Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi

Transforming Darkness to Light Shavuot

Raise a Head and Give Them merit

CORRECTED: Yom Yerushalayim Samuel and Amalek and Hamas. You Yerushalayim where we celebrate the unification of Jerusalem and the miracles of the Six Day War.

Today is Yom Yerushalayim where we celebrate the unification of Jerusalem and the miracles of the Six Day War. Following the War of Independence in 1948 when the Arab countries surrounding Israel rejected the partition plan and sought to annihilate...

Yom Yerushalayim Samuel and Amalek. You Yerushalayim where we celebrate the unification of Jerusalem and the miracles of the Six Day War.

 Today is Yom Yerushalayim where we celebrate the unification of Jerusalem and the miracles of the Six Day War.   Following the War of Independence in 1948 when the Arab countries surrounding Israel rejected the partition plan and sought to annihilate the 600,000 Jewish...

The Unifying Factor BeMidbar

Mishkan Leviim  Flags 

Blessings and promises. Effort and Reward. Bechukotai

    אִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַ֖י תֵּלֵ֑כוּ וְאֶת־מִצְוֺתַ֣י תִּשְׁמְר֔וּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָֽם׃  If you follow My laws and faithfully observe My commandments,  וְנָתַתִּ֥י גִשְׁמֵיכֶ֖ם בְּעִתָּ֑ם וְנָתְנָ֤ה הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ יְבוּלָ֔הּ וְעֵ֥ץ הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה יִתֵּ֥ן פִּרְיֽוֹ׃  I will grant your rains in their season, so that the earth shall yield its produce and the trees of the field...

Lag BaOmer - What Are We Celebrating? And Why?

One of the most uniquely celebrated days on the Jewish calendar is ל'ג בעמר /Lag BaOmer (the 33rd day of the Omer-Count), when tens of thousands of Jews descend upon Meiron in the Galil to celebrate the yartzeit (anniversary of death) of...

Is Everything Really for The Best - Behar Bitachon and Hashgacha

Second Chances, Joseph and Adam’s First Wife - Pesach Sheni - EMOR

PARDES, BLOOD and SOULS

How can These and These Be The Words of a Living G-d?

Pride and Haughtiness The Lesson of Mesorah

Iran’s Missiles and Sancherib’s Defeat

Shidduch Crisis Marriage, Emunah and Bitachon - Tazria

The Eclipse and Us

 תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: בִּזְמַן שֶׁהַחַמָּה לוֹקָה — סִימָן רַע לְכׇל הָעוֹלָם כּוּלּוֹ. מָשָׁל לְמָה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה? לְמֶלֶךְ בָּשָׂר וְדָם שֶׁעָשָׂה סְעוּדָה לַעֲבָדָיו וְהִנִּיחַ פָּנָס לִפְנֵיהֶם, כָּעַס עֲלֵיהֶם וְאָמַר לְעַבְדּוֹ: טוֹל פָּנָס מִפְּנֵיהֶם וְהוֹשִׁיבֵם בַּחוֹשֶׁךְ.   Apropos the fact that rain on Sukkot is an indication of divine...

Understanding Nadav and Avihu Shemini

Sweeping The Ashes - Take a Broom - Sav

 We begin this week ….   צַ֤ו אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן֙וְאֶת־בָּנָ֣יו לֵאמֹ֔ר זֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הָעֹלָ֑ה הִ֣וא הָעֹלָ֡ה עַל֩ מוֹקְדָ֨הֿ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֤חַכׇּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ עַד־הַבֹּ֔קֶר וְאֵ֥שׁ הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ תּ֥וּקַד בּֽוֹ׃  Command Aaron and his sons thus: This is the ritual of the burnt offering: The burnt offering itself shall remain...

Revealing the Secrets of the Parah Adumah

This Shabbat is Shabbat Parah. It is the third of four special Shabbats begiining with Shekalim, Zachor, this week parah and then HaChodesh. Explain each    Yesterday morning we were discussing the Keli Yakar - R Shlomo Ephraim ben Aaron Luntschitz...

Mordechai and His Descendants- The Grreatest Accolade

Miracles Hidden & Revealed Purim to Passover

 On Saturday night and Sunday, we will celebrate Purim      Last week we discussed the power of Adar and more specifically Adar Bet      Someone asked      Why is Purim celebrated in Adar Bet ?     By Sephardim, any yahrzeit or birthday which occurs in a regular year in Adar...

Reading Between The Lines Hi Norm Max - Purim Megillah

The Kohen’s Light and Amalek’s Shade - Vayikra

In some ways this class is a follow up to our class on Adar Bet where we compare current events to Amalek attacking on the way to har Sinai, Bilaam and Balak attacking on the way into Eretx Yisrael to...

Adar Bet 13 & Breaking through the Mazalot

 Today is the second day of Adar Bet   Or the second Adar   Explain lunar vs solar      ​כג וְדָבָ֖ר בְּעִתּ֣וֹ מַה־טּֽוֹב:     354 vs 365   Chinese New Year  Ramadan   “We can’t do that because we’re guided by our Torah, which says Passover must come in the spring when we plant, and...

To be Successful, Choose the Right Partner - Pikudei

The Mishkan was finally complete. The nation looked at the magnificent work with great joy, and Moshe was proud. So proud, in fact, that he did something that he only did once more– just before his death: he blessed the...

Machar Mikreh Tomorrow and Happenstance Amalek Purim

Moshe said to Yehoshua, “Choose people for us and go do battle with Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill”. (17:9) וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ בְּחַר־לָ֣נוּ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְצֵ֖א הִלָּחֵ֣ם בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק מָחָ֗ר אָנֹכִ֤י נִצָּב֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הַגִּבְעָ֔ה וּמַטֵּ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּיָדִֽי׃ בחר לנו...

Besalel’s Mishkan - The Tragedy - The Triumph - Vayakhel

Leaving with just a Towel - Areyat of Regina bat Alice - Vayakhel

 May these words of Torah be liuly nishmat Regina Bat Alice      Although I am speaking to all of you, I am directing thse words primarily to the grandchildren and great grandchildren      A shiva for a gransparent is something we always remember...

Breaking through the blockage with the spear of 248 Ki Tissa

 כשיגיע למלת 'באהבה' יכוין למסור נפשו על קדוש השם כנזכר בכונות רבינו האר'י ז'ל(א), ולכן מנהג החסידים שיאריך החזן בחזרה בתיבת 'באהבה' כדי לעורר הכונה הנזכרת, וכל אדם יזהר בזה בכל תפלות בלחש למסור עצמו על קדוש השם בתיבת 'באהבה', וכשאומר 'ומושיע ומגן' יכוין...

The Mesirut Nefesh of Parents - Jeanette Bibi A’H

Fire of Ur Kasdim and the Golden Calf - Ki Tissa

Ki Tissa 5784 Aaron and Haran  In this week’s perasha we on the sin of the Golden Calf    Before we get into the text   Questions: Who collected the gold to build the egel?  Who built the egel?   Who built the alter in front...

The Network is Down and Grandpa is in Me - Tesaveh

 Its 11AM Thursday morning and I am driving back to Manhattan. I came to Brooklyn this morning to make three condolence calls, but since I left my house early this morning, I have had no cell service. I have no Waze, so I...

You Illuminate The World Tesaveh

 Even though Noach was a tzaddik; nevertheless, he resembled the olive that keeps its oil trapped inside. He did not make an effort to venture out and teach his generation the ways of the Torah and its mitzvot. In contrast,...

Words Create Reality and the Insurance Question Tesaveh

Joining Heaven and Earth - LeShem Yichud - Terumah

Mishkan, Balance, Access & Unicorns - Terumah

One who disregards the truth of Midrash is a heretic; one who regards Midrash as literally true is a fool!  Thinking in Rosh Hodesh Shabbat prayers      שֶׁתַּעֲלֵנוּ בְשִׂמְחָה לְאַרְצֵנוּ וְתִטָּעֵנוּ בִּגְבוּלֵנוּ, וְשָׁם נַעֲשֶׂה לפָנֶיךָ אֶת קָרְבְּנוֹת חוֹבוֹתֵינוּ, תְּמִידִים כְּסִדְרָם וּמוּסָפִים כְּהִלְכָתָם. אֶת מוּסְפֵי יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת...

The Hugging Cherubs and Dancing With My Wife - Terumah

 דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְיִקְחוּ־לִ֖י תְּרוּמָ֑ה        Eben Ezra The words ve-yikchu li (that they take for Me) is similar to the form surah elai (turn in to me) (Jud. 4:18). Surah elai means turn from your place and come to me. Ve-yikchu li has a similar...

Reincarnation Repairs and The Four Elements MISHPATIM

Remember that Hashem is Always Talking to Us - Yitro

Reincarnation and Resurrection Gilgul Kayin and Techiyat HaMetim Yitro

Kohanim at the Kotel

Tu Bishvat Deder at Edmond Safra Synagogue with Yehi Ratzons and Segulot 5784

Please email or whatsapp for a copy of the  Tu Bishvat Booklet of Yehi Ratzons and Prayers 5784

Pharoah and the Avoda Zara of Egypt - BeShalach

Would the Sea Split for Me? BeShalach

Faith in Man or G-d ? BeShalach

Tefillin to Leave Egypt - Whats the Connection?

Lighting Up The Night - Bo

Controlling Time Controlling Fate - Bo

Leaving Your Comfort Zone with Your Dog - Bo

In Memory of צבי מנחם בן דבורה Howard Silverman Z'L   Rabbi Asher Abittan - Asher Haham ben Meir Haham ZS'L   David Mizrahi - David Ben Sarah Z'L   Uncle Hymie Gindi - Haim Ben Victoria Z'L  וּלְכֹ֣ל ׀ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֹ֤א יֶֽחֱרַץ־כֶּ֙לֶב֙ לְשֹׁנ֔וֹ לְמֵאִ֖ישׁ...

Moses asks Hashem to Explain Bad Things VaEra

 It is nearly impossible to understand what the Torah is trying to teach us by simply reading an English translation. There’s so much nuance and detail within the selection of each Hebrew word which include the intrinsic properties of the word chosen. While...

Why Cover Your Eyes for Shema VaEra

Rabbi Frand quotes The Sanzer Rebbe, zt”l, so once said that this is the meaning of a universally practiced custom.    The Gemara in Brochos says that Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi put his hands over his eyes when he read Krias Shema. That is...