May 26, 2022 | 25 Iyyar, 5782 - 40th day of the Omer | Torah Portion: Bechukosai, Leviticus 26:3-27:34 | Haftorah: Jeremiah 16:19-17:14
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Smacks of Affection
This weeks parsha, Bechukosai, is the final parsha in Sefer Vayikra. "Im bechukosai telechu..."- if, with my commandments you will walk... "I ...read more
A One-Sided Affair
"I will remember My covenant with Yaakov and also My covenant with Yitzchak, and also My covenant with Avraham will I remember..." (26:42)
At ...read more
Haftorah Commentary Parshas Bechukosai
Yirmiyahu 16:19
This week's haftorah teaches us a profound lesson in trust and faith in Hashem. The prophet Yirmiyahu introduces the haftorah ...read more
We Toil and They Toil; We Run and They Run
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand's Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1205 – The ...read more
The Best Hotel Ever
And HASHEM spoke to Moshe in the Sinai Desert, in the Tent of Meeting on the first day of the second month, in the second year after the exodus ...read more
In Summation of Vayikra – Leviticus
This week's Torah reading marks the end of the book of Vayikra. This, the third book of the Torah, is replete with laws, commandments, and ...read more
Land Lessons
This week we read the tochacha, the admonitions and prescient warnings of disasters that will befall our people almost as a natural reaction to ...read more
War Against Evil
Friday Night
Evil is so hard to fathom. We know it exists, we see people do it, and we might be guilty of it on some level as well. But the ...read more
Grabbing Hands
Last November, the doors of an armored truck popped open as it was traveling on a San Diego freeway, dumping bags of cash onto the road. Traffic ...read more
The Fire Within
The fire shall always be burning on the Altar; It shall never go out. (Vayikra 6:)
It’s Log B’Omer and everyone is seeking out a bonfire. ...read more
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Chapter 2, Mishna 17(b): Self-Made Rabbis
Rabbi Yossi said: Let your fellow's property be as dear to you as your own, prepare yourself to study Torah because it is not an inheritance to ...read more
Confessions
Yehudah recognized [his seal, wrap, and staff] and said, "She is more innocent than I am!" (Bereshith 38:26)
Our Sages tell us that the ...read more
Copying Textbooks
QUESTION 16: COPYING TEXTBOOKS
My son asked me for $7 for his High School. When I asked why, he said the school made full copies of three ...read more
Rachav: The Courage to Create a New Reality Part II
This week Women in Judaism continues to explore the life of Rachav and her enormous capacity to change. From our perspective, the prospect that ...read more
Chapter 6, Law 8 – Crying Out
One who rebukes his fellow should not (at the start) speak with him so harshly that he shames him, as it is stated, '[You shall surely rebuke ...read more
Chapter 2, Mishna 17(a): Living or Dying for Judaism?
Rabbi Yossi said: Let your fellow's property be as dear to you as your own, prepare yourself to study Torah because it is not an inheritance to ...read more
Chapter 6, Law 7(b) – True Friends
If one sees his fellow sin or following an improper path, he is obligated to return him to the better [path], and to inform him that he is ...read more
Rachav: The Courage to Create a New Reality Part I
The story of Rachav is set forth in the Book of Joshua, Chapter Two, takes place approximately forty years after the Exodus from Egypt, when the ...read more
Calling Collect and Shareware
QUESTION 14: CALLLING HOME COLLECT WITH A FICTICOUS NAME TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE ARRIVED
If a person is going on a trip, and he wants to inform ...read more
Chapter 2, Mishna 16: Baseless Hatred
Rabbi Yehoshua said: An evil eye, the evil inclination, and hatred of others (lit., of the creations) remove a person from the world.
This ...read more
