Parshah Fine Print

Analysis of Rambam’s statement about the specialty of the mitzvah of Bris Millah.

The Rebbe Rashab as a young child cried to his grandfather that Hashem doesn’t reveal Himself to him like to Avraham—as he learned in parshas Vayeira. In truth, Hashem already appeared to Avraham in last parsha, so why did the Rashab only cry now?

For the deeper connection between the parsha and the 19th of Kislev, explore how the liberation of the Alter Rebbe was a redemption through peace.

When Yaakov instructs Yosef to have him buried in Israel, he insists Yosef swears.

Learn about the special power of Moses’ birth and how it absolves death.

The four cups of wine at the Pesach seder correspond to the four expressions of Redemption in the Torah. So why not four matzahs too?

When one becomes Bar Mitzvah between the first and second Passover, does he need to do the Pesach offering again? Get ready for a beautiful Talmudic style analysis.

There are three views on how the people joined Moshe in song at the splitting of the sea. Learn how these differing opinions correspond to three levels of unity.