Torah Parallels

~ Thoughts on the Parsha ~ Parshas Beraishis Human DNA and the First Mutation By: Daniel Listhaus וַיִּבְרָא  אֱלֹקים  אֶת הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ בְּצֶלֶם  אֱלֹקים בָּרָא אֹתוֹ זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה בָּרָא אֹתָם “And G-d created man in his image, in the image of G-d He created him....” - Beraishis  1:27 Where did we come from? What is our purpose? Is our universe even real? Do we have free will? These are questions which mankind has debated for thousands of years. Philosophers wrote books, religions were started, and tens of billions of dollars spent toward research. Indeed these questions are quite intriguing to intellectuals; however as many truths and derivatives of facts that could be gleaned from numbers and science, the most basic place to start one’s research would be in  Beraishis . The early  parshiyos  of  sefer Beraishis , and in particular  parshas Beraishis , discuss a time period before the Jews receiving the Torah [1] , a time before Avraham, Yitzchak, an

~Thoughts On The Parsha~ Parshas Ha'azinu Cheating Death By: Daniel Listhaus וַיְדַבֵּר ה '  אֶל מֹשֶׁה בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה לֵאמֹר :   עֲלֵה אֶל הַר הָעֲבָרִים הַזֶּה הַר נְבוֹ אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב אֲשֶׁר עַל פְּנֵי יְרֵחוֹ וּרְאֵה אֶת אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נֹתֵן לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַאֲחֻזָּה :   וּמֻת בָּהָר אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עֹלֶה שָׁמָּה וְהֵאָסֵף אֶל עַמֶּיךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר מֵת אַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ בְּהֹר הָהָר וַיֵּאָסֶף אֶל עַמָּיו :   עַל אֲשֶׁר מְעַלְתֶּם בִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמֵי מְרִיבַת קָדֵשׁ מִדְבַּר צִן עַל אֲשֶׁר לֹא קִדַּשְׁתֶּם אוֹתִי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל :   כִּי מִנֶּגֶד תִּרְאֶה אֶת הָאָרֶץ וְשָׁמָּה לֹא תָבוֹא אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נֹתֵן לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל “Hashem spoke to Moshe in the middle of that day, saying, “Ascend to this mount of Avarim, Mount Nevo, which is in the land of Moav, which is before Yericho, and see the land of Canaan that I give to the Children of Israel as an inheritance, and die on the mountain

~Thoughts on The Parsha~ Parshas Vayeilech The Ripple Effect: Splash Out of Your Bubble or Take it to the Grave By: Daniel Listhaus וַיֹּאמֶר ה '  אֶל מֹשֶׁה הִנְּךָ שֹׁכֵב עִם אֲבֹתֶיךָ וְקָם הָעָם הַזֶּה וְזָנָה אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהֵי נֵכַר הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הוּא בָא שָׁמָּה בְּקִרְבּוֹ וַעֲזָבַנִי וְהֵפֵר אֶת בְּרִיתִי אֲשֶׁר כָּרַתִּי אִתּוֹ “Hashem said to Moshe, 'Behold, you will lie with your forefathers, but this people will rise up and stray after gods of that which is foreign to the land, in whose midst it is coming, and it will forsake Me and it will annul my covenant that I have sealed with it.'” -Vayeilech  31:16             The  Gemara [1] relates that a group of heretics asked Rabban Gamliel, “How do you know that Hashem will resuscitate the dead?” Rabban Gamliel responded with a proof from Torah, a proof from  Nevi'im  (Prophets), and a proof from  K'suvim  (Writings), [2] however the heretics did not accept any of the proofs .  The