May 2021

Are you old enough to remember vinyl records? Do you remember how a scratched record could skip backwards, repeating a section over and over? The… Read More »Beloved Broken Records

How are such people [who are spiritually “sick”] healed? A person who for example has a bad temper should act as follows: If he is… Read More »Chapter 2, Law 2(b) – From Extreme to Extreme

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1163 Avoiding Yichud: Must the… Read More »Keep This in Mind When Listening to Birkas Kohanim

Our Parsha begins this fourth book of the written Torah by stating that the Lord spoke to Moshe in the desert of Sinai. In fact,… Read More »The Desert Classroom

It came to pass on the third day when it was morning, that there were thunder claps and lightning flashes, and a thick cloud was… Read More »We’re Still Talking About It!

How are such people (who are spiritually “sick”) healed? A person who for example has a bad temper should act as follows: If he is… Read More »Chapter 2, Law 2(a) – Curing the Disease

Yossi ben (son of) Yo’ezer of Ts’raidah and Yossi ben Yochanan of Jerusalem received [the transmission] from them. Yossi ben Yo’ezer used to say: Let… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 4: Purpose of Rabbis

This weeks parsha begins the Sefer of Bamidbar. “And Hashem spoke to Moshe in the Midbar (wilderness) of Sinai… saying. (1:1)” The Ramban writes that… Read More »Where is Your Furniture?

The book of Bamidbar (In the Wilderness) is so named because it focuses in detail on the Jewish people’s 40-year sojourn in the wilderness. But… Read More »The Wilderness: Key to Grandeur

Hosheia 2:1-2:2 This week’s haftorah reveals Hashem’s indescribable love for His people.The prophet Hosheia opens with warm words of blessing and says, “The Jewish people… Read More »Haftorah Commentary Bamidbar