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  1. Jewish Heritage Initiative - Dvar Torah on Parshas Vayechi
    Sent January 6th 2023

    At the end of his life, Yaakov gathered his sons to him and gave each one an individual blessing that was prophetically tied to their unique nature. Naftali was blessed for his swift footedness, ‘Naftali is a hind let loose’. Rashi quotes the Talmud in So...

  2. Jewish Heritage Initiative - Dvar Torah on Parshas Vayigash
    Sent January 1st 2023

    Please accept our apologies for the late submission of this week's Dvar. We are sending it out now in case anyone would still like to read it. Enjoy! After the arrival of Yaakov and his family in Egypt, there was to be an introduction of the newly arrived...

  3. Jewish Heritage Initiative - Dvar Torah on Parshas Mekeitz
    Sent December 23rd 2022

    Parshas Miketz deals with the meteoric rise of Yosef and the beginning of the descent to Mitzrayim by the family of Yaakov Avinu. As foretold by Yosef, the world was experiencing a harsh famine. According to the commentary of the Sforno, Yaakov’s family wa...

  4. Jewish Heritage Initiative - Dvar Torah on Parshas Vayeshev
    Sent December 16th 2022

    “And it was after these events, and Yehuda went down from his brothers.” The Torah tells us that after the sale of Yosef, Yehuda left his brothers and went to live near his friend Chira the Adulamite. Picking up on the expression ‘Yehuda went down’ the Med...

  5. Jewish Heritage Initiative - Dvar Torah on Pashas Vayishlach
    Sent December 8th 2022

    Parshas Vayishlach opens with Yaakov’s pending confrontation with Eisav who was intent on killing him and was fast approaching with four hundred men. The Torah describes the various things that Yaakov did to prepare for this dire situation. In the midst of...

  6. Jewish Heritage Initiative - Dvar Torah on Parshas Vayetzei
    Sent December 5th 2022

    Hi Everyone, This past weekend our site was down, and we were unable to send out the dvar before Shabbos. Please accept our apologies. Fortunately, it is now back up. We are sending out the dvar now in case any of you would like to still read it. Enjoy! ...

  7. Jewish Heritage Initiative - Dvar Torah on Parshas Toldos
    Sent November 25th 2022

    Parshas Toldos contains the episode of the brachos which Yitzchok gave to his sons. Unaware that Yaakov had purchased the bechorah from Eisav and that the brachos were thereby rightfully his, Yitzchok intended to give the brachos to Eisav instead. Rivkah,...

  8. Jewish Heritage Initiative - Dvar Torah on Chayei Sarah
    Sent November 17th 2022

    Parshas Chayei Sarah begins with the passing of Sarah Imeinu. The commentary of Rashi explains that this episode is juxtaposed to the story of Akeidas Yitzchok to teach us that the incident of the Akeida led to the death of Sarah. When Sarah heard the news...

  9. Jewish Heritage Initiative - Dvar Torah on Vayerah
    Sent November 10th 2022

    “Take, please, your son, your only son, whom you love, Yitzchok and go for yourself to Moriah and bring him as an offering.” In this progression, as recorded in parshas Vayera, Hashem instructed Avraham to sacrifice Yitzchok (22:2). Rashi asks- why did Has...

  10. Jewish Heritage Initiative - Dvar Torah on Parshas Lech Lecha
    Sent November 3rd 2022

    “And Sarai, the wife of Avram, ‘took’ her maidservant Hagar the Egyptian…. And gave her as a wife to her husband Avram.” (Bereishis 16:3) Rashi, quoting the Medrash Rabbah (45:3), comments – “This means that she ‘took’ her with words (she convinced Hagar ...

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