December 2021

At one point during the Purim story, Mordechai decided to try and find out if he would be victorious in his struggle. He asked three… Read More »A Message from Above

Question 93 As an attorney, due to certain circumstances, there are times when a client won’t benefit from the time I spend on the case.… Read More »Lawyer Billing For Non-Useful Time

The subject of this class is “challah” – one of three special mitzvot given by Hashem to Jewish women – the other two being Shabbat… Read More »Bread Larger Than Life

Yaakov sent malachim ahead of him to his brother Esav… (Bereshith 32:4) The previous essay mentioned that Yaakov sent Divine emissaries instead of human ones,… Read More »Defensive Maneuvers

(Middle of Law 7; beginning quoted in class 7(a)) If [the Torah scholar] sees his words will benefit [others] and be heard, he should say… Read More »Chapter 5, Law 7(c) – Understanding Man, Part II

In this week’s reading, we study the reunion of Jacob and his son Joseph after 22 years of separation. Joseph, who rose from slavery and… Read More »A Spiritual Opportunity Knocks

BS”D Volume 36, No. 11 7 Tevet 5782 December 11, 2021 Sponsored by Milton Cahn in memory of his mother Abby Cahn (Bracha bat Moshe… Read More »Of Wagons, Calves, and Trust

Now Yoseph could not bear all those standing beside him, and he called out, “Take everyone away from me!” So, no one stood with him… Read More »He Could No Longer

And now, it was not you who sent me here, but G-d. He has made me father to Paroh, master of his entire household.[2] Yosef… Read More »Evening Up The Score

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1230 – Waking Up Early… Read More »Where Was the Rebuke in the Words “I Am Yosef”?