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Parshas Ki Sisa
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Drasha by Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky
Dvar Torah by Rabbi Label Lam
- Can You Have a Clearer Sign than That? (5784)
- The Most Magnificent Mosaic (5783)
- The Oreo Cookie (5782)
- In Deep Deep Trouble (5781)
- To Put the Picture Back Together Again (5779)
- Serious After Effects (5777)
- Let Us Not Break Those Too! (5774)
- The Birthplace of Idolatry (5773)
- The Cause of the Pause (5771)
- Shabbos Forever (5770)
- How Powerful “I” Can Be (5769)
- A Stiff Necked-Nation (5768)
- The Golden Thread of Our Existence (5767)
- Shabbos: A Time to Be… (5765)
- Keeping the Holy Holy! (5764)
- Shabbos Has Kept the Children of Israel Holy (5763)
- Freedom of Religion (5760)
- Open for Business (5759)
- A Moment Too Long (5757)
- Living Up to the Highest Standards (5756)
Haftorah Commentary by Rabbi Dovid Siegel
Haftorah Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
Kol HaKollel by Rabbi Pinchas Avruch
- Ceding Control (5782)
- You Have the Power (5779)
- Errant Deification (5766)
- Faith Based Initiative (5765)
- Follow the Leader (5763)
Legacy by Rabbi Naftali Reich
- Strength in Numbers (5784)
- From Rags to Riches (5780)
- Flaming Desire (5779)
- Dazzled by the Light (5777)
Lifeline by Rabbi Yaakov Menken
- The Draw of Shabbos Dinner (5784)
- Pocketbook Judaism (5764)
- Sign of a Jew (5763)
- Shabbos: Not All or Nothing! (5762)
- Deadly Compromises (5757)
- Money is Like Fire (5756)
Parsha Summary by Rabbi Aron Tendler
Rabbi Wein by Rabbi Berel Wein
- Aharon’s Heart of Gold (5783)
- This Makes Intelligent People Act Like Fools (5782)
- Perfect and Potent (5780)
- Building a Successful Nation (5775)
- Moshe: The Perfect Leader (5773)
- Raise Your Head (5772)
- Shabbat Precedes the Building of the Mishkan (5771)
- Understanding God’s Judgments (5770)
- How Could This Happen? (5768)
- Inclusiveness (5767)
- Washing Hands (5766)
- Judaism and Violence (5765)
- Guidance Needed (5764)
- Watermelons, Leeks, Onions, and Cucumbers (5761)
- Mystery of the Golden Calf (5760)
Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha by Rabbi Yochanan Zweig
Table Talk by Rabbi Raymond Beyda
The Living Law by Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene
Intermediate Level
Beyond Pshat by Rabbi Yosef Kalatzky
- The Whole is Greater than its Parts (5772)
- The Negative Side of Individuality (5764)
- The Power of Unity (5763)
Hamaayan by Shlomo Katz
- Exalted (5784)
- Passing Over (5783)
- A Stiff-Necked People (5782)
- How to Remember (5781)
- The Right Order (5780)
- Don’t Awaken Judgment (5779)
- Shabbat in Speech, Thought & Action (5778)
- Get It Direct (5777)
- Pipe Dreams (5775)
- The Debt (5774)
- “Washing the Workweek Away – Part II” (5773)
- Paying Our Debts (5772)
- The Little Purim (5771)
- Wealth as a Redemption (5769)
- Raise Me Up (5768)
- Direct Supervision (5767)
- Heads Up! (5766)
- The Holiness of Shabbat (5765)
- Fulfill Your Potential (5764)
- Two Types of Shabbat (5763)
- How to Pray (5762)
- Every Jew is a Spark (5761)
- Equal Halves (5760)
- Believing vs. Knowing (5759)
- Personal Covenant (5758)
Olas Shabbos by Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann
- The Soul of Prayer (5768)
- Shabbos – Being Prepared (5764)
- Defending the Indefensible (5763)
- Bucking the Trend (5762)
- Tipping the Scales (5761)
- A Matter of Choice (5760)
- Appreciating What We Have – While We Have It! (5759)
Parsha Insights by Rabbi Yisroel Ciner
- When Giving is Taking (5784)
- Sever Your Connection to this World (5783)
- Holy Desecration (5782)
- Visions of Tefillin (5781)
- Leftover Ink (5779)
- Freedom (5777)
- What’s Bad is Good (5759)
Perceptions by Rabbi Pinchas Winston
- Who Is For Truth? (5784)
- All About Mentality (5783)
- Glory of God (5782)
- An Evil Eye (5781)
- Knocking On Amalek’s Door (5780)
- Holy Source of Holiness (5779)
- True Control (5778)
- Cure or Prevention? (5777)
- The Golden Calf: Alillus and Kavshei d’Rachmanah (5775)
- Internal Confrontations (5774)
- The Vulnerabilty of Emotional Doubt (5773)
- Spiritually-Independent (5772)
- The True Purim Experience (5771)
- Parashas Parah (5770)
- Breaking Away (5769)
- A Cause To Be Effective (5767)
- Oh No! Not DeNILE Again! (5766)
- Right On The Money (5765)
- What A Choice . . . (5764)
- Distant Wisdom (5763)
- Sweet Smell of Success (5762)
- Allusions and Illusions (5761)
- From Calf to Cow (5759)
- When Dignity Really Counts (5758)
- Don’t Second Guess G-d (5757)
Rabbi's Notebook by Rabbi Aron Tendler
- Of Hands and Feet (5764)
- Cloned Stone (5763)
- A Tale Of Two Crowns (5762)
- Walking in the Garden (5761)
- Irreversible Changes (5760)
- Moshe Outshines the Dream Team! (5759)
- How Could They? (5758)
Rav Frand by Rabbi Yissocher Frand
- No Need to Go Anywhere (5784)
- Do the Right Thing – Even If You Won’t Succeed (5783)
- The Secret of the Kesher Shel Tefillin (5782)
- More Than Just a Play on Words (5781)
- Closer After the “Fight” Than Before (5780)
- Shabbos Comes Automatically; Yom Tov Requires Preparation (5779)
- The Lesson of the House of Avtinas: What is Destined to be Yours Will Always Remain Yours (5778)
- Heavenly Omens vs. The Torah / Breaking the Glass and the Luchos (5778)
- Even If We Cannot Truly Emulate Hashem, Our Selflessness Invokes Hashem’s Mercy (5775)
- Shabbos Is Both A Mitzvah And A Present (5773)
- Moshe Does Not Let Betrayal Infringe on His Love For The People (5772)
- The Generous of Spirit He will be Blessed (5771)
- Why Did Moshe Need A Visual Image of The Half-Shekel Coin? (5770)
- They Have Strayed QUICKLY (5768)
- The Merit of Grandfathers At Work (5767)
- Let The Cow Come And Clean Up The Mess Left By The Calf (5766)
- The Oil Of Anointing Was Meant To ‘Light The Fire’ of the Kohanim (5765)
- If One Does Not Own Land, He Need Not Go ‘Up’ for the Festival (5764)
- Appreciate It While You Have It (5763)
- Answering the Call (5762)
- Moshe’s Finest Moment (5761)
- Leave the Worrying to G-d (5760)
- Let Them Eat Cake (5759)
- Sneak Preview of Messianic Times (5758)
- No Need to Go Anywhere (5757)
The Shmuz on the Parsha by Rabbi B. Shafier
Advanced Level
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
Haaros by Rabbi Yaakov Bernstein
HaMedrash V’HaMaaseh by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Insights from Krakow
Jerusalem Views by Rabbi Heshy Grossman
Ksav Sofer by
Machshava by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Mei Marom by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Meor Einayim by
Meshivas Nafesh
Mikra by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
Nesivos Shalom by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Netziv by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Reb Yeruchem
Sfas Emes by Nosson Chayim Leff
Shem MeShmuel by Rabbi Dr. Meir Tamari
The Timeless Rav Hirsch by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
- Parshas Ki Sisa – The Limits of Grasping G-d (5771)
- Parshas Ki Sisa – On Golden Calves and Other Heroes (5770)