07/02/2024
THE GEMORA SAYS, “From where is it derived that three who sit in judgment, the Divine Presence is with them?
THE GEMORA SAYS, “From where is it derived that three who sit in judgment, the Divine Presence is with them?
THIS WEEK’S PARSHA is climactic for an obvious reason, and a less obvious reason. The giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai is one of the most important events of all of history, greatly altering the direction of mankind.
TU BESHEVAT IS upon us once again, b”H, with a very different feel than just one year ago. There had been no October 7 attack yet last year at this time, and no hostages to worry about every day.
THE VERSE SAYS, “It happened at the end of 430 years…that all the legions of God went out of the land of Egypt” (Shemos 12:40), which is interesting because God only spoke to Avraham about 400 years during the Bris Ben HaBesarim.
THE OPENING VERSE sets the stage for the rest of the parsha. Actually, for the rest of the Torah. Actually, for the rest of history. It says, “God spoke to Moshe, and He said to him, ‘I am God’” (Shemos 6:2), which tells us very little in English. But in Hebrew it reads, “Elokim spoke to Moshe, and He said to him, ‘I am Hovayah’.”
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