Rabbi Shmuel Silber – Parsha Perspectives: A Proud Passenger (Noach)
It must have been an overwhelming task. Noach had to build a teyva (ark) capable of housing his family, multiple species of animals, and enough food and supplies, all without knowing how long the flood would last and what this new world would look like. The great commentator, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888) notes that with all […]
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Rabbi Shmuel Silber – Parsha Perspectives: From Nothing to Something (Bereishis)
“Bereishis, In the beginning …” Simple words laced with much profundity. What was there in the beginning? “V’Ha’aretz haysa sohu va’vohu, the land was astonishingly empty.” From nothing came something. Herein lies the greatness of Hakadosh Baruch Hu; He can create something from nothing, He can take that which is empty and void and fill it with […]
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Rabbi Shmuel Silber – Parsha Perspectives: Breaking Through the Shell (Nitzavim/Vayelech)
In one of his final addresses to the Jewish people, Moshe says: For this commandment which I command you this day, is not concealed from you, nor is it far away. It is not in heaven, that you should say, “Who will go up to heaven for us and fetch it for us, to tell […]
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Rabbi Shmuel Silber – Parsha Perspectives: I Have Not Forgotten (Ki Savo)
“When you have finished tithing all the tithes of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give [them] to the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, so that they can eat to satiety in your cities. Then you shall say before the Lord, your God, ‘I have […]
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Rabbi Shmuel Silber – Parsha Perspectives: Joyful Judgement (Shoftim)
You shall set up judges and law enforcement officials for yourself in all your cities that the Lord, your God, is giving you, for your tribes, and they shall judge the people [with] righteous judgment (Devorim 16:18). The beauty of our Torah lies in its ability to convey profound, life-enhancing messages in a nuanced and gentle […]