September 2022

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1304 Erasing a Tatoo of… Read More »Gratitude Makes the World Go Round

BS”D Volume 36, No. 49 21 Elul 5782 September 17, 2022 This week’s Parashah tells us (28:9), “You shall walk in His ways,” teaching that… Read More »You Count!

You shall take of the first of every fruit…and go to the place that Hashem your G-d will choose…and you shall say to him [the… Read More »It’s Not Just The Thought That Counts

Rabbi Elazar of Bartosa said, give Him from His own, for you and your possessions are His. And so regarding King David does the verse… Read More »Chapter 3, Mishna 8(a): Think Globally – Act Locally

One of the bitterest curses that the Torah describes in the tochacha, which forms a major portion of this parsha, is that all our efforts will be… Read More »The Curse and the Hope

QUESTION 28: INTERVIEWING RABBIS A community has been talking with a Rabbi for several months about his becoming the Rabbi of their community. There was… Read More »Interviewing Rabbis

Carry double the money in your hands… (Bereshith 43:12) The verse seems to imply that Yaakov specifically wanted his sons to carry the money in… Read More »Beyond Suspicion

This weeks parsha, Ki Savo, begins with the mitzva of Bikurim – the first fruits. “And it will be when you come to the land… Read More »Beware of Extra Baggage

One of the central principles within Judaism is the concept of sechar v’onesh, “reward and punishment”. This means man is culpable for his deeds and… Read More »The Reward of a Mitzvah

Joyous enthusiasm is the child of inspiration. It is the emotional elixir that galvanizes, energizes, electrifies our lives. It empowers us to move mountains and… Read More »The Little Voice