August 23, 2024 | 19 Av, 5784 | Torah Portion: Eikev, Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 | Haftorah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3
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Lessons Learned Elsewhere
Hashem will remove every sickness from you. All the bad maladies of Egypt that you knew, He will not put them upon you, but put them upon all ...read more
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The Good Land
BS”D
Volume 38, No. 45
20 Av 5784
August 24, 2024
Sponsored by Mrs. Faith Ginsburg in memory of her father-in-law Maurice Ginsburg ...read more
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The Spice Of Life
"You shall place these words of Mine upon your heart..." (11:18)
In the second portion of the Krias Shema, we find the instruction to ...read more
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The Reward Will Be In the End
This week we read the parsha of Eikev. "V'ha'yah aikev tishm'une ais hamishpatim... {And it will be 'eikev' you will accept the ...read more
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Birkas Hamazon – Grace After Meals
The silly person in the following story makes four halachic mistakes.
Can you find them?
Can you think of how the story is connected with ...read more
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No Easy Matter
In ancient times, many of the more enlightened Romans were fascinated by the purity, spirituality and truth of Judaism - but very few of them ...read more
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Haftorah Commentary Parshas Eikev
Yeshaya 49:14
This week's haftorah continues the theme of comfort and presents the strong feelings of the Jewish people in exile. The prophet ...read more
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Perpetual Care
Some things get special attention. The land of Israel Yisrael is one of them. The Torah tells us this week, that Eretz Israel is a land "that ...read more
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Small Things, Big Impact
THE QUESTION WAS, why are the “small” mitzvos that people tend to “walk all over” the ones that prove a person’s commitment? The answer is ...read more
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What Moshe Wanted
BS”D
Volume 38, No. 44
13 Av 5784
August 17, 2024
Sponsored by Nathan and Rikki Lewin in memory of his mother Pessel bat Naftali a”h (Mrs. ...read more
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Introduction to Modim: A Moment to Thank
Last class we discussed the first blessing of our final section of Shemoneh Esrai, the section focusing on our gratitude to HaShem. Next week, ...read more
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Chapter 5, Mishna 27: An Upside-Down World
Ben (son of) Hai Hai said, according to the distress is the reward.
Regarding ben Hai Hai's unusual name (really nickname), see our ...read more
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Chapter 9, Law 1(b) – The Story of Planet Earth, Part II
Given (lit., "being that it is known") that the reward for good deeds and the good we will merit if we observe G-d's ways as written in the ...read more
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Couch From A Gemach
QUESTION 63: COUCH FROM A GEMACH
A friend who works in a furniture gemach (an organization that lends to those in need) called my wife, and ...read more
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Purim
Reuven heard and determined to save [Yosef] from their hands. "Don't spill blood...You can throw him into this pit in the desert and you won't ...read more
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Personal Needs
"It is forbidden for a person to attend to his personal needs before he prays to Hashem, as the verse in Tehillim [85,14] says, Tzedek ...read more
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Modesty: The Last Taboo
Today people sometimes seem willing to invite violations of their own privacy. The New York Times Magazine, for example, ran an article about ...read more
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Chapter 5, Mishna 26: The Infinite Depths
Ben (son of) Bag Bag said: Turn the Torah over and over for everything is in it. Look into it, grow old and worn over it, and never move away ...read more
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Chapter 9, Law 1(a) – The Story of Planet Earth, Part I
Given (lit., 'being that it is known") that the reward for good deeds and the good we will merit if we observe G-d's ways as written in the ...read more
![Chapter 5, Mishna 25: Quick Answers](https://torah.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/3020016417_3c4f42de7b_b-400x250.jpg)
Chapter 5, Mishna 25: Quick Answers
He [Yehuda ben Taima] used to say: At five [one should begin the study of] Scriptures; at ten, Mishna; at thirteen [one becomes obligated in] ...read more