These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: # 1320 – Sitting Next… Read More »Dissension and Lashon Harah Undermine the Zechus of the Klal
Paroh’s daughter went down to bathe…She saw the basket…opened it and saw him…and a youth was crying…She took pity on him and said, “This one… Read More »Kedushah Can Be Sensed[1]
This week we begin the Sefer {Book} of Shemos {Names} with Parshas Shemos. “V’aileh shemos {these are the names} of Bnei Yisroel {the Children of… Read More »A Special Step-Mother
“…and she sent her maidservant and she took it” (2:5) The Torah relates that Pharaoh’s daughter Bisya went down to bathe in the Nile River,… Read More »Miraculous Delivery
In Jewish history, there is a hardly an object more expounded upon than the burning bush. Its symbolism is analyzed, its significance expounded upon, and… Read More »Burning Interests
WHY 210 YEARS? That’s what my chavrusa asked me recently. He understood why there had to be slavery, especially kabbalistically. He just hadn’t seen any… Read More »Why 210 Years?
Yoseif and the Other Brothers in the Brochos Yaakov Avinu gives final words to his sons. Regarding the condemnation of Shimon and Levi for their… Read More »Yaakov’s Brochos to the Sons
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: ##221, Exhumation: When Is it… Read More »Ephraim and Menashe: Role Models for Jews in Galus
Yisrael strengthened himself, and sat up on the bed.[2] Open any edition of Mikra’os Gedolos, and you’ll find marginal annotations known as the Mesorah .… Read More »Strengthening One Dooms the Other
And Yaakov lived in the land of Egypt for seventeen years, and Yaakov’s days, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty-seven years.… Read More »Living the Life