Weekly Parasha

Sar Shalom is very happy to share the weekly Torah portion by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum

While there are many excellent online sources for the weekly parasha study, we are especially grateful to Rabbi Avraham ben Ya’acov (Azamra.org) for his dedication to bring “Torah to the Nations” and for granting us permission to re-publish his weekly Torah teachings. May HaShem continue to bless Rabbi Avraham and his heart of love as a light to the nations.

Toldot

Universal Torah By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah: Gen. 25:19-28:9. Haftara: Malachi 1:1-2:7. And These are the Generations of Isaac In the holy structure built by the patriarchs to reveal HaShem to the world, Abraham is the initial thesis: expansive energy, revelation, kindness — CHESSED. Isaac […]

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Ha-Azinu

The Song of G-d’s Justice By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Deuteronomy 32: 1-52 Some songs are happy, some are sad. Some are for entertainment. Some come to tell a story or teach a lesson. Some express the inner heart and soul. Unique among all songs is […]

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Chayei Sarah

The Life of Sarah By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Genesis 23:1-25:18 The parshah opens with LIFE — the LIFE of Sarah — even though it goes on to speak of her death, and later that of Abraham (Gen. 25:8). This is because it is the very […]

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Vayeira

Gen. 18.1-22.24 By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum G-d’s Covenant with Abraham, marked by the sign of circumcision, brought Abraham to an entirely new level, making him worthy of fathering Isaac, the descendants of whose son Jacob have been the guardians of G-d’s Torah and a “light […]

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Lech Lecha

Gen. 12.1-17.27 By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum No spiritual seeker can fail to be thrilled by the challenge in G-d’s words to Abraham with which this parshah begins: “Go to YOUR SELF.”. G-d’s challenge to Abraham is His challenge to every one of us: to go […]

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Noach

Genesis 6.9-11.32 By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Parshas BEREISHIS told the story of the first Ten Generations of the Children of Adam, establishing fundamental facts about the world and man’s existential situation within it. The Parshah of NOAH spans the second Ten Generations, from Noah to […]

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Beresheit

In the beginning By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Gen. 1.1-6.8. Blessing the month of MARHESHVAN With G-d’s we may draw from the current parshah having universal significance — both for the Children of Israel, the appointed Guardians of G-d’s Torah, and for all the families and […]

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Ve-zot HaBrachah

And This is the Blessing (Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12) By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum (The closing portion of the Five Books of Moses, VE-ZOS HABRACHAH, is read on Simchat Torah.) And this is the Blessing After the succession of stern rebukes to Israel in the preceding parshahs, we finally […]

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Ha’Azinu

The Song of G-d’s Justice (Deuteronomy 32: 1-52) By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Some songs are happy, some are sad. Some are for entertainment. Some come to tell a story or teach a lesson. Some express the inner heart and soul. Unique among all songs is […]

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Veyelech

The Transmission of the Torah By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum With the Torah almost complete except for the concluding Song (HA’AZINU) and Moses’ Blessings (VE-ZOS HABRACHAH), it was necessary to ensure the transmission of authority from Moses to his divinely-appointed successor, Joshua and the transmission of […]

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