Parsha with Rabbi David Bibi

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? Sostrange as we quote the angels every day - Kadoshkadosh kadosh hashem sevaot - Malehkol 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 goodwill, 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, Anotheris 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;      

וַיְדַבֵּ֥רהַ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥הלֵּאמֹֽר   דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל   וְיִקְחוּ לִי תְּרוּמָה. זֶה שֶׁאָמַר הַכָּתוּבכִּי לֶקַח טוֹב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם     Is This Painting a Raphael or Not? A fortune Rides on the Answer    Once a passenger aboard a ship, on which manywere traveling, was asked by them: “What kind of merchandise do you possess?”He answered: “My merchandise is superior to yours.”   The gematria of mem isforty. Forty is the number of days it rained upon the earth during the Flood.Forty is also the num­ber of days Moses spent on Mount Sinai.    When giving means taking, and you get much more than you bargained for  

Repairing man's justice system Three strikes and you are out  Setting us up for success Making the next round easier  Understanding Gildulim  The four elements of creation 

 מֶ֗לֶךְ בְּ֭מִשְׁפָּט יַעֲמִ֣יד אָ֑רֶץ וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּרוּמ֣וֹת יֶהֶרְסֶֽנָּה   Through justice a king establishes a land, but the man of Terumos will destroy it.” [Mishlei 29:4]    TheMedrash tanchuma elaborates:      אִם מֵשִׁים אָדָם עַצְמוֹכַּתְּרוּמָה הַזּוֹ שֶׁמֻּשְׁלֶכֶת בְּזָוִית הַבַּיתוְאוֹמֵר מַה לִּי בְּטֹרַח הַצִּבּוּר, מַהלִּי בְּדִינֵיהֶם, מַה לִּי לִשְׁמֹעַ קוֹלָם,שָׁלוֹם עָלַיִךְ נַפְשִׁי, הֲרֵי זֶה מַחֲרִיבאֶת הָעוֹלָם. הֱוֵי וְאִישׁ תְּרוּמוֹת יֶהֶרְסֶנָּה.  This implies that if a man acts as though he were a terumah (the portion separated, or set aside, for the priests) by secluding himself in the corner of his home and declaring: “What concern are the problems of the community to me? What does their judgment mean to me? Why should I listen to them? I will do well (without them),” he helps to destroy the world. Hence the man of separation (terumah) overthroweth it.  Rabbi Frand on Rav Assi    

Your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground!   The Shenei Luchot HaBrit by Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz - Kayin had to undergo three gilgulim, one each for his Nefesh, his Ruach, and his Neshama.    What did yitro hear? Splitting of the sea and the war with amalek Baruch hashem  

The TuBishvat Seder

מה תצעק אלי  WHEREFORE CRIEST THOU UNTO ME? Nachshon    Gilda Radner Club  Gene Wilder    To want to live means to face, the perfection ofperceived imperfection within our lives 

Why is the command for Amalek given in writing and in verbal form  The Torah lessons in communication 

BeShalach - Who were the Erev Rav and who sent them? Short Class Why do we begin the portion with Vayhi or woe How do we cantrast the last verse of Bo with the first verse of BeShalach? If only 20% of the Israelites were willing to leave, where did all the Egyptian and foreign erev Rav come from? What was there to be afraid of along the coastal route?

20% down 86 years vs 430 yeards 

Va'Era Savlanut Bitachon & Hishtadlut - Patience, Trust and Effort  Sovel and Savlanut - Suffering and Patience  Kol Mishalot Libecha LeTova Stories of Bitachon 

Moshe complains The Pasuk this week being Vaydaber Hashem the Vayomer Elav Harsh language followed by soft language  The opinions of the Ohr HaChaim The Ohr Hachaim and the lion  Moshe Tikun Noah 

The Shechina goes into exile with us The Shechina waits for us We pray for the Shechina's return But what are we doing about it? Getting a leg in the land

Shemot - The Secret of Success through the Three Alephs based on the Shvilei Pinchas  The Chida, zy”a, writes in Avodat Kodesh (7), “concerning the appellation: ” אהיה אשר אהיה . Heexplains that this name employed in tefilah is capable of affecting salvation for everything in the world: I found in the manuscripts of the kabbalists that it is “ appropriate for a person to pray to the appellation אהיה אשר אהיה ” for any problem in this world — for sickness, for children, for wisdom, to be remembered, for monetary matters, to be saved from a storm at sea, for danger on the roads. It is essential, however, that he be pure, and that he utter sincerely: “Let it be the will of the esteemed name אהיה אשר אהיה ” “ that You have mercy on me and act on my behalf.” He should state his request clearly, and should repeat it three times. יהי רצון מלפניך השם הגדול אהיה , אשר אהיה שתרחם עלי ותעשה, וישאל בקשתו בלשון ברור, וכן יאמר ג’ פעמים But how does this work? Additionally, it is worth examining the statement in the TikuneiZohar (144b) that with the words: ” — “ אהיה אשר אהיה HKB”H alludes to tefillin shel yad and tefillin shel rosh. For, in thefour passages contained in the tefillin shel rosh, the name Havayaappears twenty-one times — the numerical value of thename אהי”ה ; this is alluded to by the first אהי”ה . Similarly, inthe four passages contained in the tefillin shel yad, the nameHavaya appears twenty-one times — accounting for thesecond mention of the name אהי”ה . Thus, the two tefillin together are alluded to by the phrase: ” אהיה אשר אהיה “.  

What is the meaning behing the name, I shall be what I shall be How do we influence above from below 

VaYechi- the legs of Yaakov - 5783 short class What is Chesed Shel Emet Why did the angel, when it realized it could not overcome Yaakov, try to damage Yaakov's thigh? Why does Eliezer used Chesed Shel Emet when seeking a wife for Yishak? 

VaYechi - the secret to long life - short breakfast class - 5783 Is it the gym Is it the blessing Rabbeynu Bachya suggests it's serving our parents 

Adele Bibi Levaya S[eeches David Bibi and Victor Bibi December 29 2022 Thoughts on Yosfe crying on his fathers neck And understanding the meeting of the hearts of Yosef and Yehuda 

MiKetz 5781 Forgetting Memory and Dreams

Hanukah Joseph Miracles Reuben and Reincarnation  What is the real miracle Why were the snakes and scorpians helpful for Yosef Did Reuben know about the snakes Why did Reuben lose his Bechor rights  What is special about Reuben and sight  Who was Rabbi Eliezer HaGadol ? And why is he so harsh on Reuben? 

VaYishlach Two Roles Yaakov and Yisrael and Transforming Satan 

Based on the SHvilei Pinchas Black Fire on White Fire We were reincarnated as the sheep of Yaakov  The White Light is the source of the Torah in The Heavens before it has been distilled into letters  The white wood represenst the 600,000 neshamot 

Why does it seem that Yishak throws Yaakov under the bus? The story behind the blessings. Whats the story beneath the story?  8 From Isaac, 7 to Jacob, one to spare? 

 Avraham Avinu has gone through this gut-wrenching test ofthe Akeyda and he returns home to his life long partner Sarah Imeynu and discovers that in his absence, she has passed away. Although Hashem promised him the entire land, at this moment, he does not even have a 20 square foot plot to bury his wife. He approaches the locals and asks for permission topurchase the cave of Machpela.   Midrashim tell us that he discovered earlier that thiswas the burial place of Adam and Chava and had some spiritual portal connectingthe worlds.   Efron makes an empty offer of giving it to Abraham at nocharge and then continues, 'My Lord, heed me! Land worth four hundred silvershekels, between me and you - what is it? Bury your dead.' Our rabbis explainthat this was an exorbitant price. Still the pasuk continues ….   וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע אַבְרָהָם֮ אֶל־עֶפְרוֹן֒ וַיִּשְׁקֹ֤לאַבְרָהָם֙ לְעֶפְרֹ֔ן אֶת־הַכֶּ֕סֶף אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר בְּאׇזְנֵ֣י בְנֵי־חֵ֑תאַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ שֶׁ֣קֶל כֶּ֔סֶף עֹבֵ֖ר לַסֹּחֵֽר׃   Abraham accepted Ephron’s terms. Abraham paid out toEphron the money that he had named in the ears of the Hittites—four hundredshekels of silver at the going merchants’ rate.  Baal HaTurim: לעפרן חסר בגימטריא עין רע.    Kli Yakar     The name עפרן is missing a 'ו'. The Ba'al Haturim explainsthat he had an evil eye, and the name of עפרן without a 'ו' adds in gematria toר״ע עי״ן (evil eye). The reason for this comes from a statement in Bava Batra (9B) which states thatwhoever gives a coin to a poor person is blessed with 6 blessings, and whoeveris stingy with the poor is not blessed with these 6 blessings. It is for thisreason that Efron lost his 'ו' (which has the numerical value of 6) - as he wasstingy, he lost 6 blessings.   Our sages also tell us (Sotah36B) that we give the glass of blessing to a generous spirit, as the versestates טוב עין הוא יבורך (with a 'ו') - Don't read 'he is blessed', but rather'he will bless'.   Both the literal reading and the way it is read are true -someone who blesses others generously will be blessed with the six blessings(as depicted by the 'ו' in יבורך).  Furthermore, know that the numerical value of רע עין = 400.   We find 400 in 4 different places specifically with regardsto stingy people. The first is Efron who was stingy and therefore took 400Silver shekels.   The second place relates to the brothers of Joseph had a badview of Josef the righteous and they were jealous of him because of the coat ofmany colours. The result of this was that the Jewish people were exiled for 400years as strangers, affliction and servitude.   The third place relates to Esau who had a bad view of hisbrothers, and he was jealous of him because of the blessings which Isaacblessed Jacob. It is for this reason that Jacob placed a space between eachflock to fill the eyes of that evil man (that was to be given to Esau), becausehe came with 400 men.   The fourth place relates to Naval, because he was a stingyman. It was for this reason that David approached him with 400 men.       

The Akeyda- what really happened - the story they never wanted you to know. The R rated version!   I first discovered this alternate version about 30 years ago. The Eben Ezra comments on the verse: “And Abraham returned”: He questions that it does not mention Issac … and then he quotes a source … “And the one that says that he slaughtered him and left him, and he came back to life later”.   And I said to myself what? What is he talking about? Someone says he didn’t stop? Someone says Abraham killed Isaac? I asked Rabbi Abittan for an explanation and began delving into the opinion carried not just by one, but we saw, by many andburied for various reasons which later became very obvious.    But it soon became apparent that this other opinion was not very well hidden. It was more about being ignored as it was simply impossible to comprehend and we preferred to stick with the kindergarten version.  For example, in the Meam Loez, a commentary on the Torah written specifically for the religiously uneducated masses in 1730, Rav Yaakov Culi comments on this same verse. “There is another opinion that Abraham did begin to slit Isaac’s throat and actually perforated his windpipe. When Abraham looked up and saw theram, the angels swooped Isaac away, brought him to the Garden of Eden and left him there until he was completely healed.”   Sources  Initially with the rabbi as I mentioned based on Eben Ezra comment. Then Rabbi Aderet provided more details. ThenRabbi Wagensberg in yerushalayim put it all together. Andthe sources? Zohar, Rabbeynu bachya, Rashi, Yalkut Reuveni. Megaleh Amukot, Hagahot vehaarot on the tur and bet yosef, Shibolet haleket, Ben ish chai ...    Butreally the bottom line is a simple re-reading of Chumash with Rashi settingaside some of the preconceptions 

Vayera - Abraham stands in for the Angel Uriel 

Understanding Lech Lecha through Sod and Gilgul - Adam, Chava and the Snake return. 5781 

Lech Lecha - the reward for a good deed Og melecha HaBashan 

How Chen or Grace was the secret to Noah's success and how to garner Chen

Bereshit Ezer Kenegdo - The helper against me 5780

Bereshit Understanding and beginning to access the layers of Torah  Introduction Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh  5 levels of understanding Torah  Letters, Crowns, Vowels, Taamim and the Spirit of the Text 

Acess Supernatural blessing - Another Chance Isru Chag 5783  VeZot HaBeracha  Simchat Torah  Shemini Aseret  The Power of 8  The Angels cannot stop me 

 · Ki Tabo Appreciation, The Simanimand Rosh Hashana  · Overcoming the 98 curses  · Bringing the Bikurim and hearing aBat Kol   · Why the Simanim on Rosh Hashana?  · Day of Judgment is very serious.  · How can an apple dipped in honey getme a sweet year?  · Can I change my Mazal?   

Ki Tesse LaMilchama - The different ways of understanding Eshet Yefat Toar - The Beautiful captured Woman  The Various opinions that differe between the Yerushalmi and The Bavli, the difference between Rambam and Ramban. How is it possible for a soldier who is sinless and pure to fall prey to the desire for a battlefield captive? 

Re'eh Hearing - Personal Responsibility and Delegating to Others  Hear with your heart and let it enter your heart  Somebody get a sponge! 

Eikev: The afflictions we experience are to test us in order that Hashem can give us good in the end

Matot Masai - The Other Side of The Jordan  How the physical world impacts the spiritual world.  Remaining with Moses 

Pinchas Gilgulim Eliyahu and Rabbi Akiva 5780 Shechem, Zimri and Rabbi Akiva Pinchas ELiyah and the Battle with the Malach HaMavet 

 Parah Adumah - Why would King Solomon not understand the reasons? 

Korach - The Ultimate Test - TheUltimate Reward - Return to Kayin and Hevel - Based on Shvilei Pinchas