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Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah

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00:04:47

Have Faith In God's Plan

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/11

When Moses starts to redeem the Jews, he is facing the problem that they have given up hope. He has to get them to understand that they will be redeemed. This is true thought-out history, It is hard for those enslaved to believe that the end will be good.

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00:05:16

No Egos Leads To Redemption

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/09

Aaron was happy that Moses was chosen to lead the Jews to freedom. This is a major shift from the Book of Genesis where sibling rivalry is the norm.

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00:04:25

Leadership Lessons From The Torah

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/08

It is very clear that Moses did not want the job of leadership. This is the basic reason that he was chosen for the job.

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00:04:08

A Reluctant Leader

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/07

When Moses came across the Egyptian beating a Hebrew slave, he looked up & down & did not see a man. He saw other people, but he did not see anyone who would protest. He became the man.

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00:04:25

Fear God, Not Man

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/06

Pharaoh gives the order to kill all Jewish male babies born. The midwives ignore it. This was the beginning of the redemption. That the midwives feared God more than they feared Pharaoh.

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00:04:57

Remembering Our History, Warts and All

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/05

The Book of Exodus begins with the statement that there was a new Pharaoh who did not know Joseph. Basically, he was denying Egyptian history. This is what those who wish to do evil do. They deny their own history when it does not suit their plans.

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00:05:11

Jew Hatred Is Not New

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/04

As we begin the Book of Exodus, we meet an anti-Semite with power. He believes that the Jews are powerful and will take over Egypt. That there is no evidence of this doesn't matter to him.

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00:04:29

A Leader Sets The Morality of the Nation

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/02

David stresses to his son, Solomon, that leadership is not a right, it is a duty. That a leader has to set a moral example for the nation.

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00:04:33

The Secret Of Jewish Survival

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/01

Ephriam and Menashe were the first Jews who grew up in the Exile and had to deal with the Egyptian culture. Joseph made sure that they had a solid Jewish education and for that reason they were considered special.

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00:04:18

Leadership Is Earned, Not Given

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2025/12/31

One of the interesting things to remember is that leadership in the Bible does not necessarily go to the first born. Yehuda is the 4th son, yet he is the leader of the brothers. This is a theme in the Bible; it is stressing that leadership has to be earned.

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00:03:44

Why We Lost The Temple

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2025/12/30

Today is the anniversary of when the Babylonians laid siege on Jerusalem, meaning the beginning of the end of the First Temple. We are reminded that this happened because we did not treat each other morally or ethically.

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00:03:39

What Washington Learned From Jacob

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2025/12/29

George Washington was inaugurated in New York on a opened to Genesis 49. When Jacob blessed his sons. His idea was, just as Jacob had 12 sons, each with his unique attribute, so too, there were 13 states. each with its own unique attributes.

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00:04:34

Protecting The Image Of God

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2025/12/16

The story of Chanukah is that the Jews refused to be "modern". They obeyed God's commandments. They view all people as being in the image of God. The Greeks loved beauty and hated disabled people. This is the reason that Jews were against Greek culture.

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00:05:16

United We Stand With God

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2025/12/15

The Torah informs us that Joseph's goal was to see if his brothers would behave toward Benjamin the way they behaved toward him. When he saw that they would not he revealed himself to them.

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00:05:05

Be Proud Of Who You Are

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2025/12/14

In this week's Torah portion Joseph is raised from the prison to be the viceroy of Egypt. At no time does he deny is Judaism. That is the lesson that we should be proud of our heritage.

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00:04:47

Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2025/12/12

Joseph asks the cup bearer to remember him to Pharaoh. The cup bearer forgets about him. This teaches us that, while we have to make all preparations to succeed, we have to remember that it is God who will redeem us in the end.

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00:04:11

Evil Tries To Justify Itself

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2025/12/11

Just as Potiphar's wife accused Joseph of the crime she wanted to commit, so too, with our enemies, they accuse us of the crimes they want to commit against us.

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00:04:51

Water Or Snakes & Scorpions

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2025/12/10

The Torah states that the pit that Joseph was thrown into had no water. The Midrash states that it had snakes & Scorpions. This teaches us that without Torah (symbolized here by water) you will end up with snakes & scorpions

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00:06:12

A Leader Has To Be Humble

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2025/12/09

Yehuda had to learn humility before he could become the leader of the family. This happens when he is confronted by Tamar & admits that he is the father of her unborn twins.

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00:04:12

A Merit Based Society

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2025/12/08

It is interesting to note that throughout Jewish history, our leaders were not the first born. They were individuals who earned their roles as leaders. That is the secret of success.

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