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by Rabbi David Katz
Beshalach: In a Parsha of “Shem” We Find Secrets of “Noah”
In this week’s Torah Portion of Beshalach, we find fascinating insight into the vast breadth of Wisdom that can be found in the name of “Noah.” Before we delve into the background of Noah’s name, let’s return to the source of where it all started: the birth of Noah, and the prophetic name he was given at birth. It should be noted, every Human Being on Earth has a name, and it is the Divine expression of the soul as it enters this world from the womb. This name is prophetic, divinely Inspired, and is the complete encapsulation of the entire Torah learning experience that accompanies the womb before birth. It is said, that in the normative nine-month term of pregnancy, the soul becomes attached to the body, and the entire Torah is taught to this individual from his own unique perspective and viewpoint. It should not then be a surprise that Noah’s name is one of the most powerful and prophetically inspired Names with implications into Torah Wisdom from the entire Torah; and the first, “Ben Noah (Noahide),” “Shem,”The Son of Noah, his name means literally, “Name.” Couple these two facts with the knowledge that Shem and Noah influence each other’s souls, and you have the recipe for the conception of Torah – much like the process of naming itself!
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by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum
INTO THE WILDERNESS
Fairy tales may end happily ever after, but the Torah is an encounter with reality, in which progress and breakthroughs are frequently accompanied by reverses and obstacles.
by Rabbi David Katz
In this week’s Torah Portion “Bo,” The Jewish People are on their way to being molded into the Nation that will soon be receiving the Torah on Mt. Sinai. With success in their potential upon revelation, Hashem would have led the Israelite People into the Land of Israel, where they would have erected the Final Temple and enjoyed a World-Wide Messianic age, with Moses as the Final Redeemer, and the achievement of the dissemination of the Torah throughout the World. Upon the exit from Egypt, it is understood from the Torah that the Jewish People left in haste, signaled by their having to eat “Matzah” – unleavened bread - free of its natural state of rising when baked. In the nature of Torah imagery, we can equate the qualities of matzah and the ensuing holiday of Passover into a relationship with Shem, and his meeting with Abraham in particular where bread and wine accompanied their encounter.
Read more: Bo-Matzah – Recollection of Malki Tzedek and Abraham
by Avraham ben Yaakov
We see in the account of the Ten Plagues and the Exodus that God repeatedly discriminated between the Egyptian masters – who were stricken – and their Israelite slaves, who were saved. This happened in the case of the plague of wild animals (Ex. 8:18-19), the pestilence that afflicted the Egyptian livestock (ibid 9:4, 6), the hail (ibid. v. 26), the darkness (10:23), and most strikingly, the death of the Egyptian firstborn as related in our portion.
by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum
G-D ALWAYS HAS THE UPPER HAND
"Who then is able to stand before me?
Who has given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine" (Job 41:2-3).
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