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by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Netziv on why Moshe should go to Pharaoh, 2) Rav Ezriel Hildesheimer on Pharaoh not seeing Moshe, 3) Divrei Shaul on permissible idolatry, 4) Rav Itzeleh Volozhiner on the outcry over the tenth plague, 5) Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl on the the single law for born-Jews and converts. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Rav Shlomo Ganzfried on the contradiction in the first verse, 2) Rav Shmaryahu Shulman on whether to check the father of a potential shidduch, 3) Beis Yosef on whether Moshe or Aharon was greater, 4) Rav Itzeleh Volozhiner on the real cause of the plague of frogs, 5) Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl on the opposite of God-fearing. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Brisker Rav on Yisro’s reward and Iyov’s sin, 2) Divrei Shaul on the two types of salvation, 3) Ridbaz on the cure to the affliction in Egypt, 4) Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl on Moshe’s hesitations, 5) Taz on why Moshe cared. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Rav Shlomo Wolbe on the beginning of enslavement, 2) Noda BiYehudah on a true chesed, 3) Rav Soloveitchik on the difference between a prayer and a request, 4) Rav Simcha Wasserman on the qualities of a leader, 5) Beis Yitzchak on failed sins. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Rav Yitzchak Sorotzkin on Yehudah’s threat to Yosef, 2) Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl on Yosef’s planned punishment for Binyamin, 3) Beis HaLevi on the difference between judgment and rebuke, 4) Rav Yitzchak Goodman on the right way to be a leader, 5) Rav Shmaryahu Shulman on Ya’akov’s recitation of Shema. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Nachalas David on the significance of the word Miketz, 2) Rav Shlomo Ganzfried on the butler’s harsh words, 3) Maharam Schick on Yosef’s name choice for Menashe, 4) Rav Tzvi Pesach Frank on Reuven’s correction of his brothers, 5) Rav Itzeleh Volozhiner on Yosef’s blessing of Binyamin. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl on the significance of living in Canaan, 2) Rav Shaul Yisraeli on Yosef’s wisdom, 3) Pri Megadim on Yosef’s self-sacrifice, 4) Taz and Rav David Pardo on why Ya’akov could not be comforted, 5) Meshech Chochmah on the butler’s dream. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Rav Moshe Feinstein on preconditions for peace, 2) Rav Ya’akov Ettlinger on sending messengers before you, 3) Rav Yosef Karo on Ya’akov’s detailed instructions, 4) Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik on acting like gedolim, 5) the Taz on the need to prevent future attacks. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) The Beis HaLevi on two reasons to leave, 2) Rambam and Rav Simcha Wasserman on the Jewish future, 3) Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl on leaving in peace, 4) Rav Avraham Erlanger on giving thanks, 5) Maharam Schick on the path to the World-to-Come. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) The Brisker Rav on the intent of mockers, 2) Netziv on the place for prayer, 3) Rav Ya’akov Ettlinger on the nature of blessings, 4) Rav Shmuel Rozovsky on the best way to receive blessings, 5) Chofetz Chaim on when to plan for your legacy. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.