May 2022

Rabbi Yossi said: Let your fellow’s property be as dear to you as your own, prepare yourself to study Torah because it is not an… Read More »Mishna 17(a): Living or Dying for Judaism?

The fire shall always be burning on the Altar; It shall never go out. (Vayikra 6:) It’s Log B’Omer and everyone is seeking out a… Read More »The Fire Within

BS”D Volume 36, No. 32 20 Iyar 5782 May 21, 2022 Sponsored by the Rutstein family in memory of father Mendy Rutstein (Menachem Mendel Shmuel… Read More »Concealed Strength

Each man shall return to his ancestral heritage, and each man shall return to his family.[2] Ibn Ezra[3] expresses surprise that so many people choose… Read More »You’re Not Going Home

This week’s portion creates an eternal connection between Mount Sinai, the Jewish people, and the Torah itself. The fact that the Torah emphasizes its eternal… Read More »A Mountain of Inspiration

“And when your brother will become poor” your ‘kessef’ {money} do not give with ‘neshech’ {interest} and with ‘tarbiss’ {increase} do not give food. I… Read More »A Snake’s Bite

Yirmiyahu 32:6 This week’s haftorah reinforces the notion of our eternal relationship with our homeland, Eretz Yisroel. In the midst of a heavy Babylonian siege… Read More »Haftorah Commentary Parshas Behar

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1204 – The Friend Who… Read More »A Time for Belief and a Time for Heresy

Friday Night TIME IS ONE of those concepts that we take for granted because it just seems so obvious. The sun goes up, and the… Read More »The Present of Shabbos

It is probably the most famous Biblical verse in American History. Each year thousands of people come to see its bold raised lettering prominently encircling… Read More »Home Free – For All