March 2021

And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the… Read More »Actoverts

The Holy One, blessed be He, acquired five possessions in His world. They are: (a) the Torah, (b) heaven and earth, (c) Abraham, (d) Israel,… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 10(b): Being Possessed With G-d – Part 2

Bezalel…did everything that Hashem commanded Moshe.[2] Not just everything that Moshe commanded Bezalel did Bezalel do, but what Hashem had commanded Moshe![3] His great wisdom… Read More »Practically Right

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1154 Does The Husband’s Early… Read More »A Tzadik on Someone Else’s Back

Part One of this class covered the Creation of Man and Woman, as it relates to internal power in women and external power in men.… Read More »Obligation or Privilege?: Part II

“And it came to pass after Yitzchak had spent a long time in the land of Gerar that Avimelech, the King of the Plishtim, gazed… Read More »Behind Closed Doors

QUESTION 77: The municipal parking meter requires that you add money to a magnetic stripe ticket for as long as you expect to stay. If… Read More »Leaving Magnetic Stripe Parking Garage Ticket

While the shaliach tzibbur repeats the Shemoneh Esrei, there may be some people who are still in the middle of their silent recitation. These individuals… Read More »A Chazzan’s Kedusha

In Parshas Vayakhel, all of the vessels of the mishkan and the mishkan itself are fashioned. Pekudei, completes the Sefer of Shemos. Pekudei, meaning counting,… Read More »Struggle as an End in Itself

When the people saw that Moshe was late in coming down from the mountain, the people gathered against Aaron, and they said to him: “Come… Read More »In Deep Deep Trouble