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Bereishis
5756 In the Beginning
5757 All For Me!

Noach
5755 40 Days
5756 Rabbinical Chronology and Astronomy
5757 The 17th Of The Second
5758 Bonded Through the Holy Name

Lech Lecha
5756 The Prophetic Experiences of the "Avot"
5757a Neither String Nor Shoestrap
5757b Avraham's Reward
5758 Name Changes

Vayera
5756 A Mountain, A Field, A House
5757 Lot's Rescue
5758 The Prayers Of Our Forefathers

Chayei Sarah
5756 Themes In The Hebrew Alphabet
5757 Hurry, Hurry!
5758 Yishmael's Prayer

Toldos
5756 What Did You Call Him?
5757 Two Proud Nations
5758 Sell It As The Day

Vayetze
5756a "Hashem Has Ended My Disgrace"
5756b Who Is To Blame?
5757 Rachel, Your Youngest Daughter
5758 Afraid To Ascend

Vayishlach
5756 The Rise Of The Sun
5757 Promises and Promises

Vayeshev
5755 Maintaining The Order
5756 But The Will Of Hashem Shall Prevail
5758 The Birth Of A Chosen Nation

Miketz
5757 King Solomon's Justice
See also Chanukah

Vayigash
5756 How Many Mitzvot Did Our Forefathers Keep?
5757 The Brothers' Mistake
5758 The Shechinah In Exile

Vayechi
5756 The Aramaic Origin Of The Kaddish Prayer
5757 Tehillim: How Many Psalms?
5758 Torah Of Peace

Shemos
5755a The Lot Of The Zealot
5755b Miriam - Guardian Of The Faith
5756 The Sign Of The Serpent
5757 Pakod Pakadti
5758 Moshe's Shoes

Vaera
5755 The Ground That They Are On...
5756 Rebbi Yehudah's Acronym
5757 All But One
5758 The Dejected 'Yud'

Bo
5755 Z'rizut - The Quality Of The Divine
5756 Coming Or Going?
5757 Egyptian Babies
5758 Borrowed Terms

Beshalach
5755 When Are We To Sing The Praises Of Hashem?
5756 Lessons Of The Exodus
5757 With A Single Heart
5758 The Proper Approach To Praise

Yisro
5755 A People United
5756 Ready To Do, Ready To Hear
5757 The Public Reading Of The 10 Commandments
5758 "Zachor" And "Shamor"

Mishpatim
5755 An Excursion Into The Talmud: Pits And People
5756 Angel's Bread
5758 Literally Speaking

Terumah
5755 Just An Exaggeration...
5756 The Dimensions of the Mikdash
5757 Fifty By Fifty
5758 Who Is Rich...?

Tetzaveh
5755 The "Misplaced" Incense Altar
5757 Who Lights The Candles?
5758 Calling A "Hin" A "Hin"
See also Purim
See also Parashas Zachor

Ki Sisa
5755 Moshe's Radiance
5756 Hashem's Hidden Treasures
5757 Just One Little Sliver

Vayakhel
5755 Shabbat: Time Out For Torah
5756 The Design Of The Mishkan's Pillars
5757 6 Days Thou Shalt Work
5758 The Magical 39

Pekudei
5755 Play It Again...
5757 The Breastplate And The Apron

Vayikra
5756 Lessons Learned From A Lessened Letter
5758 The Sacrificial Service
See also Parashas ha'Chodesh

Tzav
See:
Parashas Zachor
Purim
Parashas ha'Chodesh
Pesach

Shmini
5755 A Count Of The Letters Of The Torah
5757 Hooves and Claws
5758 The Accuracy Of Our Written Torah

Tazria
5756 The Puzzle Of Karachat
5757 "Cleansing" The Metzora's Sins

Metzora
5755 Measure For Measure In Lashon Hara
5757 Blood, Oil And Tears
5758 Unjust Suffering?
See also Pesach

Acharei Mos
5756 Keeping One's Distance
5757 Getting His Goat
See also Lag ba'Omer

Kedoshim
5755 Love Of The Mitzvot
5757 The Ultimate Kindness

Emor
5755 7 Days; 7 Holidays
5756 Shabbat Around The Globe
5757 The Dual Theme Of The "Regalim"

Behar
5755 Then He Is To Break Down The Door...
5757 What Has Shemitah To Do With Mount Sinai?

Bechukosai
5755 Two Ways To "Cease"
5756 Live And Learn!
5758 Fish In Exile

Bamidbar
5756 Banners In The Desert
See also Shavu'os

Naso
5756a Shimshon's Years: Twenty-twenty
5756b The Yearly Torah-Reading Cycle
5758 The Humbling Of The Arrogant

Behaaloscha
5755 Hillel And The Wager, Revisited
5757 The Lot Of The Humble
5758 The Mission Of Eldad And Meidad

Shelach
5755 In Search Of The Lost Chilazon
5756 The Sea, The Sky, The Throne Of His Glory
5757 Kalev's Reward

Korach
5755 "Pidyon Haben": The Trials Of The Firstborn
5756 The Secret Of The Ketoret
5757 Not Eye!

Chukas
5755 Jewish Pet Care
5757 The Sound Advice Of The "Moshlim"
5758 King Og's Plot

Balak
5755 The Wrath Of G-d
5756 Bil'ams Blessing
5757 Bil'am's Curse
5758 Bil'am's Contribution

Pinchas
5756 The Sun And The Moon
5757 What's In A Name

Matos
5755 Mine Is The Silver And Mine Is The Gold...
5757 A Gift To The Kohen; A Gift To The Levite

Masei
5756 A Punishment That Fits The Crime
5758 Rabbinical Geometry

Devarim
See also Tisha b'Av

Vaeschanan
5755 Unveiling The Secrets Of The Decalogue
5756 The Double Motif Of "Shema"
5757 "The Lord Is Our G-d; The Lord Is One"

Ekev
5755 Torah or "Avodah"?
5756 Siddurology, Or Mysteries Of The Siddur
5757 The Chosen Land

Reeh
5755 Tzedakah - The Surest Protection
5757 Erasing Cyber-Torah

Shoftim
5755 Absolved Through Murder
5757 King Shaul's Mistake

Ki Setzei
5755 King Solomon's Wisdom
5756 Finger In Ear
5757 The Lust Of War

Ki Savo
5755a Bikurim: How Much?
5755b The Al Hamichyah Blessing
5756 Ushering In A Year Of Blessing
5757 The Legacy Of Har Eival

Nitzavim
5757 Truth in a World Of Distortion

Vayelech
See Rosh Hashanah

Ha'azinu
See Yom Kipur

v'Zos ha'Berachah
See Sukos
See also Simchas Torah

MO'ADIM

Jewish Holidays (General)
5757 The 7 Mo'adim - A Divine Week

Pesach
5756 Why Is This Night Different
5757 Divine Order In The 10 Plagues
5758 Obliterating All "Chametz"

Seventh Day of Pesach
5754 Paralleling Creation
5756 To Rejoice or Not to Rejoice?
5758 A Glimpse Of The Future

Lag Ba'Omer
5754 A Time To Be Proud
5758 Letting The Light In

Shavuos
5755 Preparing For The Ultimate Interrogation
5756 Boaz' Redemption
5758 Our Secret Weapon

Tisha B'Av
5754 Black Eggs, White Eggs; Black Cheese, White Cheese
5755 Days Of Doom; Days Of Joy
5756 The Fall Of Betar
5758 Tisha b'Av That Falls on Shabbos

Rosh Hashanah
5756a Day Of Judgment?
5756b What's So "New" About The New Year?
5757 Dipping For A Sweet New Year
5758 The Three Fundamental Principles

Yom Kipur
5756 Inscribed And Sealed For Life
5757a Yonah And His Mission
5757b The Pre-yom Kipur Meal/Fast

Sukos
5756 In The Shade Of The Almighty's Sukkah
5757 Festival Of The Temple's Dedication

Simchas Torah
5755 Ha'berachah (aka Simchat Torah)
5756 "How I Love Your Torah..." (Tehillim 119:97)
5758 The Length And Breadth Of The Torah

Chanukah
5756 Yosef And The Hazards Of Beauty
5757 The Light Of Chanukah
5758 Anatomy Of A Miracle

Parashas Zachor
5754 Mercy vs. Mercilessness
5755 Life-saving Shekalim

Purim
5755 The Fight Over Jerusalem
5756 "If The Evildoer Deserves To Be Hit"
5757 10,000 Silver Kikars
5758 A Minor Miracle

Parashas Ha'Chodesh
5755 The Woman's Holiday

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