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When a Gift is a "Morasha": Living in the Beyond

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: January 14 2026

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Series: Five Minute Parsha

Venue: Yeshivat Reishit Yeshivat Reishit

Gemara:

Aggadeta, Pesachim

Machshava:

Geulah, Hashem, History, Israel, Prophecy, Sichat Mussar, Spirituality, Torah

Parsha:

Va'era, Vezot Haberacha

Yerushalmi:

Pesachim

Collections: The Four Phrases of Redemption

References: Pesachim: 99B

Description

Divrei chizuk shared with talmidim at Yeshivat Reishit.

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When a Gift is a "Morasha": Living in the Beyond

Series: Five Minute Parsha

Venue: Yeshivat Reishit Yeshivat Reishit

Gemara:

Aggadeta, Pesachim

Machshava:

Geulah, Hashem, History, Israel, Prophecy, Sichat Mussar, Spirituality, Torah

Parsha:

Va'era, Vezot Haberacha

Yerushalmi:

Pesachim

Collections: The Four Phrases of Redemption

References: Pesachim: 99B

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When a Gift is a "Morasha": Living in the Beyond

Series: Five Minute Parsha

Venue: Yeshivat Reishit Yeshivat Reishit

Gemara: Aggadeta, Pesachim Machshava: Geulah, Hashem, History, Israel, Prophecy, Sichat Mussar, Spirituality, Torah Parsha: Va'era, Vezot Haberacha Yerushalmi: Pesachim

Collections: The Four Phrases of Redemption

References: Pesachim: 99B

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Gemara:

Aggadeta, Pesachim

Machshava:

Geulah, Hashem, History, Israel, Prophecy, Sichat Mussar, Spirituality, Torah

Parsha:

Va'era, Vezot Haberacha

Yerushalmi:

Pesachim