Last class, we continued our general introduction of the seventeenth blessing of the Shemoneh Esrai (and the first blessing of our final section of thanksgiving).… Read More »Modim (cont.): Gratefulness for Everything
This week we read the parsha of Emor. In last week’s parsha the entire Bnei Yisroel {Children of Israel}were commanded to be holy. In this… Read More »Do As I Do
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1335 – May We Accept… Read More »Speak Softly and Put Up With a Lot of Shtick
How long would it take for a single person to lift twenty-two thousand full-grown men off the ground one at a time? It is exhausting… Read More »Over the Top
Observation does not necessarily mean participation – at least in an etymological or grammatical sense. My dealings with Jews who do not keep Torah law… Read More »Mitzvah-Watch
This Thursday is Lag B’Omer, b”H. It is the day we are told on which Rebi Shimon bar Yochai died, but not before revealing the… Read More »Be A Vessel
For on this day, He shall affect atonement for you, to cleanse you. Before HASHEM, you shall be cleansed from all your sins. (Vayikra 16:30)… Read More »What the Whole Day is About
Do not stand by idly over the blood of your friend[2] This phrase, as is well known through the gemara,[3] demands that we intervene on… Read More »Time To Speak Up
BS”D Volume 39, No. 28 12 Iyar 5785 May 10, 2025 Sponsored by Mrs. Rochelle Dimont recognizing the honorees at the annual dinner of Young… Read More »Holy Together
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1334 – I Never Thought… Read More »An Enabler or Facilitator Gets Credit As if He Was the Doer