September 24, 2022 | 28 Elul, 5782 | Torah Portion: Netzavim, Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 | Haftorah: Isaiah 61:10-63:9
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For you know how we dwelled in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the midst of the nations…And you saw their abominations and their ...read more
Am I Fulfilling My Purpose?
Rosh Hashanah, the Day of Judgment, is also, per the majority opinion in the Talmud, the sixth and final day of Creation. It is on this day that ...read more
Truly a Blast from the Past
A person’s entire livelihood is allocated to him (during the period) from Rosh HaShana to Yom Kippur except for expenditures for Shabbosos and ...read more
Approaching the Day of Judgment: Fear – Yes; Hopelessness – No
This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: Tape # 252, ...read more
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This is not my story, but it could be anybody’s.
It was the first day of Selichos, Motzei Shabbos, 12:30 am. I never enjoyed ...read more
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Volume 36, No. 50
28 Elul 5782
September 24, 2022
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Our Covenant – the Great Equalizer
In emphasizing once again the eternal validity of God’s covenant with the Jewish people, Moshe addresses his words to the entire nation. All ...read more
Shofar: The Court Summons
The Mitzvah: Rosh HaShanah is called Yom Teruah, "the day of shofar blasts" (Numbers 29:1). Every Jewish male is obligated to hear at least nine ...read more
Our Leaders Define Us
"You are standing today, all of you..." (29:9)
Parshas Nitzavim begins with Moshe assembling the entire nation of Israel on the last day of ...read more
Of Blandishments and Seductions
There would be no tomorrow for Moses. He knows this is the last day of his life, and as he stands before the people, he strives to leave them ...read more
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Chapter 7, Law 7 – The Serpent’s Revenge
One who takes revenge against his fellow transgresses a negative prohibition as it is stated, 'You shall not take revenge' (Leviticus 19:18). ...read more
Chapter 3, Mishna 8(b): Testing G-d
Rabbi Elazar of Bartosa said: Give Him from His own, for you and your possessions are His. And so regarding King David does the verse state, ...read more
Intimacy: The Jewish Approach, Part II
"Judaism views sexuality in marriage as an expression of the couple's deeper spiritual bond. In the temporary absence of physical relations, a ...read more
Reserving Food and Parking Lot Next Door
QUESTION 29: RESERVING FOOD
The dining room at my son's yeshiva has a rule that half hour after a meal begins, if food is left over, people ...read more
Dressed in a Tallis
"Prepare yourself to daven before the G-d of Israel" (Amos 4,12). Rav Kahana would wrap himself in a tallis before tefillah (Shabbos 10a). Based ...read more
The Best Policy
...Perhaps it was an oversight on their part. (Bereshith 43:12)
When Yaakov saw that the money his sons had paid for food in Egypt was in ...read more
Chapter 7, Law 6(c) – Tunnel Vision, Part III
All such people [discussed above] are [considered] speakers of lashon hara (malicious gossip) in whose neighborhood it is forbidden to dwell, ...read more
Chapter 3, Mishna 8(a): Think Globally – Act Locally
Rabbi Elazar of Bartosa said, give Him from His own, for you and your possessions are His. And so regarding King David does the verse state, ...read more
Intimacy: The Jewish Approach, Part I
The Western world, the culture we live in, has considerable difficulty with the concept of sexual intimacy. One indication is the culture's ...read more
Interviewing Rabbis
QUESTION 28: INTERVIEWING RABBIS
A community has been talking with a Rabbi for several months about his becoming the Rabbi of their ...read more
