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Parshat Va'era 5782

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Pharoah's Free Will

Did Hashem really take away Pharoah's ability to choose? What does that teach us about our bechira?
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The Four Phrases of Geulah

What is the purpose and nature of each state of redemption?
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The Purpose of the Plagues

Why did Hashem punish Egypt in the exceptional way described in our parsha? Is there a deeper message to the makkot?
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Kiddush Hashem and the Frogs

The frogs teach us a lesson for all time about Mesirut Nefesh and following Hashem to the end.
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Having Hakarat Hatov

This week's parsha teaches us an important lesson in appreciating anything in our lives that we benefited from, even inanimate objects.
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Recent Shiurim on Va'era
•Rabbi Azarya Berzon: Truth beyond Truth!
•Rabbi Yisroel Bloom: Working on Self-Control
•Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander: Sacrifice Comes Before Success
•Rabbi Chaim Brovender: Egyptian Free Will
•Rabbi Avishai David: Names of Hashem and their Meanings
•Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom: Brotherhood At Last
•Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman: Moshe Confronts Paroh
•Rabbi Joel Finkelstein: He Didn’t Tell Them G-d’s Name?
•Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: We Live for Tomorrow
•Morah Stacey Goldman: Yocheved the Matriarch
•Rabbi Yamin Goldsmith: Seize the Moment
•Rabbi Meir Goldwicht: על מה משה רבינו דיבר עם עצמו
•Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb: Mishkal HaChassidus and Seeing the "Bigger Picture" and Impact of Our Actions
•Rabbi Josh Grajower: The Names of Hashem
•Rabbi Daniel Hartstein: Israel Has Closed Its Borders (Again)
•Rabbi Ari Kahn: The Jagged Trajectory of Redemption
•Rabbi Judah Kerbel: Honoring Hashem and Hashem's Honoring Moshe
•Rabbi Nachi Klein: Rationalizing Sins and Shortcomings
•Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz: Kotzer Ruach
•Rabbi Yoni Mandelstam: Legitimate Sheimos Leniencies Nowadays
•Rabbi Chaim Marcus: The Revelation of the Plagues
•Rabbi Daniel Rosenfeld: The Name of Hashem that wasn't revealed to the Avos
•Rabbi Efroni Schlesinger: Angels, Coals, and Burning Lips: Your Middot are your Mission
•Rabbi Etan Schnall: Pharoah’s Plan and the Yetzer Hara’s War Against Thinking Jews
•Rabbi Dani Schreiber: Pharaoh’s Strengthened Heart
•Mrs. Shira Smiles: Glorious Gratitude
•Rabbi Dovid Sukenik: Was There Blood in Pharaoh's House?
•Rabbi Ya'akov Trump: Ingredients of Nationhood: "Morality"
•Rabbi Yehuda Turetsky: How was There Water During the Makkah of Dam?
•Rabbi Moshe Walter: Are Magic Shows and Learning Magic Tricks Permitted?
•Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Weinberg: The Shovel of a Thousand Sounds: Finding Faith Amidst the Ashes
•Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank: Finding Excitement and Meaning in Familiarity
•Rabbi Andi Yudin: Patience
•Rabbi Jonathan Ziring: Yetziat Mitzrayim as Part of a Multilayered Story
Recent Articles on Va'era
•Rabbi Eitan Bendavid: The Desecration and Restoration of Sacred Spaces
•Rabbi Josh Blass: Choice and Change: The Pharaoh Conundrum
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Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald: Can We Question G-d and Get Away with It?

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Rabbi Pinchas Gelb: Rashi's Choice of Words

•Rabbi Yosef Goldin: Cultivating Gratitude Within Our Children
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Mrs. Michal Horowitz: Spiritual Fulfillment

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Yonatan Kurz: Terms and Conditions Do Apply

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Rabbi Norman Lamm: All The World’s A Wedding

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Rabbi Chaim Metzger: To Feel and to Act

•Rabbi Eliyahu Safran: Doubling Down
•Rabbi Moshe Taragin: Short Breath and Shuttered Imagination
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Rabbi Simon Wolf

: Were Ten Plagues Necessary?
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