November 2024

Each year as we begin reading the Torah anew, we gain fresh inspiration and insight into the transcendent actions of our patriarchs and matriarchs. Although… Read More »Beyond The Call of Duty

  In what must be one of the greatest transitional scenes in the entire Biblical narrative, this week the Torah transposes us from the gracious… Read More »Meting Justice – Meeting Kindness

THEY SAY THAT laughter is the best medicine. Though it is definitely not always the best medicine in every situation, it is certainly a good… Read More »A Good Laugh

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1311 – I Had Eggplant… Read More »Maintaining Inspiration

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: ##1310 – Giving Gifts to… Read More »Chumras and Hidurim Were Luxuries That Avram Could Not Afford in Mitzrayim

BS”D Volume 39, No. 3 8 Marcheshvan 5785 November 9, 2024 Sponsored by the Katz family on the yahrzeit of son and brother Daniel Aryeh… Read More »Not Too High

Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person… Read More »Parsha Summary for Parshas Lech Lecha

Haftorah Lech Lecha Isaiah 40:27 – 41:16 This week’s Haftorah continues the theme of Hashem’s manifest presence within nature and our selection as the Chosen… Read More »Haftorah Summary for Parshas Lech Lecha

Kindness is gentle. Faith is fierce. Kindness is soft. Faith is inflexible. Kindness is accommodating. Faith is dogmatic. Does this mean that a person cannot… Read More »The Kindness Factor

For the last seven years, I have patterned this d’var Torah in a standard way. I quote a verse, ask a question and then relate… Read More »Suicide Moms