July 27, 2024 | 21 Tamuz, 5784 | Torah Portion: Pinchas, Numbers 25:10-30:1 | Haftorah: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3
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Parshas Pinchas – Tashlumim
The Story
Naftali had just taken his final math exam of the year. He had been preparing for months and he was so nervous that he had trouble ...read more
Eisav and Shalom
“Therefore say, “Behold! I give him My covenant of peace!” (Bamidbar 25:12)
Admittedly, I don’t understand how Gematria (the numerical value ...read more
Torah-Sanctioned Zealotry
“RavFrand” List – Rabbi Frand on Parshas Pinchas
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s ...read more
One In Hand
And of these, there was no man of those counted by Moshe and Aharon…for Hashem had said of them, “They will surely die in the ...read more
And He Transmitted It to Yehoshua
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Volume 38, No. 41
21 Tammuz 5784
July 27, 2024
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On Who’s Honor?
This week we read the parsha of Pinchas. "And Hashem spoke to Moshe saying: Pinchas the son of Elazar the son of Aharon the Kohen turned My ...read more
In Control
"On the seventeenth of Tammuz the Tablets were broken" (Ta'anis 26a)
Five calamities occurred on the seventeenth of Tammuz. The first of ...read more
Musaf
The Story
Dr. Feldman was sitting beside his friend Mr. Cohen in shul on Shabbos morning. After the Haftorah, he noted that Mr. Cohen did not ...read more
Peace Without Conjunctions
Peace is the ultimate blessing of the Jewish people. When we are at peace, we have everything. When we are not at peace, we have nothing. ...read more
Haftorah Commentary Parshas Pinchas
Yirmiyahu 1:1
This week begins a series of haftorah readings which reflect the inner feelings of the Jewish people during their final months of ...read more
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Chapter 8, Law 8 – The Future Near and Far
The Sages did not use the expression 'World to Come' because that world does not exist now -- that this world will have to be destroyed and only ...read more
Chapter 5, Mishna 24: Righteous Indignation
He [Yehuda ben Taima] used to say: The boldfaced are destined to Gehinnom (Hell), and the shamefaced are destined to the World to Come. May it ...read more
Chapter 8, Law 7 – The Messianic Era
How much did David desire life in the World to Come, as it is stated, 'had I not trusted to see the good of G-d in the Land of Life' (Psalms ...read more
Chapter 5, Mishna 23: How to Fight Back
Yehuda ben (son of) Taima said, be bold as a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a deer, and strong as a lion to do the will of your Father in ...read more
Typing Daughter’s Report
QUESTION 62: TYPING DAUGHTER'S REPORT
My daughter in 7th grade has a report to do for English. The teacher said the students have to type ...read more
Eternal Cycles
"And God created the two great lights, the sun to serve during the day and the moon to serve during the night...And God saw that what He created ...read more
Depending on Hashem
A strong cup of coffee replete with milk and sugar can rejuvenate a person from his morning drowsiness, invigorating him and enabling him to ...read more
The Plight of an Agunah
Dear Mrs. Kohn: Thank you for your article regarding the agunah. I was one for 9 months and many times during that period I was sure that I was ...read more
Chapter 8, Law 6(b) – Physical World to Come?
Perhaps this goodness [of the World to Come] will appear light in your eyes. Perhaps you will think that there is no reward for the [fulfillment ...read more
Chapter 5, Mishna 22(b): Seeing Nature — and Beyond – Part II
Whoever possesses the following three traits is of the students of our father Abraham, and [whoever possesses] a different three traits is of ...read more