July 2025

MAS’EIYirmiyahu 2:4–28, 3:4 Hashem’s Endless Hope for His PeopleThis week’s Haftarah continues the theme of the three weeks of mourning and introduces the month of… Read More »Haftorah Commentary Parashas Mas’ei

He told the police it was an accident. He had never intended to kill or hurt anyone; it was the farthest thing for his mind.… Read More »The Accidental Murderer

There is a fascinating law in this week’s portion. The Torah tells us that one who kills accidentally must be banished to a city of… Read More »Kohein-in-Waiting

BS”D Volume 39, No. 39 1 Av 5785 July 26, 2025 Sponsored by the Katz and Vogel families in memory of Chaya bat Yehuda (Schneider)… Read More »Open Doors, Open Hearts

ONE OF THE most divisive issues today in Israel politics is the drafting of yeshivah students into the Israeli army. It is not a new… Read More »The Draft

Therefore say: Behold, I give him my bris of shalom.[2] The Mesorah points to only one other use of the phrase, “therefore say.” Hashem uses… Read More »When Chesed Becomes Din – And That’s A Good Thing![1]

Therefore, say, “I hereby give him My covenant of peace…. (Bamidbar 25:13) Reuven, Israel’s firstborn: The descendants of Reuven were: the family of the Hanochites… Read More »Worthy of a Peace Prize

BS”D Volume 39, No. 38 23 Tammuz 5785 July 19, 2025 This week’s Parashah opens with Pinchas’ reward for his courageous act of killing Zimri.… Read More »Peace

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1345 – Bathing During the… Read More »Sefas Emes on Pinchas’ Connection to Aharon and His Receipt of the Eternal Covenant of Kehuna

I MUST HAVE been a teenager when I first saw the movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey. No, dinosaurs were already long gone, but it was… Read More »All For Eliyahu