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Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah

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Shlomo"s thoughts on the weekly portion of the Torah

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00:04:05

Equality Before The Law

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/02/11

The key to a just society is that the judges follow the law. That they do not favor either the wealthy or the poor. All are equal before the law and cases can only be tried on the facts or the evidence. Not on anything else.

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00:04:10

The Law Is Supreme

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/02/10

That we get societal laws right after the revelation at Mt. Sinai teaches us that the spiritual laws are important but is our society is unjust then the spiritual laws will not matter.

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00:03:47

We Cannot Sin In God's Name

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/02/05

The Third Commandment states that we cannot take God's name in vain. This means that we cannot commit a sin in God's name. That we can do the right thing for the wrong reason but never the wrong thing for the right reason.

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00:05:08

Don't Worship Your Ideology

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/02/04

The Second Commandment is against idolatry. This does not just mean worshiping statues but ideology. We have to be careful not to allow our politics, or even our religious practice to make us lose site of the real goal. The Torah was given to make us better people.

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00:04:47

Rules For Leadership

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/02/01

Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, arrives and sizes up the situation. He sees that Moses has taken a lot on himself. He gives some constructive criticism for leadership. Moses realizes that this is all meant for the good and accepts it.

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00:05:33

There Is No Nogotiating With Amalek

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/30

The week's portion ends with the attack of Amalek. Amalek has no reason to attack the Jews. Just pure hatred. And they attack the weakest in society. That is why we have to defeat Amalek whenever they raise their hand against us.

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00:05:15

No One Is Left Behind, No One Is Forgotten

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/27

The final act of Moses in Egypt was to retrieve Joseph's bones. This is because we do not leave anyone behind and we do not forget anyone. We take care of all in our nation.

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00:03:37

Pharaoh's Mistake

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/26

Why did Pharaoh assume that the Jews would return after their festival? That is because he misunderstood that when Moses said that the Jews had to go out to serve God that it was about learning how to live, not just prayer. This is the major innovation of the Bible. Religion is not just for Synagogue but about life.

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00:07:11

When Failure Is Not An Option

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/25

The story of the crossing the Sea of Reeds (Red Sea) is the story of the Jewish people. We have to realize that in order to succeed we have to try. If we do not try, we will never succeed.

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00:04:18

The Importance of a National Memory

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/23

More important than God taking the Jews out of Egypt is why. And that the next generation know this. If they will not be taught, then they will make up reasons that have nothing to do with the story.

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00:04:05

A Society Built on Lies

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/22

The entire social structure of Egypt was built on lies. What the plagues did was to strip away all the lies. Egypt was destroyed. The Jews were building on the truth of the Torah.

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00:04:44

True Birth of a Nation

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/21

The Pascal sacrifice in Egypt was to teach the Jews that they were no longer under Egyptian rule, just as it was to teach the Egyptians that their entire society was based on a lie.

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00:05:00

From Spiritual Darkness to Spiritual Light

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/20

The ninth plague was to teach both the Jews and the Egyptians that idolatry is darkness while the Torah is light. When we stray from the Torah we enter into darkness.

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00:03:07

Freedom Means Bring Responsible

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/19

The first commandment that the Jewish people received as a people was to declare the new month. Keeping time connotes freedom. We are now responsible for keeping time and what we do with it.

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00:04:30

Standing Up for What's Right

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/18

When Moses began his mission, he and his brother were alone. By the end they were the natural leaders and Egypt was destroyed. The were standing for the right thing while Pharaoh tried to lie his way out.

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00:05:20

Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/16

Just as dictators will try to keep their narrative, the true believers in them will make every excuse why the system isn't working as it should. It is harder to shake their belief with the truth. But it is our duty to try.

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00:03:52

Destroying A False Narrative

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/15

Pharaoh built up a false narrative that he was a god. The plagues slowly destroyed that narrative. There is nothing worse for a dictator than to have his lies revealed as such.

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00:05:13

Know Before Whom You Stand

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/14

The real problem that Moses had in Egypt was to rally the Jews to his side. Moses had to deal with a people who were suffering. They did not want to hear it if it made their lives worse. He had to address them so that they would understand.

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00:04:24

God's Judgement on Egypt

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/13

The plagues in Egypt were designed to destroy the entirety of Egyptian society. It was God's judgement that that society was evil and had to be uprooted.

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00:04:50

The Importance of Names

Shlomo"s Thoughts On The Torah ·

2026/01/12

One of the issues of dealing with Pharaoh is that he refuses to allow the Jews to define who they are. The issue is that only the Jews get to define who we are, not anyone else.

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