Why a half shekel

Shalom Alechem and Alechem Shalom 

Yoser HaAdam 

The two electricians - A story of chesed boomerang

aaron is a gilgul of Haran 

The fire of Ur Kasdim and the Golden Calf 

For the sake of the one 

Mesirut Nefesh 

Rabbi Wein, Rabbi Herzog Pope Pius Xii, Chicago, 1946

Wounded Soldiers 

Use your gift 

Megilah Esther

“Do not imagine that you, of all the Jews, will escape with your life by being in the king’s palace. On the contrary, if you keep silent in this crisis, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another quarter, while you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows, perhaps you have attained to royal position for just such a crisis.”  

Rabbi Isaac Farhi croosing the border from Syria to Turkey

Hashgachat Perati

Hashem hides in coincidence 

Purim Fest 1946

The Nuremberg Trials 

Let them be hung tomorrow 

Why the Megillah needs to be read in order

Impossible to understand the full picture from within 

Moshe achieved a tikun for the neshamah of Noach, who did not do as he did. 

Nechoshet VeAtath

Noach Shet and You

Moshe was a gilgul of Noach, who was a gilgul of Shet.

HKB”H does not mention Moshe’s name in this parsha, because of his act of self-sacrifice, praying on behalf of his generation:

Thus, he rectified the neshamah of Noach, as alluded to by the word Mecheni

As pointed out, the word shemen is an acronym for the three gilgulim—which were purified completely in the person of Moshe.

Olive oil, that is extracted from the olive with great effort, alludes to Torah-study that a person does not keep to himself; he releases it and shares it with others. Therefore, it is capable of restoring Torah that has been forgotten for seventy years.

This, in fact, accurately describes the difference between Noach and his gilgul—Moshe Rabeinu. 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, Moshe Rabeinu resembled olive oil; he taught Torah to all of Yisrael. Thus, in his gilgul, he rectified Noach’s flaw.

Crushing the Olive for the Oil

Oil does not mix with other liquids 'Benai Yisrael are likedned to the pure oil

Sometimes we require pressure to reveal our true and holy selves '

Keruvim My Cherubs

Represent our CHildren

Represent Two learning and bringing Shechina

The Month of Adar 

What are we trying to do? Put Hashem in a box? So
strange as we quote the angels every day - Kadosh
kadosh kadosh hashem sevaot - Maleh
kol haaretz kevodoh  

Nevuchadnetzar, king of Babylon, who destroyed the first Bet Hamikdash, took all the 5,400 gold, silver and precious stone utensils and 180 treasure houses.  

 whose heart inspires him to generosity Heb. יִדְּבֶנּוּלִבּוֹ, an expression of נְדָבָה, which is an expression of good
will, present in French, [a] gift. 

you shall take My offering Our Rabbis said: [The word ךְתְּרוּמָה, mentioned three times, denotes that] three offerings are mentioned here. One is the offering of a beka [half-shekel] per head, from which they made the sockets, Another
is the offering of a beka per head for the [community] coffers, from which to purchase the communal sacrifices,  

And another is the offering for the Mishkan, each one’s [Israelite’s] donation (Talmud Yerushalmi, Shekalim 1:1;