September 2022

So too anyone who bears a grudge against any Jew transgresses a negative prohibition, as it is stated, ‘And you shall not bear a grudge… Read More »Chapter 7, Law 8(a) – Who Are We? Part l

Rabbi Yaakov said: One who is walking along the road and is studying [Torah], and then interrupts his studies and says, ‘How beautiful is this… Read More »Chapter 3, Mishna 9: Torah Versus Nature

Teshuva and Kapara Teshuva (Repentance) and Kapara (Atonement) are two different concepts. Teshuva involves our returning to Hashem through reflection, improvement and commitment. Kapara, on… Read More »Yom Kippur and Teshuva

This week we read Parshas Vayeilech. “Vayeilech Moshe… vayomer aleihem ben me’ah v’esrim shana anochi ha’yome… {And Moshe went… and said to them (Bnei Yisroel)… Read More »Was Moshe a Bad Neighbor?

The parsha of Vayelech is the parsha that contains the smallest number of verses – only thirty – of any other parsha in the Torah.… Read More »Small But Impactful

The Story Shmuel came home from school and immediately went to his room to do his homework. His little brother and roommate, Naftali, was already… Read More »Writing a Sefer Torah

In his parting days with his beloved Klal Yisrael, Hashem reiterates a message to Moshe who in turn imparts those warnings to his people. Hashem… Read More »Heard but Not Seen

And you should love HASHEM your G-d with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your resources… (Devarim 6:4) with all… Read More »The Biggest Hit of All

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: # 112, Shoteh: Mental Incompetence… Read More »Hakhel Demonstrates the Centrality of Torah

Friday Night THE ACTUAL JUDGMENT on Rosh Hashanah is with respect to being a Ben Olam HaBa. As the Leshem explains, the Heavenly Bais Din… Read More »Vayailech-Shuvah: Ben Olam HaBa