January 2021

A person should not say, ‘I will fulfill the mitzvos (commandments) of the Torah and study its wisdom in order that I receive the blessings… Read More »Chapter 10, Law 1 – Love and Self-Deception

Moshe and Aaron said to all the Children of Israel, “In the evening you will know that HASHEM took you out of Egypt, and in… Read More »His Noble Essence

Great is Torah, for it gives life to its doers in this world and in the next world, as it is written: ‘For they [the… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 7(b): Torah and the Tree of Life

Moshe caused Yisrael to journey from the Sea of Reeds, and they went out to the Shur wilderness.[2] When his students asked R. Elazar ben… Read More »How To Win Friends and Influence Future Generations

This week we read in the Torah the final chapter of the liberation of the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage and slavery. After centuries of… Read More »Interactive Miracles

BS”D Volume 35, No. 16 17 Shevat 5781 January 30, 2021 Sponsored by Faith Ginsburg in memory of her father Herzl Rosenson (Naftali Hertz ben… Read More »What We Take for Granted

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: # 1148 Kol Isha –… Read More »Wasting Precious Opportunities

In this week’s parsha of B’shalach, we see a glaring example of Moshe’s incredible humility. When Bnei Yisroel approached Moshe, complaining that they would die… Read More »Moshe’s Incredible Humility

The Mitzvah: The majesty of Shabbos, the seventh day of the week has to be experienced to be believed. The sanctified rest day of the… Read More »The Shabbos Remembrance

“Moshe took the bones of Yosef with him…” (13:19) The Talmud relates that while Bnei Yisroel were preoccupied with obtaining the wealth of the Mitzrim,… Read More »The Best Choice