June 2022

HASHEM said to Moshe saying, “Speak to Aaron and say to him: When you “light-up” the lamps, toward the face of the Menorah shall the… Read More »Encouragement!

The people were ke-misonenim/like complainers, which was evil in Hashem’s ears.[2] Misonenim, says Rashi, means seeking a pretext for removing themselves from following Hashem. In… Read More »Inventing Pretexts

BS”D Volume 36, No. 36 19 Sivan 5782 June 18, 2022 Sponsored by the Edeson & Stern Families on the yahrzeit of their dear friend,… Read More »Raising the Lights

This week we read the parsha of B’haaloscha. “Speak to Aharon and say to him: When you kindle the lights; toward that central light on… Read More »Aharon’s Unique Gift

Rabbi Shimon said: Be careful with the recitation of the Shema and the prayers. When you pray, do not regard your prayers as a fixed… Read More »Chapter 2, Mishna 18(c): Dooming Ourselves

It didn’t cost anything. They didn’t have to work for it. They didn’t even have to go anywhere to pick it up. For the entire… Read More »A Taste of Heaven

The Mitzvah: The firstborn of both man and animal is sanctified to G-d (Exodus 13:2). Indeed, the first issue of the Children of Israel were… Read More »Bechor: That’s My Firstborn!

“The people took to seeking complaints;it was evil in the eyes of Hashem…”(11:1) In this week’s parsha we are introduced to a segment of Bnei… Read More »Happy To Be Unhappy

This week’s parsha records the first travels of the Jewish nation, after they spent almost a year encamped at the foot of Mount Sinai. At… Read More »Flipped Upside Down

G-d chastised Miriam and Aaron for discussing Moshe’s refraining from personal intimacy to facilitate his service of G-d, a discussion that was not disparaging, as… Read More »Our Awesome Power