These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1135 – “Schar Pe’sios” –… Read More »Kiruv Success “On the Road,” But Not at Home
BS”D Volume 37, No. 3 11 Marcheshvan 5783 November 5, 2022 Sponsored by Harold and Gilla Saltzman, on the yahrzeit of his mother, Rebecca Saltzman… Read More »Guardian of the Pledge
This week we read the parsha of Lech L’cha where Hashem commands Avrohom Avinu {the Patriarch, Abraham} to leave his country, birthplace and home, with… Read More »I Lift My Hands
QUESTION 32: SCRAPING A CAR THAT’S PARKED BADLY My friend’s wife went to a doctor’s office, and the parking lot was full. Someone had parked… Read More »Scraping a Car That’s Parked Badly
This weeks parsha, Lech Lecha, deals with the ‘nisyonos’, the tests of Avrohom Avinu. The first test was alluded to at the end of Noach,… Read More »No Pain, No Gain
The Mitzvah: The first of the Ten Commandments is emunah, the belief and faith in G-d and His Torah, which lies at the very core… Read More »Emunah: Keeping the Faith
“And it occurred, as he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai…”(12:11) As they approached Mitzrayim, Avraham asked Sarah to claim… Read More »Environmental Hazard
Though this week’s portion is packed with messages and moral examples that we can garner from our forefather, Avram, there is, however, a small lesson… Read More »Case Closed
Friday Night IT USED TO be important to me to make Torah and science square with each other. When you are involved in outreach, the… Read More »By Invitation Only
So too anyone who bears a grudge against any Jew transgresses a negative prohibition, as it is stated, ‘And you shall not bear a grudge… Read More »Chapter 7, Law 8(b) – Who Are We? Part II