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Binyamin Benji

Binyamin Benji is a graduate of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan, and Wurzweiler School of Social Work. He currently learns in Eretz Yisroel, and is the author of the Sephardic Congregation of Paramus’ weekly Torah Talk. He can be reached at [email protected]

Articles by Binyamin Benji

Calculated Care for Feelings

Upon completion of the Mishkan’s inauguration and the first day of the sacrificial service, our parsha (9:23) says that “Moshe and Aharon came to the

The Potent, Protective Power of Thanks

Regarding the Korban Toda, our parsha states: “If he shall offer … a thanksgiving-offering, he shall offer with the feast thanksgiving-offering unleavened loaves mixed with

Good or Bad?

Moshe Rabbeinu pleads to Hashem: “And now, if I have indeed found favor in Your eyes, make Your ways known to me … “ What

Holy Jew

Regarding those who would take part in the sacrificial service that is delineated in Chapter 29 in our parsha, the topic commences with Hashem saying

‘Heart-Earned’ Reward

R’ Mordechai Yehudah Lubrat notes that in the parshiyot that deal with the building of the Mishkan, we find repeatedly the idea of contributing with

Empathy for the Past

Our parsha records that by the giving of the Torah, Moshe and his companions received a prophecy, and as it states (24:10), “They saw the

Connect to the Great and Become Great

Yitro’s name wasn’t always Yitro. In fact, although our parsha begins by stating that, “Yitro, the minister of Midian, the father-in-law of Moshe, heard everything

Concrete, Continuous Empathy

Shortly after leaving Egypt and being saved at Kriyat Yam Suf from the Egyptians who chased after them, our parsha relates that Bnei Yisrael were

Our Light, Their Darkness

By the ninth plague of darkness, Hashem said to Moshe (10:21-22), “Stretch forth your hand towards the heavens, and there shall be darkness upon the