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Shimon HaTzadik was from the remnant of the Men of the Great Assembly and he used to say: “On three things the world stands on… Read More »The World Stands on This Pillar

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1250 Erev Shavuos on Shabbos.… Read More »Thoughts For Shavuos: I am “One Yosef” Because of the Power of Torah

BS”D Volume 36, No. 34 5 Sivan 5782 June 4, 2022 In this week’s Parashah, Bnei Yisrael are counted. R’ Moshe ben Nachman z”l (Ramban;… Read More »Everyone Counts

In his introduction to Chumash Bamidbar, Ramban speaks of the ways in which the encampment around the mishkan recreated Klal Yisrael’s encircling Har Sinai at… Read More »The Royal Guard

Rabbi Shimon said: Be careful with the recitation of the Shema and the prayers. When you pray, do not regard your prayers as a fixed… Read More »Chapter 2, Mishna 18(a): Prayer – Internal

Question: What are the Yom Tov restrictions in regard to flowers? Discussion: Flowers, while still connected to the ground, may be smelled and touched, provided… Read More »Shavuos: Questions And Answers

This week we begin the book of Numbers. Actually, the first portion, Bamidbar, begins with a discussion of numbers. Moshe was told to count the… Read More »The Starting Count

The role the stars play in it all has its limits, based on G-d’s wisdom. Some of their functions can be seen with our own… Read More »Chapter 7: The Influence of the Stars – Paragraph 4

Friday Night This world is, well, not what it could be, and I am being polite. Years ago, I would have said it lost its… Read More »True Leadership

If one’s fellow sinned to him and he does not want to rebuke him or speak to him at all because the sinner is particularly… Read More »Chapter 6, Law 9 – Letting It Go