HAFTARAT PARSHAT VA’ERA - Returning our Hostages: Human Courage and the Sanctity of God

Speaker:
Ask author
Date:
January 21 2025
Downloads:
0
Views:
142
Comments:
0
 

Parsha:
Va'era 

Description

The word “venikdashti”, which appears in Sefer Yechezkel five times, encompasses human courage and responsibility. As Rabbi David Altschuler and his son, Rabbi Hillel, explain that in our Haftarah, the word “venikdashti” refers to the sanctification of God through our own courageous actions; the miracles that we ourselves perform (Mezudot David, Yechezkel 28:25). The soul breathed into us by God enables us to be His partner, putting our actions on par with His miracles. We have seen this through bereaved family members, injured soldiers and the hostages who demonstrate unbelievable resilience.

    More from this:
    Comments
    0 comments
    Leave a Comment
    Title:
    Comment:
    Anonymous: 

    Learning on the Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah site is sponsored today by Alan and Fran Broder to commemorate the yahrzeit of their father, Bernard Creeger, Baruch Mordechai ben Shmuel Moshe, a"h and by Ruth Peyser Kestenbaum and Miriam & Alan Goldberg to mark the twelfth yahrtzeit of their father, Irwin Peyser, Harav Yisroel Chaim ben R' Dovid V' Fraidah Raizel Peyser and by Dr. Harris & Elisheva Teitz Goldstein l'zecher nishmos his parents, Rabbi Dr. Noah Goldstein, HaRav Noach ben Yitzchak David zt'l, and Beverly Goldstein, Bayla bas Noach Ze'ev z'l, on their yahrzeits this week