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D'var Chizuk

V'eileh hamishpatim... Rashi famously comments on the first word in the parasha that wherever it says "and these" it comes to add on to that which was previously stated. So, just as the aseres hadibros (which were given to the B'nei Yisrael in parashas Yisro, last week's

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parasha) are from Sinai, so, too, are the commandments that the Torah is about to state. Torah encompasses our entire lives, from the sublime to our everyday interactions and business dealings. Yetzias Mitzrayim and Matan Torah are two nissim, miracles, that are key events in the

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