June 2026

I would not consider this week as one of Moshe’s easiest ones. Through this entire portion Moshe suffers through a series of disappointments and tragedies.… Read More »Snake Eyes

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1386 – The Importance and… Read More »When it Comes to Shalom, We Do Not Rely on Chazaka

Listen now, you rebels! Shall we bring forth water for you from this rock?[2] Why does Moshe emphasize “this” rock? Was there something that distinguished… Read More »Fungible Rocks[1]

And Korach took… (Bamidbar 16:2) We need not go further than the first word of the Parsha (VaYikach – And He TOOK) to discover the… Read More »Which Camp Are We In

בס”ד Volume 40, No. 34 5 Tamuz 5786 June 20, 2026 Sponsored by Dr. Irving Katz and family on the yahrzeit of his mother Sarah… Read More »Carry or Be Carried?

I dedicate this week’s parsha in loving memory of my father and mentor, Jack Winston (Yisroel Ya’akov ben Tzvi, z”l). Da’as is the main topic… Read More »What Do I Know?

This week we read the parsha of Korach’s uprising against Moshe. “And Korach the son of Yitzhar, the son of K’has, the son of Levi.[16:1]”… Read More »The Unmentionable

In this week’s Torah portion, Korach foments an outright rebellion against Moshe and Aharon. He could not have chosen a more opportune moment. After the… Read More »The Other Side of Ambition

Pick up the fire-pans from the fire (and throw away the flame), for they have become holy…and make from them hammered-out sheets as a covering… Read More »Fires Not So Foreign[1]

They shall be TSITZIS for you, and when you see it, you will remember all the commandments of HASHEM to perform them, and you shall… Read More »Be Reminded