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Moving the Torah Section
New Dvar Torahs / lessons learned from the weekly Torah Portion has moved to Substack
Parashat Toledot
Toldot This weeks Torah Portion is called Toldot תּוֹלְדֹת which means “Generations” and the Torah talks about some geneology;“This is the story of Isaac, son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac.” And then the story of the twins Yaakov and Esau A lesson to be learned from this weeks parasha was after Esau returned exhausted and […]
Parashat Chayei Sarah
This weeks Torah portion Chayei Sarah which means “Life of Sarah” which talks about the passing of Sarah, Abraham buying the cave of Machpelah and Eliezer in search for a wife for Issac. In the first part of the parasha Abraham goes to the land of the Hittites and asks for a burial plot. At first […]
Chag Sukkot
The Sfas Emes writes, “The mitzvah of succah is the mitzvah of bitachon.” As Chazal said, “צא מדירת קבע,” Go out of your permanent house… and stop trusting in your assets and begin trusting in Hashem alone…. According to Rabbi Eliezer, the word “sukkot” refers to the Clouds of Glory that protected the Jews in […]
Parashat Nasso
This is a past Snapchatorah where Hillel Fuld takes the Torah portion, learns some lessons and apply them to entrepreneurship and startups. This weeks Torah portion is called Nasso which means “Elevate” and it’s the longest in the entire Torah, it’s dry, it’s technical, but all of a sudden in the middle there are these three […]
Parashat Terumah
This is a past Snapchatorah where Hillel Fuld takes the Torah portion, learns some lessons and apply them to entrepreneurship and startups. This weeks Torah portion is called Terumah which means Donation and it is about the Jews giving donations in order to build the tabernacle which was sort of like a mobile Temple. The portion […]
Parashat Vayigash
This is a past Snapchatorah where Hillel Fuld takes the Torah portion, learns some lessons and apply them to entrepreneurship and startups. Over the past couple of weeks, we talked about Jacob and his son Joseph, and the story in which Joseph’s brothers sold him into Egyptian slavery. This week he confronts them. Just to […]