Archive for January, 2016
Mishpatim 5776-2016
Tags: -Jewish Women and Conjugal Rights, 2016, 5776, divorce, dowry, hebrew maidservant, Judaism, marriage, Mishpatim, mitzvah of Oh'nah, mitzvah of sexual pleasure, Rabbi Buchwald, servitude, spilling of the male seed, the prohibition of Onanism, torah violation
Yitro 5776-2016
Tags: -Apparently--Not All Converts are Created Equal, 'reborn', 2016, 5776, conversion to Judaism, Egyptians, High Priest of Midian, humanity and spirituality, Jethro, Judaism, judicial court system, Mitonehnim, mixed multitude, People of Israel, Rabbi Buchwald, righteous convert, the sin of the Golden Calf, Torah, Yitro
B’shalach 5776-2016
Tags: -The Small ‘Stuff’ is not Always Small, 2016, 5776, B'shalach, bitter waters of Marah, complaints, depravation, faith, hunger, Jewish history, Judaism, manna, paradigm of life, Rabbi Buchwald, seventy date--palms, seventy elders, slave mentality, succulent dates of Elim, thirst, twelve springs of water, twelve tribes, wilderness of Shur
Bo 5776-2016
Tags: -How Impactful was the Plague of Locusts?, 2016, 5776, Bo, faith, hardening of Pharaoh's heart, Israelites, Judaism, miraculous salvation of the Red Sea, mockery, omnipotence, Pharaoh, plague of locusts, powerful lessons for all humankind, Rabbi Buchwald, to indoctrinate
Va’eira 5776-2016
Tags: -The Lessons of Genealogy, 2016, 5776, Aaron, bitter, communal pain, consolation of the Community, depravation, distress, enslavement, exile, family of levi, genealogy, Gershon, Judaism, Kohath, Merari, Moses, People of Israel, Rabbi Buchwald, Va'eira