These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1303 – Is A Woman… Read More »A Tzadik Has the Same Yetzer HaRah as Everyone Else, But…
BS”D Volume 36, No. 48 14 Elul 5782 September 10, 2022 Sponsored by Irving and Arline Katz on the yahrzeit of her father, Moshe Aharon… Read More »What Hashem Wants
You shall bring her into your house. She shall shave her head, and let her nails grow.[2] Rashi explains: The Torah arranges for the star-struck… Read More »Taking Stock
Rabbi Chalafta ben (son of) Dosa of K’far Chananya said: When ten people sit and study Torah, the Divine Presence dwells among them, as the… Read More »Chapter 3, Mishna 7: The Spirit of G-d
This week’s Torah reading begins with all the ills that can befall a domestic society. These include lust and exploitation of other human beings, especially… Read More »It’s Sometimes Better NOT to Look for the Root Cause
This weeks parsha, Ki Saitzay, begins with a very strange law pertaining to our going to war. Before we deal with that law, let’s get… Read More »We’re Not There Yet
The Mitzvah: The Jewish soldier who sees a beautiful gentile woman in war, and who desires to take this captive as a wife, is permitted… Read More »Yefas Toar: Captivating Beauty
This week’s portion opens with a discussion of the laws pertaining to the Jewish soldier whose passions are aroused in battle, impelling him to take… Read More »Alive With Spiritual Pleasure
“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way when you were leaving Egypt …you shall wipe out the memory of Amakek from under the… Read More »Passion For Progress
“And he shall gladden the wife that he took”(24:5) The Torah specifies that a newlywed is exempt from military service for a year, so that… Read More »Happy To Please