This month shall be for you

Parashat Bo contains the first commandment in the Torah – “This month shall be for you” (Shemot 12:2). This mitzvah reveals to us aspects of the sanctity of time. The Gemara expounds on this verse: “Whoever blesses the month at its appointed time –...

What’s in a name?

  Rabbi Benjy Rickman  Former shaliach in Capetown (1998-99) Currently Head of Kodesh Studies in King David High School, Manchester and Assistant Rav at Holy Law Shul Click Here for the PDF version Written L’ilui Nishmat my son- Naftoli Meir Z’’L Parashat Bo...

Leil Shimurim

  Rav Avraham Norin Ram at the Machon Meir Conversion Center . . Leil Shimurim The Jewish people are well aware of the many mitzvot in Parashat Bo concerning the holiday of Pesach. We spend weeks preparing our house to be free of Hametz.  We tell the story of the...

The True Goal of Yetziat Mitzrayim – 5777

Yedidya Bijel Former Shaliach in Chicago Currently a structural engineer   The True Goal of Yetziat Mitzrayim    "This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you" Right in the middle of the...

The Secret of the Teffilin

Rav Ronen Neuwirth Former Central Shaliach of World Bnei Akiva in North America Currently Rav of Kehillat Ohel Ari in Raanana and Member of Beit Hillel   The Secret of the Teffilin וְהָיָה כִי יְבִיאֲךָ ה’ אֶל אֶרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי … וְהָיָה לְךָ לְאוֹת...