July 2020

In this week’s Torah portion of Devarim, Moshe begins the book of Deuteronomy with a detailed recounting of the nation’s long and painful journey through… Read More »Golden Opportunities

Moshiach is born on Tisha B’Av – Yerushalmi Talmud Brochos There is no light lie the light that comes from darkness – Zohar The Last… Read More »The Birthing Room of History – Inspiration for Tisha B’av

Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is acquired with… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 6: The 48 Ways: 14-19: Moderation

Yeshaya 1:1 This week’s haftorah concludes the three week series regarding the Jewish people’s exile and the destruction of their Bais Hamikdash. This final reading… Read More »Haftorah Commentary – Parshas Devarim – Shabbos Chazon

This week’s portion discusses an array of issues, among them entering and conquering of the land of Canaan, which was to occur shortly. The lands… Read More »The Usual Suspects

These are the words which Moshe spoke to all Israel on that side of the Jordan in the desert… (Devarim 1:1  2:5) WE’RE IN THE… Read More »Everyone’s a Critic

BS”D Volume 34, No. 39 4 Av 5780 July 25, 2020 Sponsored by Nathan and Rikki Lewin in memory of his mother Pessel bat Naftali… Read More »Learning How to Cry

Our great teacher Moshe begins his final oration to the Jewish people in this week’s Torah portion. He reviews for them the history of his… Read More »A Lasting Edifice

“…Let me gain possession of property for a burial place with you so that I can bury my dead from before me.” And the Hittites… Read More »Verbal Promises II

You are driving on this country road somewhere in the wilds of Northern England, it meanders up and down, a right turn here, a left… Read More »Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Nine