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On Shevuos we recall and relive that seismic event of the Jewish Nation receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai. Is it fair to ask, “What… Read More »Supernal Chicken Soup

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1382 The Halachic Issues with… Read More »Klal Yisrael is a Role-Oriented Religion and a Role-Oriented Nation

Life is just so busy. Traveling to work, back home, family responsibilities, household responsibilities; the days seem to go by in a blur-like fashion. My… Read More »H-E-C-T-I-C

We finished off last week’s parsha with halachos of self-worth. In this week’s parsha we find out that self-worth comes from having none. I know,… Read More »B’Keri and Bamidbar

But if you do not listen to Me and do not perform all these commandments and if you despise My statutes and reject My ordinances,… Read More »Is Done Unto Him

If your brother becomes impoverished…[2] A midrash[3] pairs two events – but it is difficult to see how they are related. “Revenge against Yisrael, on… Read More »Sweet Revenge[1]

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1380 – Can One Be… Read More »Shemita + Har Sinai + Lashon Racha = Unity

בס”ד Volume 40, No. 29 22 Iyar 5786 May 9, 2026 Sponsored by Elaine Taragin in memory of beloved husband Jerome Taragin a”h The Rutstein… Read More »The Land’s Real Beauty

When my wife and I first walked into our apartment in Israel, we were struck by the absence of something that we had taken for… Read More »Something We Can Call ‘Our Own’

Fire and thick clouds descended on Mount Sinai as millions of Jewish people trembled in awe at the foot of the mountain. And then the… Read More »Small Coincidences