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The Avos, the Gemora says, were called Yesharim, the Upright Ones, and that they were. Few, if any other peoples, have such illustrious ancestors who… Read More »Straight Away

Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person… Read More »Parsha Summary for Parshas Vayechi

M’lochim I 2:1 The Talmud in Bava Matzia 87a tells us that Yakov Avinu [our father] was the first person to “get weak” prior to… Read More »Haftorah Summary for Parshas Vayechi

This week we read the parsha of Vayechi, completing the Sefer {Book} of Breishis. “Vayechi Yaakov {And Yaakov lived} in the land of Mitzrayim {Egypt}… Read More »Tears of Joy

How terrible the disappointment must have been for Simon and Levi! How crushing! They had come to their father’s bedside together with all their brothers… Read More »Stolen Crafts

“And Yoseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years and they put him in a coffin in Egypt.” (Genesis 50:26) Thus ends… Read More »Hope in a Box

Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is acquired with… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 6: The 48 Ways: 5-8: Exhilarating Fear

Bilaam said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps God will happen to appear to me, and He will show… Read More »What We DON’T See

BS”D Volume 34, No. 36 12 Tammuz 5780 July 4, 2020 Sponsored by Martin and Michelle Swartz on the yahrzeit (12 Tammuz) of Martin’s grandfather… Read More »Bar Kochva, Rabbi Akiva, and Redemption

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: CD #1125 – Saying Kaddish… Read More »ALL the Silver & Gold