The Torah begins with the following words (Breisheet 1:1-4): When God began creating heaven and earth, the earth was void and desolate, there was darkness on the face of the deep, and the spirit of God moved over the waters. God said “Let there be light.” And there...
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 death.The Netziv, in his commentary HaEmek Dvar comments that B’nai Yisrael were already blessed by Yaakov Avinu...
On Simchat Torah, we complete the yearly cycle of reading the entire Five Books of the Torah and then we immediately begin the new course by starting again with Breisheet.At the end of VeZot HaBracha, while hearing about Moshe’s accomplishments, his death...
The midrash in Yalkut Shimoni, Emor, points out that in reference to the holiday of Sukkot, we find three forms of happiness listed in the Torah:“v’samachta b’chagecha”, “you shall rejoice on your festival” (Devarim...