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The rabble that was among them craved for lust, and the Bnei Yisrael also wept again. They said, “Who will feed us meat?”[2] There is… Read More »Spiritually Inflated Egos[1]

Aaron did so; he lit the lamps toward the face of the Menorah, as HASHEM had commanded Moshe. (Bamidbar 8:3) Aaron did so. This shows… Read More »Be a Window and Not a Pane

This Monday, I began, a two-part series of classes called “The Mystery of Jewish History.” I came up with the title years ago when writing… Read More »Straight Up

This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: # 196, Vegetarianism. Good Shabbos! There is a… Read More »The Ananei Hakavod Teach Us to Learn Torah and Do Miztvos in All Conditions

This weeks parsha, B’haaloscha, deals with many very diverse issues. A major portion is devoted to our travels in the wilderness. These travels were dictated… Read More »Don’t Sue the Travel Agent

This week’s Torah portion begins with the mitzvah that Aharon was given in the Mishkan, to prepare and kindle the Menorah. The word “be’haaloshcha,” meaning… Read More »Let

This week’s portion ends with a disheartening story, one that Jews are reminded to recount every day of their lives. The great prophetess, Miriam, sister… Read More »Fatherly Rebuke

This is the law of the Nazirite: On the day of his completing his Nazirite period, he shall bring himself to the entrance to the… Read More »A Golden Crown

A spirit of jealousy passed over him, and he had warned his wife, and she had become defiled. Or a spirit of jealousy passed over… Read More »Jealousy’s Dual Spirits

BS”D Volume 39, No. 32 11 Sivan 5785 June 7, 2025 With 176 verses, Naso is the longest single Parashah in the Torah. R’ Yitzchak… Read More »A New Start