר֔וּחַ וּמֵֽעֲבֹדָ֖ה קָשָֽׁה but they did not listen to Moses because of [their] shortness of breath and because of [their] hard labor. From the book “From Boys to Men” by Dr. Shloimie Zimmerman & GYE A boy must remember that his job is to “do;” he must dedicate his…
וּמָ֨לְא֜וּ בָּתֵּ֤י מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ אֶת־הֶ֣עָרֹ֔ב… וְהִפְלֵיתִי֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ גּ֗שֶׁן אֲשֶׁ֤ר עַמִּי֙ עֹמֵ֣ד עָלֶ֔יהָ לְבִלְתִּ֥י הֱיֽוֹת־שָׁ֖ם עָרֹ֑ב And the houses of Egypt will be filled with the mixture of noxious creatures … And I will separate on that day the land of Goshen upon which my people stand, that there will be no mixture of noxious…
וַיִּתֵּ֛ן אֶת־צִפֹּרָ֥ה בִתּ֖וֹ לְמשֶֽׁה And he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses Everyone wants to know if marriage will help them overcome their taavos (desires). The answer is that it depends very much on the individual. If a person’s problem is taavas nashim, the natural drives that every man has, then marriage will make things a lot easier….
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ אִ֖ישׁ מִבֵּ֣ית לֵוִ֑י וַיִּקַּ֖ח אֶת־בַּת־לֵוִֽי A man of the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. Rabbi Chaim Dov Stark, Mashgiach Ruchani of Yeshivas Aderes Hatorah, tells over: One leil Shabbos, when I was around 18 years old, a great rav came to speak to a small group of bachurim in my yeshiva. He looked…
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