July 15, 2024 | 9 Tamuz, 5784 | Torah Portion: Balak, Numbers 22:2-25:9 | Haftorah: Micah 5:6-6:8
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Chukas 5784
The Zedichov – Chicago Rebbe, Rav Yehoshua Heschel Eichenstein, zecher tzaddik l'brocha, was recently niftar. I received from ...read more
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Reason or Reasonableness?
This is the decree of the Torah[1]
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Pillar of Prayer
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Volume 38, No. 39
7 Tammuz 5784
July 13, 2024
Sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Irving Katz on the yahrzeit of his mother Sarah bat Yitzchak ...read more
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The Winkly Parsha
THE WINK GIVES it away. Maybe you were supposed to see it, maybe you weren’t. But if it was at someone else while they were telling you ...read more
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Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person ...read more
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Judges: 11 1:33 In the year 2779 Yiftach HaGiladi became Judge - Shofet. Yiftach is described as a gifted warrior who was seemingly unworthy of ...read more
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"And Moshe sent emissaries from Kadesh to the king of Edom..."(20:14)
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Feeding Animals
Once upon a time
Eden and Rebecca ran up the hill, with their puppy Spotty. They were heading home after a visit to the park.
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Shoftim 11
This week's haftorah sheds a ray of light on our dark and troublesome exile. The Book of Shoftim, is replete with experiences ...read more
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God saw that the light was tov. (Bereshith 1:4)
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