November 2022

BS”D Volume 37, No. 4 18 Marcheshvan 5783 November 12, 2022 Sponsored by the Dimont family in memory of grandmother and great-grandmother Chaya Sarah Tarshish… Read More »Man and Animal

Friday Night THE STORY OF Lot is a confusing one. Was he a good guy? Was he a bad guy? Did he waver between the… Read More »Standing Firm

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1136 – I have a… Read More »Kofin Al Midas Sodom – Forcing Kindness

The Torah relates how Avraham involved his son Yishmael in preparing the food for his guests. The Jewish patriarch did this in order to educate… Read More »Chinuch: Training for Life

“…and wash your feet…” (18:4) This week’s parsha highlights Avraham’s tremendous zealousness in the performance of “hachnasas orchim” – “hospitality to guests”. The Torah records… Read More »An Acquired Sensitivity

The most exciting news in almost a century had just come from the most unexpected source. Three men who had been visiting the home of… Read More »Masked Bandit

He [Rabbi Chanina] used to say, anyone whose good deeds are greater than his wisdom, his wisdom will endure. And anyone whose wisdom is greater… Read More »Chapter 3, Mishna 12(b): Will Speaks The Loudest

There is much comment and many different interpretations regarding the first two words of the second verse of this week’s Torah reading. The second word… Read More »Return of the Refugee

All the mitzvos (commandments) of the Torah, whether positive or negative, if a person transgressed one of them, whether purposely or inadvertently, when he repents… Read More »Chapter 1, Law 1 – Laws of Repentance – Standing before G-D