June 2022

In this week’s portion, there is a brief conversation that may get lost in the myriad activity of some of its more fascinating stories and… Read More »It’s the Real Thing

Friday Night THE MENORAH REPRESENTED many things, one of which was emunah, faith in God. The Shulchan, on which the Lechem HaPanim, the shewbread sat… Read More »Light of Faith

A person is obligated to be careful [in dealing] with orphans and widows since their souls are very lowly and their spirits are down —… Read More »Chapter 6, Law 10(a) – Seeing Beneath the Surface

One day Jack noticed his friend Bob, happily jumping up and down on a manhole cover, shouting, “Twenty-three! Twenty-three!” Bewildered by his friend’s behavior, he… Read More »Manhole Madness

HASHEM spoke to Moshe saying: Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them: A man or woman who sets himself apart… Read More »Keep the Focus Inward

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1207 – Listening to music… Read More »The Ideal Nazir Attacks the Illness Rather Than the Symptom

All the days of his abstinence he is holy to Hashem.[2] Hashem concluded His offer of the Torah to the Bnei Yisrael with the following:… Read More »Job Skills

BS”D Volume 36, No. 35 12 Sivan 5782 June 11, 2022 One of the laws in this week’s Parashah is that of the “Nazir,” introduced… Read More »That’s Impressive!

“A person should not answer amen that is chatuf (snatched), katuf (cut) or yesoma (orphaned)” (Shulchan Aruch 124,8). What are these interesting adjectives referring to?… Read More »Snatchers, Cutters and Orphans

A number of years ago I made my first trip to Israel and there I encountered my first Orthodox Jews. I was curious about their… Read More »The Magic Touch Part I