August 2024

It’s no mistake that the name of the Hebrew month that contains the notoriously tragic day of Tisha B’Av is “AV” which means “FATHER”. In… Read More »ABBA-ABBA

BS”D Volume 38, No. 43 6 Av 5784 August 10, 2024 Sponsored by The Katz and Vogel Families in memory of Shmayah ben Shmayah Kalkstein… Read More »Review

Hashem became angry with me as well because of you, saying, “You, too, shall not come there.”[1] This does not sound like the story we… Read More »Depends on the Audience

This week we begin the Sefer {Book} of Devarim {Deuteronomy}. “Aileh haDevarim asher debair Moshe el kol Yisroel {These are the things that Moshe told… Read More »Sense and Sensitivity

Moshe is saying his last good-byes to his beloved nation. He stands at Israel’s border and reviews forty years of trials and tribulations, the good… Read More »Speaking Louder

If a man makes a vow to HASHEM or makes an oath to prohibit himself, he shall not profane his word; according to whatever came… Read More »One Word: Plenty!

So there were delivered from the thousands of the Bnei Yisrael a thousand from each shevet.[1] Rashi explains the significance of this “delivery.” We are… Read More »Special Delivery

BS”D Volume 38, No. 42 28 Tammuz 5784 August 3, 2024 The second of the two Parashot we read this week begins, “These are the… Read More »Journey to Dveikut

He [Yehuda ben Taima] used to say: At five [one should begin the study of] Scriptures; at ten, Mishna; at thirteen [one becomes obligated in]… Read More »Chapter 5, Mishna 25: Quick Answers