July 2024

“Therefore say, “Behold! I give him My covenant of peace!” (Bamidbar 25:12) Admittedly, I don’t understand how Gematria (the numerical value of words) works. For… Read More »Eisav and Shalom

“RavFrand” List – Rabbi Frand on Parshas Pinchas These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly… Read More »Torah-Sanctioned Zealotry

And of these, there was no man of those counted by Moshe and Aharon…for Hashem had said of them, “They will surely die in the… Read More »One In Hand

BS”D Volume 38, No. 41 21 Tammuz 5784 July 27, 2024 Sponsored by the Vogel family l’ilui nishmat Chaim ben Shalom Klein a”h In this… Read More »And He Transmitted It to Yehoshua

This week we read the parsha of Pinchas. “And Hashem spoke to Moshe saying: Pinchas the son of Elazar the son of Aharon the Kohen… Read More »On Who’s Honor?

Peace is the ultimate blessing of the Jewish people. When we are at peace, we have everything. When we are not at peace, we have… Read More »Peace Without Conjunctions

Imagine you have been the Chief Operating Officer of a major corporation. The owner and Chairman of the board spotted you some forty years back.… Read More »A View from Above

THE GEMORA SAYS, that Rebi Alexandri used to finish his Shemonah Esrai with the prayer: “Master of the Universe, You know very well that our… Read More »The Way of Will

And Elochim said to Bilaam, “Do not go with them, do not curse the nation (Israel) because he is blessed.” (Bamidbar 22:12) Bilaam is cautioned… Read More »The Blessedness Continues

The Medrash tells us that Bilaam was a prophet, that Hashem, G-d, spoke with him. No one, however, came closer to Hashem thanks to hearing… Read More »Take It From Truman