Parshas Bo
6 maamarim of the tzaddikim on this week's reading, each in Hebrew and English with a takeaway.
Lehavas David
Rav Dovid Matisyohu Rabinowitz ›Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzIn the Ears of Your Son: The Customs of Our FathersThe customs we received from our parents and teachers can look like small things, not even rabbinic law, yet they are the handles by which we hold the whole Torah, and the yetzer…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzEach Man by His Elders: Sharing the Tzaddik's KavanosNot every Jew can bring the deepest inner intentions to each mitzvah, and so Moshe called the elders, the tzaddikim, to have those kavanos on behalf of everyone. Moshe gave his…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzTeshuvah First: Why Moshe Called the EldersA mitzvah done properly begins with teshuvah: before we learn Torah or do a mitzvah, we should stop to regret what has pulled us away and draw our hands back from it. Our…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzThe Wicked Son's Question as Good TidingsThe Exodus is not only a miracle to thank Hashem for; it is proof that a Jew can rise from the lowest place to closeness with Hashem, and quickly. That is why even the wicked…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzThe Wicked Son's Question: Good Tidings for the GenerationsEven a child's challenging question about our customs can be good tidings, because he asks out of a wish to continue in his fathers' way. Our answer is the answer of the Seder…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzWalking Toward the Mitzvah: Longing That Counts as DoingThe Pesach was given as a chukah so that Israel would bring it only because Hashem commanded it, even with all the wonders of the Exodus before their eyes. Yet Bnei Yisrael longed…