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Parshios Chukas & Balak
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Drasha by Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky
- Listen To The Mocking Bird (5783)
- Is Sincerity at Steak? (5782)
- Chukas Pocus (5782)
- Sorry for Nothing (5781)
- All Pain, No Gain (5781)
- Partial View (5780)
- A Never Ending Story (5778)
- Snake Eyes (5778)
- Crime and Punishment (5761)
- Symbolism Over Substance (5759)
Dvar Torah by Rabbi Label Lam
- It Will End for Good (5782)
- Educated Taste Buds (5782)
- We Dwell Alone… (With HASHEM) (5781)
- The Gravity of Gravity (5781)
- Our Hope (5780)
- Zeidy (5779)
- The Sacred Opportunity to Serve Greatness (5779)
- The First Cup of Coffee (5778)
- The Price (5778)
- The Lingering Evil (5777)
- The Ultimate Cure of the Ultra-Curious (5777)
- Before it’s Too Late (5776)
- Incomprehensible (5776)
- Another Productive Day! (5775)
- Creating Peace in the World! (5775)
- Not Racist but Reishis (5774)
- A Different Type of Strength (5774)
- Victory is With-in-Reach (5772)
- Utter Honesty (5772)
- Wrinkles! (5771)
- Such a Rebbe! (5770)
- Everything! (5770)
- It Works for Us Too! (5769)
- A Candidate for Blessings (5768)
- There Was Water (5768)
- All Day Long (5767)
- What Are You Doing? (5767)
- A Real Yiddishe Kup! (5766)
- “Chok” is the Real Thing (5765)
- Found In Contempt (5764)
- Open to Receive (5764)
- In Order for Nothing to Happen (5763)
- Prophet Motive (5761)
- Subtle But Sublime (5761)
- Straight From The Heart (5760)
- A ‘Well’ Learned Lesson (5759)
- Bilaam was a ‘Spiritual’ Man (5758)
- A Taste of the Ocean (5758)
- Coincidence? (5757)
- Guided Through Darkness (5757)
Haftorah Commentary by Rabbi Dovid Siegel
Haftorah Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
- Haftorah Summary for Parshas Chukas & Balak (5780)
- Haftorah Summary for Parshas Balak (5779)
- Haftorah Summary for Parshas Chukas (5779)
Kol HaKollel by Rabbi Pinchas Avruch
- Reflecting on G-d (5783)
- Absolute Greatness (5782)
- Uncommon Courtesy (5781)
- Everyday Miracles (5781)
- Hear What You Want (5779)
- Putting the Cart Before the Horse (5778)
- Attention to Detail (5765)
Legacy by Rabbi Naftali Reich
- Leadership Qualities (5783)
- The Inside Story (5782)
- The Epitome of Righteousness (5781)
- Quenching That Raging Thirst (5781)
- The Seesaw Principle (5780)
- Forever a Donkey (5779)
- Miriam’s Well (5779)
- A Fool (5774)
- Fruits of Passion (5772)
Lifeline by Rabbi Yaakov Menken
- Imaginary Fears (5783)
- In the Mind’s Eye (5782)
- Preemptive Passion (5780)
- How Exciting! (5779)
- Fine Lines (5764)
- Bilaam’s Obsession (5762)
- The Good Tents (5761)
- ‘Kill’ Yourself for Torah (5760)
- Fine Lines (5758)
- Why was Balak Worried? (5757)
- Time Out for Torah (5757)
- Conquer the Physical (5755)
- Towards What End? (5755)
Parsha Halacha for the Shabbos Table by Joshua Kruger
Parsha Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
- Parsha Summary for Parshas Balak (5765)
- Parsha Summary for Parshas Chukas (5765)
- Parsha Summary for Parshas Chukas & Balak (5765)
Rabbi Wein by Rabbi Berel Wein
- Beware of Poisoned Sweets (5782)
- For Irrational Humans (5782)
- Balak’s Blind Hatred (5781)
- Handing Over the Mantle (5781)
- Who Are These People? (5780)
- Words are Weapons (5779)
- The Dividing Line (5779)
- Better Under Pressure (5778)
- Discipline and Obedience (5778)
- Friendly Enemies (5774)
- Anger: Avoid it at all Costs! (5774)
- Bilaam’s Killing Kindness (5772)
- Moses Bound to His Generation’s Fate (5772)
- Remember Balak’s Role (5771)
- Acceptance (5771)
- Bilaam’s Curses Transformed into Blessings (5770)
- God is Not One of Us (5770)
- If Balak and Bilaam Were Here Today… (5768)
- Leadership or Independence? (5768)
- Beyond Human Comprehension (5766)
- Uses and Misuses (5765)
- Our Achilles’ Heel (5764)
- The War of the Words (5764)
- Ph.D. in Morals (5761)
- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (5761)
Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha by Rabbi Yochanan Zweig
- Death Is Not Enough (5783)
- Ultimate Greed (5780)
- A Different Kind Of Friend (5779)
- The Power Of Prayer (5779)
- Egocentricity Prevents Internalizing Torah (5778)
Short Vorts by Rabbi Chaim Flom
Table Talk by Rabbi Raymond Beyda
The Living Law by Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene
- Three Festivals: The Holy Journey (5783)
- By Royal Appointment (5781)
- Parah Adumah: A Matter of Life and Death (5779)
The Shmuz on the Parsha by Rabbi B. Shafier
Intermediate Level
Beyond Pshat by Rabbi Yosef Kalatzky
Hamaayan by Shlomo Katz
- Who Doesn’t Love Peace? (5783)
- Be Whole (5782)
- A Matter of Taste (5782)
- The Power of Speech (5781)
- A New Day (5781)
- Bar Kochva, Rabbi Akiva, and Redemption (5780)
- Recognizing Prophets (5779)
- It’s Real (5779)
- The Uncursables (5778)
- The Segulah (5778)
- Closer to the Source (5778)
- The Rock (5777)
- To Be Wise (5777)
- The Power of a Mitzvah (5776)
- Deep Waters (5776)
- Days (5775)
- Who is Wise? (5775)
- Making the Most of Our Days (5774)
- Closer to the Source (5774)
- The Segulot of Mitzvot (5772)
- Deep Waters (5772)
- Parshas Balak (5771)
- “Knock Yourself Out” (5771)
- A Great Responsibility (5768)
- An Idle Mind… (5768)
- Tents Where Torah is Studied (5767)
- A Question Brings Hope (5765)
- Staff Review (5765)
- Balak: Can You See It? (5764)
- Moshe’s Book and Bilam’s Book (5763)
- Bilam: A Perfect Tzadik? (5761)
- Tastes of the Mitzvos (5761)
- Bilam’s Big Appetite (5760)
- Why Didn’t Moshe Enter Canaan? (5759)
- Pray for the ‘Right’ Person (5758)
- Pro-Choice (5758)
Olas Shabbos by Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann
- Back From The Dead (5769)
- Building on Shaky Foundations (5766)
- Money Order – Getting Our Priorities Straight (5764)
- Because He Said So (5763)
- Living Through Death (5762)
- Don’t Take it Personally! (5761)
- Balancing Act (5761)
- Building With Failure (5760)
- Behold! A Nation (5758)
- Leap of Faith (5758)
Parsha Insights by Rabbi Yisroel Ciner
- Welcome, Oh Honored Me! (5783)
- Torah is Not a Religion (5781)
- Red Cow Disease (5780)
- Donkey Talk (5779)
- A Purifying Process (5779)
- You Can’t Pick Your Cards… (5778)
- The Fourth Patriarch (5761)
- Jewish Dwellings (5760)
- Decree of the Torah (5760)
Perceptions by Rabbi Pinchas Winston
- Bad Combination (5783)
- Swallowed Pride (5782)
- Divine Understanding (5782)
- Destructive Hope (5781)
- Mysterious Ways (5781)
- What We DON’T See (5780)
- BDS, Bilaam Style (5779)
- Under-Appreciated (5779)
- For the Right Reason (5778)
- In Memory of Miriam (5778)
- Where There’s a Spark . . . (5777)
- Divine Divine Providence (5777)
- What Goes Around (5776)
- Absolutely True (5776)
- Facing Facts & Avoiding Destruction (5775)
- A Golden Opportunity (5775)
- Lishmah or Lo Lishmah? (5774)
- Abandon Yourself to the Greater Moral Truth (5774)
- Unusual Circumstances (5772)
- Big Picture Solutions (5772)
- Only A True Magician Succeeds (5771)
- It Is All In God’s Hands (5771)
- Have Faith! (5770)
- Do Not Pass (5769)
- Bilaam… Reincarnated? (5768)
- A Local Call (5767)
- An Accounting Issue (5767)
- Window of Opportunity (5766)
- An Invitation to Elevate (5766)
- A Good Kind of Cover-up (5765)
- A True Bar Mitzvah (5765)
- From Amidst The Ashes (5764)
- From The Nile to Denial (5764)
- The Sod Of A Best-Seller (5763)
- Zu L’Umus Zu (5763)
- The TRUE Red Threat (5762)
- Storm On The Horizon (5761)
- Matters of Life and Death (5761)
- Mixed Multitude of Troubles (5760)
- Making a Good Impression (5760)
- ‘Balak’ Magic (5759)
- The Greatest “Choks” of the Century (5759)
- G-d Doesn’t Play Games (5758)
- The “Chok’s” On You (5758)
- Bilaam: A Hard Act to Swallow (5757)
- The Point of No Discern (5757)
Rabbi's Notebook by Rabbi Aron Tendler
- The Red Heifer Reality (5765)
- Remaining Mysteries (5765)
- Forgotten Oaths (5764)
- Not Because They Sinned! (5764)
- It’s All Free Will (5763)
- Without Cover! (5762)
- A Generation Repents (5761)
- Working on the Outside (5760)
- Conspiracies and Lost Opportunities (5758)
- Cutting the Apron Strings (5758)
Rav Frand by Rabbi Yissocher Frand
- Two Interpretations of Why Bilaam Could Not Curse (“Mah Ekov Lo Kabo Kel”) (5783)
- A “Tense” Exchange and the Limitations of Bilaam’s Power (5782)
- Seeking Honest Advice is Key to Avoiding Monumental Mistakes (5782)
- The Best Things in Life Are Different When They Come for Free (5781)
- The Power of One to Purify the Many (5781)
- ALL the Silver & Gold (5780)
- The Nations’ Non-Prophet (5779)
- Live the Lesson of the Snakes (5779)
- The Best Things In Life Are Different When They Come For Free (5778)
- The Apter Rav: How Do You Spell Ahavas Yisrael? (5778)
- If It Can Happen To Bilaam, It Can Happen to Any of Us (5778)
- Bilaam’s Blessing – Thanks, But No Thanks (5778)
- Kedusha Out — Tumah In (5778)
- The Power of Lishma: Doing it For ‘The Cause’ vs. For the Money (5777)
- Aharon & Peace / Sichon & Cheshbon Hanefesh (5777)
- Not From Your Honey And Not From Your Sting (5776)
- Beginnings Are Important / The Mon Kept Us Connected to Hashem (5776)
- What Was Lost By Failing To Speak To The Rock? (5775)
- Two Insights: Miriam Did Not Get Eulogized and Aaron Did Not Get Complaints (5774)
- Watch Out For Those Transitional Periods In Life (5772)
- Three Differences Between Bilaam and Rabbi Yosi ben Kisma (5771)
- Departure of Israel’s Peace-maker Triggers Cannanite Attack (5771)
- Mistaking The Angel of Mercy For The Satan (5770)
- Tumah and Taharah Defy Our Understanding (5770)
- The Apter Rebbe Bends The Rules For Ahavas Yisrael (5768)
- The Death of Miriam – Closure, But No Tears (5768)
- The Sin of “Not Getting It” (5767)
- We Should Appreciate People When We Have Them (5766)
- If It Can Happen To Bilaam, It Can Happen to Any of Us (5765)
- Bilaam Lost His Shock Value (5764)
- The Connection Between The Parah Adumah and the Golden Mean (5764)
- Those Who Will Not See (5763)
- Red Heifer and the Death of the Righteous (5762)
- Was G-d Bilaam’s Agent? (5761)
- A Perplexing Fast Day (5761)
- Never the Twain Shall Meet (5760)
- Miriam’s Death (5759)
- It Could Happen to You! (5758)
- Red Heifer in the Garden of Eden (5758)
- Speculations on the Red Cow (5757)
- The Parah Paradox (5756)
- Man is Like an Earthenware Vessel (5755)
The Shmuz on the Parsha by Rabbi B. Shafier
Advanced Level
Abarbanel by Rabbi Dr. Meir Tamari
Be’eros by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
- Turning A Blind Eye (5775)
- Living With Questions (5775)
- Divining Consistency (5774)
- Death and its Cure (5774)
Gal Einai by Gedalia Litke
Growing with the Parsha by Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz
Gur Aryeh by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
- Out of One, Many (5773)
- A Showdown of Epic Proportions (5773)
- The Three Weeks and Parshas Balak (5779)
- The Power of the Avoda (5779)
- Parshas Balak – Did Bilam’s Ason Survive? Do Angels Read Minds? (5772)
- Parshas Chukas – How To Speak To A Rock (5772)
- Parshas Balak – Not Playing By the Rules (5771)
- Parshas Chukas – Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth, A Thankless Nation (5771)
- Parshas Balak – In Praise of Family Values (5770)
- Parshas Chukas – Parah Adumah Demystified (5770)
- Amplified Sound Waves (5780)
- Blessings For Pleasant Fragrances (5773)
- The Prohibitions Of The Three Weeks (5772)
- Washing Dishes On Shabbos (5771)
- Honor And Respect For A Sefer Torah (Part 2/3) (5770)
- She’ailos U’Teshuvos (5766)
- Shabbos Candles: Questions And Answers: Part 2 (5764)
- The 17th Day Of Tammuz (5761)
- The Proper Blessing Over Fruit During A Meal (5759)