Tag: Geula Corner
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“Vayeitzei Yaakov.” Rashi asks why the Torah mentions the leaving when we already know he’s going to Charan. Because when a tzadik leaves, the spiritual atmosphere shifts. His presence lifts the city, and when he’s gone, people feel the loss. If one tzadik’s departure creates a void, imagine the impact of all of Klal Yisrael…
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Some stories don’t begin at birth. They begin before. Rivka feels a storm inside her and runs to ask Hashem what is happening. His answer sets the tone for all of Jewish history: “Two nations are in your womb… two regimes will separate from within you.” This isn’t a sibling rivalry. It’s the opening chapter…
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Both Avraham and Sarah laughed when they heard the impossible: that a child would be born to them in their old age.But their laughs were not the same. Avraham laughed out of joy — out of awe at the greatness of Hashem and the beauty of a promise being fulfilled.Sarah laughed out of disbelief —…
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Lech Lecha wasn’t just a command to Avraham — it was a call that echoes through every Jewish soul.The Lubavitcher Rebbe taught that “the command Lech Lecha remains an ongoing mission for all of Avraham’s descendants. Until the coming of Mashiach.” Chazal teach that the world was created in six days, corresponding to 6,000 years…
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The parsha begins with Noach ish tzaddik and ends with Avraham ha’chasid.Two righteous men. Two ways of serving Hashem. One preserved the world; the other began to redeem it. “Noach was a tzaddik, perfect in his generation.” Rashi teaches that some praise him for staying righteous amid corruption, while others say that beside Avraham, he…
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Before Adam and Chava ate from the Tree of Knowledge, they didn’t have a pull toward evil.The yetzer hara was there — but it was outside.It could whisper, but it couldn’t touch them from within. But the moment they ate, everything changed.They didn’t just break a command — they rewired the human condition.The struggle became…
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Before a single flower bloomed or tree grew, the world was already filled with hidden potential—waiting. The grass was beneath the surface. The seeds were in place. But nothing sprouted. Why? Because there was no man to pray for it.Rashi explains that Hashem withheld rain because there was no one to recognize the blessing it…
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After weeks of inner growth from Elul through Yom Kippur, we arrive at Sukkot — when everything spiritual becomes real. On Rosh Hashanah we crowned Hashem as King. On Yom Kippur we were purified. And on Sukkot, we live that connection through emunah — stepping out of our solid homes into Hashem’s shade, trusting His…
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Haazinu is written as a song. A song can’t be understood by hearing only one note. To appreciate it, you need the whole melody. And once it’s inside you, every lyric pulls you back to a moment, a place, a memory. That’s what Haazinu does: “Remember the days of old, understand the years of generation…
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The Gemara asks: Where is Esther hinted to in the Torah? Chazal point to this week’s parsha:“וְאָנֹכִי הַסְתֵּר אַסְתִּיר פָּנַי בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא” — “I will surely hide My face on that day.”The words haster astir allude to Esther, and to Hashem’s hiddenness in the Purim story. The Ramban explains: hester panim means Hashem withdraws His…
