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More Than Just a Play on Words
This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand's Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1153 Parshas Ki read more
How to Remember
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Volume 35, No. 21
22 Adar 5781
March 6, 2021
Sponsored by
Mr. and Mrs. Jules Meisler
in memory of Jules’ father
Irving Meisler ...read more
Visions of Tefillin
This week we read the parsha of Ki Tisa. After receiving the Torah, Bnei Yisroel {the Children of Israel}, thinking that Moshe had died, sought ...read more
A Community that Counts
"When you take a cencus of the Children of Israel..."(30:12)
The grouping together of certain laws or events in one parsha is indicative that ...read more
Haftorah Commentary – Parshas Parah
Yechezkel 36:16
This week's Haftorah, read in conjunction with Parshas Parah, describes the Jewish people's ultimate state of purity. The ...read more
Higher than Sinai
In the aftermath of the sin of the Golden Calf, Moshe's mortality is transformed to immortality as -- anthropomorphic as it may sound -- he gets ...read more
Cancelling Leaders
Hashem spoke to Moshe. “Go, descend. Your nation that you brought up from Egypt has degenerated… They have made themselves a molten calf…Hashem ...read more
An Evil Eye
Shabbos Night
IT WAS just on Parashas Mishpatim that we read the section about Machatzis HaShekel as Maftir for Parashas Shekalim. Now we get ...read more
Gladdening Hashem’s Heart
Now you shall command the Bnei Yisrael that they shall take for you pure, pressed olive oil.[2]
“Oil and incense gladden the heart.”[3] Chazal ...read more
Cloth Bells Teach Humility in Kodesh; A Purim Lesson from Charvona
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand's Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1152 ...read more
Other Articles
Invitations
There are particular points in the services where we are invited to join the communal recitation of the prayers. Barechu, which is recited after ...read more
Chapter One Hundred Forty-Eight
"Is there a moon?"
This question, asked in Yiddish, would circulate around the Rebbe's shalosh seudos tisch, the final meal of Shabbos, every ...read more
Truth Tested
"And Yaakov was a straightforward man who sat in tents." (Bereshith 25:27)
"Tam," the Hebrew term for straightforward used in this verse, ...read more
Chapter 6, Mishna 10(a): Being Possessed With G-d – Part I
The Holy One, blessed be He, acquired five possessions in His world. They are: (a) the Torah, (b) heaven and earth, (c) Abraham, (d) Israel, and ...read more
Educational Tools
"Avraham married another woman whose name was Keturah." (Bereshith 25:1)
Rav Tarfon was once sitting with his nephews and was disturbed by the read more
Chapter One Hundred Forty-Seven
We come across it all the time, and we are at a loss as to how we can be of help. Many who have joined our Torah community try their best to ...read more
Connected Eyes
The eyes are the portal to the innermost chambers of the soul. Even if a person is in a crowded area, if his eyes meet with those of a close ...read more
Using E-mail at Work for Non-Work Purposes
QUESTION 75:
Corporate policy where I work is that e-mail should be used only for company purposes. However, I believe that most people in ...read more
Obligation or Privilege?: Part I
The Book of Genesis tells us that the inception of humankind begins when G-d creates Adam. The narrative then concludes, "...male and female He ...read more
Chapter 10, Law 4 – Love: The Next Step
The early Sages said: Perhaps you will say, 'Behold, I will study Torah so that I will become rich, so that I will be called 'rabbi', or so that ...read more
