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Parshas Chayei Sarah
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Drasha by Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky
- Public Offerings (5784)
- Soul Trustee (5783)
- The Rising Waters of Menschlichkeit (5782)
- Take My Money, Please! (5781)
- Eliezer Rules!! (5780)
- Who’s On First? (5779)
- On Whose Account? (5778)
Dvar Torah by Rabbi Label Lam
- All the Good that Was Done (5784)
- Be a Window Not a Pane (5783)
- Bigger FROM the Akeida (5782)
- The Life He Lived (5781)
- Torah is Real Gemilas Chassadim (5780)
- That’s How it Begins (5779)
- He Really Lived (5778)
- Elevate Everything About Him (5777)
- The Value of His Parking Place (5775)
- Zero (5774)
- The Foundation of Marriage (5772)
- Make Every Day a Jewish Holiday! (5771)
- Today! (5770)
- Found Greatness (5769)
- The Dignity of the Stranger (5767)
- A Camel – on the Moon (5766)
- Forever Blessed (5765)
- The Challenge of Today (5764)
- The Gift that Keeps on Giving! (5763)
- A Portrait of the Teacher (5762)
- A Good Life (5761)
- Drawing Closer To The Life of Sara (5760)
- Say Little, and Do Much (5759)
- When I Was Your Age…. (5758)
- Vested Interests (5757)
Edutainment Weekly by Jon Erlbaum
Haftorah Commentary by Rabbi Dovid Siegel
Haftorah Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
Kol HaKollel by Rabbi Pinchas Avruch
- Seeing Through the Cover (5782)
- Character, Bedrock of the Personality (5780)
- Pursue the Moment (5766)
- Setting A Good Example (5765)
- In Full Control (5764)
Legacy by Rabbi Naftali Reich
- The Completion of Life (5784)
- Home and Hearth (5783)
- The Gateway to Eden (5782)
- A Match Made in Heaven (5781)
- The Edges of the Postcard (5780)
- Eternal Bliss (5778)
Lifeline by Rabbi Yaakov Menken
- For Goodness Sake (5782)
- Keep the Silver! (5781)
- Astounding Surroundings (5780)
- The Search for Unity (5779)
- The Water Test (5762)
- It’s the Effort that Counts (5761)
- Reasonable Repetition (5758)
- On the Highest Level (5757)
- FREE LAND *(40,000 silver coins, service charge) (5755)
Parsha Halacha for the Shabbos Table by Joshua Kruger
Parsha Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
Rabbi Wein by Rabbi Berel Wein
- Sarah – Mother of all Matriarchs (5783)
- Sarah Lived the Good Life (5782)
- Focus on the Future (5779)
- Avraham, The Locomotive (5778)
- The Past and the Future (5775)
- Its All Good (5774)
- The Basis Of Yitzchak’s Love for Rivka (5772)
- “These are the Lives of Sarah” (5771)
- Yitzchok and Rivka Build a Family (5770)
- Children of Abraham (5766)
- The Value of Words (5765)
- Chevron: Indisputably Ours (5761)
- Start a Jewish Family (5755)
Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha by Rabbi Yochanan Zweig
Short Vorts by Rabbi Chaim Flom
Table Talk by Rabbi Raymond Beyda
The Living Law by Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene
Intermediate Level
Beyond Pshat by Rabbi Yosef Kalatzky
Hamaayan by Shlomo Katz
- Hashem’s Courtyard (5784)
- Say Little (5783)
- Monetary Lessons (5782)
- The Price of Holiness (5781)
- Just Ask (5780)
- Two Firsts (5779)
- A Bolt of Lightning (5778)
- What’s Important? (5777)
- The Firsts Lady (5775)
- A Time to Dance (5774)
- By the Light of the Shabbat Candles (5773)
- Beginnings and Endings (5772)
- The Path Of Life (5769)
- Test, Kindness, and Faith (5768)
- Wholesome Sarah (5767)
- Mincha (5762)
- Hidden Kindness (5761)
- It’s All a Blessing (5760)
- Priorities In Order (5759)
- 100+20+7 (5758)
Olas Shabbos by Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann
- Are We ‘On the List’? (5766)
- Remote Relatives and Nearby Neighbours – Finding the Right Mate (5765)
- Sarah’s Last Moments – A Deadly Trick (5764)
- Spouse Hunting – Corralling a Kallah (5763)
- Thanks, But No Thanks (5761)
- Mountains and Mentchen (5760)
- Four Our Own Good (5759)
Parsha Insights by Rabbi Yisroel Ciner
- Avraham Earned His Days (5784)
- The Satan that Stands Behind Us (5783)
- When to Worry, When to Chill (5782)
- Say Little, But Do a Lot (5781)
- A Step Down – A Step Up (5780)
Perceptions by Rabbi Pinchas Winston
- Redemption Under Wraps (5784)
- A Good Chof (5783)
- At The Right Time (5782)
- All From God (5781)
- Avraham’s Choice (5780)
- Doing Your Part (5779)
- A Wife for Yitzchak (5778)
- Made In Heaven (5777)
- Smarter but Not Wiser (5775)
- The Small Chof (5774)
- Right and Wrong (5773)
- Helping Your Spouse Reach His/Her Goals (5772)
- Facing God’s Challenges (5771)
- Spiritual Beauty (5770)
- The Power of Chinuch (5769)
- Too Far East (5767)
- Life After Death (5766)
- Check Mate (5765)
- MeChaye Sarah (5764)
- What a Pair! (5763)
- Eliezer’s True Odyssey (5762)
- Of Life and Legacy (5761)
- Heter-Yiska (5760)
- Caving In to Truth (5759)
- A Woman of Valor, Who Can Find? (5758)
Rabbi's Notebook by Rabbi Aron Tendler
- It’s All About Redemption Part V (5766)
- Beauty and Grace (5765)
- Of Time and Space (5764)
- The Purpose of Creation Part V (5763)
- Our Public Face (5762)
- Seeking the Same (5761)
- Spiritual Selection & Survival (5760)
- Mission Impossible (5759)
- Stranger or Citizen (5758)
Rav Frand by Rabbi Yissocher Frand
- Attitude & Expectations Are the Secret to Happiness & Contentment (5784)
- Charity Begins At Home (5783)
- Being On Guard For the Satan Behind Us (5782)
- One May Live Many Years Without Having The Days Add Up (5782)
- Eliezer Journeys from Arur to Baruch by Bypassing Negiyus (5782)
- Patriarchal Events Foreshadow History for Their Descendants (5781)
- The Final Test (5780)
- Why Must We Treat a Dead Body with Respect? (5780)
- Sarah’s Legacy Lives (5779)
- “They Were All Equally Good” (5778)
- Looking Our Age / The Shidduch Crisis (5777)
- The Satan Had One More Trick Up His Sleeve (5774)
- A New Insight Into: Her Beauty at 20 Was Like That Of A 7 Year Old (5773)
- Nothing Would Have Interrupted Yitzchak On His Way To Service of G-d (5772)
- Sarah Had It All Together – Throughout Her Life (5771)
- From Where Did Avraham Come? (5769)
- The Trauma Of Dealing With A Grief-Stricken Person (5767)
- The Role of Beauty (5766)
- A Slip Of The Tongue Can Mean The Difference Between Life and Death (5765)
- “We Will Take Care Of It” Does Not Satisfy Avraham (5764)
- The Reciprocal Nature of Personal Providence (5763)
- Avraham’s Priorities (5762)
- Stress or Trauma? You Can Handle It (5761)
- Maintaining Equilibrium (5760)
- Plan B (5759)
- Why Should Efron Suffer? (5758)
- Behind Every Successful Man is His Mother (5757)
- No Golden Years of Retirement (5756)
Advanced Level
Abarbanel by Rabbi Dr. Meir Tamari
Be’eros by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Gal Einai by Gedalia Litke
Growing with the Parsha by Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz
Gur Aryeh by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
- The Gift That Keeps on Hinting (5773)
- Honoring Parents: Basic Requirements (5782)
- Conflict: Individual Vs. Congregational Customs (5781)
- To Borrow Or Not To Borrow? (5780)
- Shiduchim In Halachah (5780)
- Tevillas Keilim: Questions And Answers Part 2 (5771)
- She’ailos U’Teshuvos (5766)
- On Shabbos, Is It Permitted To… (5765)
- Soaking Soft Contact Lenses On Shabbos (5761)