January 2026

BS”D Volume 40, No. 15 6 Shevat 5786 January 24, 2026 In this week’s Parashah, Bnei Yisrael leave Egypt. Hashem had told Avraham (Bereishit 15:13),… Read More »Wait and See

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1366 I Don’t Open Bottle… Read More »The Pharaoh-Moshe Dialog Regarding Who Will Participate in the “Chag L’Hashem Machar”

This week’s parsha, Bo, which tells of the exodus from Mitzrayim {Egypt}, instructs us as to how the holiday of Pesach {Passover} should be observed… Read More »And We Were There

One of the initial mitzvos of the Torah, the Korban Pesach, was given to the Jewish nation as a preface to redemption. It is filled… Read More »Break No Bones About It

We’re not allowed to eat chometz for the seven days of Pesach, but you can eat matzah. The technical difference between the two is really… Read More »The Flip Side

I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzchok, and Yaakov with [the name] Almighty SHA-DAI, but [with] My name Yud -Hey -Vuv-Hey I did not become known… Read More »Hiding in Plain Sight

BS”D Volume 40, No. 14 28 Tevet 5786 January 17, 2026 Sponsored by the Rutstein family in memory of Harav Yechiel Mordechai Gordon z”l Nachman… Read More »No Other Power

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1365 – Giving the Benefit… Read More »Learning Kovod Shamayim from the Tzfardeia

I will harden Paroh’s heart, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Mitzrayim.[2] Rashi explains the connection between the two… Read More »Compassionate Heart Hardening[1]

This week we read the parsha of Vo’aira. “And Elokim spoke to Moshe saying: I am Hashem. Vo’aira {And I appeared} to Avrohom to Yitzchak… Read More »Doctor, why?