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Abraham and Sarah weren’t supposed to have children. The Torah stresses it again and again. The first thing we learn about Avram’s wife is that… Read More »Existence Above Nature

Is There a Mitzva to be B’simcha? Avraham was given tests.  He was told to go, and leave behind his elderly father, but wasn’t told… Read More »Ha’aros for Lech Lecha

And he (Avraham) believed in HASHEM, and He accounted it to him as (TZEDAKA) righteousness. (Breishis 15:6) And he (Avraham) believed in HASHEM: He did… Read More »The Ultimate Tzedaka

בס”ד Volume 41, No. 3 13 Cheshvan 5787 October 24, 2026 Sponsored by Gilla and Harold Saltzman in memory of his mother Rivka Rachel bas… Read More »“The True Master”

This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on Parshas Lech Lecha: #1486 – Quantity vs. Quality… Read More »The Power of Dirt: The True Source of Our Strength

At first Elokim (The Almighty) created the heavens and the earth. (Bereshith 1:1) God’s name “Elokim” appears in the plural grammatical form, which raises a… Read More »The Meaning is Clear

Getting out of bed in the morning is generally a two-step process. After we wake up, we stretch out on the bed in order to… Read More »Out of Order

GOD TOLD AVRAM, “Leave…and I will make your name great…” (Bereishis 12:1–2). Wait, wasn’t having a name the problem with the people who built Migdal Bavel… Read More »A Name of One’s Own

The Torah says that before the Flood, “the earth was corrupt before G-d, and the earth was filled with chamas” [Genesis 6:11]. Rashi, the classic… Read More »Sweat the Small Stuff

This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on Parshas Noach: #1485 – I Just Saw a… Read More »Finding the Rainbow in Every Person