February 2022

If we were to count up all the verses in the Torah that describe the construction of the Mishkan in minute detail, beginning with Parashas… Read More »A House of Hearts

The building of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) was a process through which mankind used various earthly elements to create an edifice in which G-d’s Divine presence… Read More »Firm Footing

M’lochim I, 7:51-8 This week’s haftorah describes the glorious moment when Shlomo Hamelech completed the construction of the Bais Hamikdash. He gathered the prominent members… Read More »Parshas Pekudei

The Mishkan was finally complete. The nation looked at the magnificent work with great joy, and Moshe was proud. So proud, in fact, that he… Read More »Unlimited Partnership

This section is dedicated to the influence the stars and constellations have on the world 1. As Ramchal already explained 2, everything material is ultimately… Read More »Chapter 7: The Influence of the Stars – Paragraph 1

BS”D Volume 36, No. 22 25 Adar I 5782 February 26, 2022 Our Parashah begins: “Moshe assembled the entire congregation of Bnei Yisrael.” There, Moshe… Read More »“Shabbat Shalom”

Moshe said to the Children of Israel: “See, HASHEM has called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe… Read More »The Deepest Desire in the Universe

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1197. Hachana Issues: Loading Dishwasher… Read More »Why No Praise for the Acacia Wood Schleppers?

Every man whose heart inspired him came…[2] Ramban explains the nature of this inspiration. No one, he said, had previously learned the techniques required to… Read More »Yes I Can!

This weeks parsha, Vayakhel, deals primarily with two issues: Shabbos and the mishkan. We are once again commanded to observe shabbos, and afterwards, the parsha… Read More »What’s in a Name?