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An indispensable resource for those teaching or studying Chumash!
How are we to understand that, according to Rashi, Adam and Chava were clothed before the sin?
What is the significance of Aramaic?
Why is our holy land constantly referred to as Eretz Canaan?
How did Yaakov Avinu protect himself just by putting some rocks around his head?
When Eisav appeared Yaakov and his family were all in one camp, so who was in the second camp?
Machat shel Yad is a compendium of compelling resolutions to these and other perplexing questions.
Machat Shel Yad by Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Frankel is the long-awaited
Torah tapestry whose strands weave classical topics in Sefer Bereishis
with the questions and challenges facing faithful Jewry today. In this
choice selection from his popular talks given over many years, Rabbi
Frankel combines mastery of p'shat, drush, philosophy and hashkafa to
bring the burning issues in Sefer Bereishis to the fore in a highly
readable and enjoyable manner. Through Rabbi Frankel's unique
analytical style, the reader will surely find intriguing words of
Torah, original ideas, and solidly based chiddushim. In the words of
one reviewer, "It is everything you thought you knew about Chumash,
…but didn't!"
"No, we cannot save even one city," says Hashem.
The prayer of the tzaddik, Avraham Avinu, cannot save a single
city. Yet here, Lot, who is absolutely nothing compared to Avraham
Avinu, makes a simple request for Tzo'ar and seems to be worthy enough
to save the whole city - even though he doesn't even stay there in the
end! How did that happen? (Parshas Vayera, page 93)
These and other fascinating questions are answered in the
Machat shel Yad, a compelling collection of insights on topics and
stories that we think we know... but perhaps don't.
Machat Shel Yad by Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Frankel is the
long-awaited Torah tapestry whose strands weave classical topics in
Sefer Bereishis with the questions and challenges facing faithful Jewry
today. In this choice selection from his popular talks given over many
years, Rabbi Frankel combines mastery of p'shat, drush, philosophy and
hashkafa to bring the burning issues in Sefer Bereishis to the fore in
a highly readable and enjoyable manner.
About the Author:
Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Frankel, a talmid and musmach of Harav Moshe
Feinstein ztz"l, is rabbi of Agudath Israel of the Five Towns in
Cedarhurst, NY. He is a well known rav and educator in the Far
Rackaway/Five Towns area and beyond. He is perhaps best recognized by
his illuminating series of shiurim on Gemara, Tanach, Halacha and
Hashkafa, all of which you will find in this sefer.
praise for Machat Shel Yad: Bereishis:
There is nothing richer and more varied
in a Jew's weekly life than parashas
hashavua. No talmid chacham's involvement
in his sugya exempts him from perusing
the sedrah, and no child expects to go
through the week without hearing an
interesting “vort” on the parashah (and
perhaps saying it over at the Shabbos
table).We all hope for inspiration and illumination
from the Torah's weekly message.
Machat Shel Yad by Rav Yitzchok Dovid
Frankel is a glorious tapestry of Torah
insights and explanations on Chumash
Bereishis. Woven into the fabric of these
pieces is a delightful element of worldly
erudition with which the author highlights
especially beautiful aspects of the classic
commentaries, particularly that of Rashi.
This work touches on topics in Chumash
Bereishis in a way that is sure to stimulate
both scholar and layman, providing sharp
chiddushim and a cutting analysis of relevant
and sometimes controversial issues. It
is extraordinarily well suited for the
teacher of Chumash since it clarifies significant
topics.
The author ties the beginning of the
Torah to its end:
“When the Torah describes Gan Eden, it
gives us a rather detailed map - as if we
ought to be able to locate the exact source
of the Garden of Eden. We are told the
names of the rivers whose source is in Gan
Eden…
“But once we start to look into it, things
become puzzling. It is understandable that
the Chidekel and Pras rivers are near each
other since we know they are situated in
Iraq. But Rashi defines the Pishon as the
Nilos, or 'Nile' River, which is in North
Africa. One would be hard pressed to
explain how the Nile flows from the same
water source as the Euphrates and the
Tigris.
“So, if it is impossible to work out
where Gan Eden is, what was the point of
giving us detailed instructions as to its
location?
“The answer emerges once we compare
this enigma at the beginning of the Torah
with a similar enigma at the end of the
Torah, in Parashas Vezos Habrachah. Just as
we find that the Torah provides a wellmarked
map for the location of Gan Eden
yet we fail to find it, so it is regarding the
kever, burial place, of Moshe Rabbeinu…”
Rav Frankel explores scholarly topics
and timely issues of the parashas hashavua
in a highly readable and enjoyable manner.
The reader will find here intriguing
words of Torah, original ideas, and solid
chiddushim.
Rav Yitzchok Dovid Frankel, a rabbi in
Cedarhurst, Long Island, and a talmid of
Harav Moshe Feinstein, zt”l, is well known
in the Five Towns and beyond for his popular
series of shiurim on Chumash and
other topics.
-Shmuel Globus
Hamodia
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