Yoram Dahan
Parashat Lech Lecha לֶךְ-לְךָ
In this Parasha we are being introduced to Avram’s (Avraham) greatness and unshakeable faith and belief in HaShem even before the official receiving of the Torah. HaShem asked Avram to leave his father’s house,...
Parashat Noach נֹחַ
Noach was a righteous man a Tzadik (“צדיק”), Tamim (“תמים” – humble), and “walked with HaShem”. The Zohar explains that Noach always had HaShem’s ways lead his path among the wicked people of his...
Parashat Beresheet בְּרֵאשִׁית
The first word in the Torah is Beresheet “בראשית“ a Divine word that encompass many acronyms and hidden celestial concepts within its letters. Our Sages say that all 613 Mitzvot derive from this one,...
Parashat Vezot HaBracha וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה
Moshe, on his last day on earth, Shabbat on the seventh of Adar, 2488, blessed his beloved nation Bnei-Yisrael. Same as Yaakov, Moshe blessed the twelve tribes before his passing in order to keep...
Parashat Ha’azinu הַאֲזִינוּ
Moshe calls upon Heaven “הַשָּׁמַיִם” and Earth “הָאָרֶץ” to become witnesses to his words, his song to Bnei-Yisrael. This is Moshe’s last day (Adar 7th, 2488). This song is one of ten songs who...
Parashat Vayeilech וַיֵּלֶךְ
The word “Vayeilech” “וַיֵּלֶךְ” (and he went) has a profound meaning in our Parasha, our Sages say that Moshe “walked” into each and every tent among Bnei-Yisrael’s camp, to teach the Torah. Some say...
Parashat Nitzavim נִצָּבִים
Our Parasha opens with three words “Atem Nitzavim Hayom” (“אתם נצבים היום”), “you all are firmly standing here today”. This statement has a profound meaning and secret as we read it during the forty days of...
Parashat Ki Tavo כִּי-תָבוֹא
The first word in our Parasha is “Vehaya” (“והיה") and it has the same letters of HaShem’s name in Hebrew ("יהוה" - Y.H.V.H), alluding to that He kept his promise to our forefathers and...
Parashat Ki Tetzeie כִּי-תֵצֵא
Our Parasha Ki Tetzei (“כִּי-תֵצֵא”) is usually reads in the month of Elul which is the month before the Jewish New Year (Rosh HaShanah) and is the beginnings of the forty days of Teshuvah...
Parashat Shoftim שֹׁפְטִים
The first two words in our Parasha, judges and police officers (“שֹׁפְטִים וְשֹׁטְרִים”) allude to the simplicity of our earthly legal system and its basic implementation. The word “Shoftim” has another word in it,...