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As a child, whenever I arrived at this week’s Parsha, I recall feeling something of a letdown. From the beginning of Bereishis, each Parsha had… Read More »Climbing Unto Love or Falling into Lust

This parsha is called Mishpatim. Simply translated it means ordinances. The portion entails laws that deal with various torts and property damages. It discusses laws… Read More »Sealed and Delivered

Last class, we continued reviewing the final bracha of Shemoneh Esrai and briefly discussed prayer tips for Modim, the seminal expression of thanks in the… Read More »Modim: The Essential Need for Thanks

Honor your father and your mother- (Shemos 20:12) We have, as a general rule, that HASHEM does not overburden us with tasks that cannot be… Read More »This Mitzvah is the Cure

I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Me.[2] Actually, the Bnei Yisrael walked out of Egypt. They probably would have preferred taking… Read More »High-Flying Geulah

This week we read the parsha of Yisro. “And Yisro, the father-in-law of Moshe, heard all that Elokim had done for Moshe and Yisroel his… Read More »Change of Heart

Yitro Volume 39, No. 17 17 Shevat 5785 February 15, 2025 Sponsored by Mrs. Faith Ginsburg on the yahrzeit of her father, Herzl Rosenson (Naftali… Read More »What Changed?

DOES JUDAISM BELIEVE in reincarnation? Those who quote Saadia Gaon say no. But it is hard to imagine how, if he had a copy of… Read More »Reincarnation

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1324 Saying Kaddish: All Aveilim… Read More »If They Were Just Rich Men, They Still Would Not Necessarily Be ‘Anshei Chayil’

The six hundred thousand people gathered around Mount Sinai didn’t discuss it beforehand. They didn’t consult with each other and decide on a consensus response.… Read More »Spontaneous Consensus