These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1201 – The Shabbos Bris… Read More »Why Was the Metzorah Put Into Solitary Confinement?
BS”D Volume 36, No. 27 1 Nissan 5782 April 2, 2022 Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Jules Meisler in memory of Jules’ father Irving Meisler… Read More »First or Last
In this week’s Torah reading, we are informed, almost in passing, of the commandment regarding circumcision of male children at the age of eight days.… Read More »The Rite to Circumcise
“…he shall be brought to Aharon the Kohein, or to one of his sons the Kohanim” (13:2) The Torah discusses a person who is afflicted… Read More »Have A Good Look
One of the peculiarities of tzaraas is the fact that someone whose body is fully engulfed in the disease is considered tahor (ritually pure). Tzaraas… Read More »Open Your Eyes
Yechezkel 45:16 This week’s haftorah, read in conjunction with Parshas Hachodesh presents the upcoming month of Nissan in a magnificent light. It begins with an… Read More »Haftorah Commentary – Parshas Hachodesh
There is an underlying theme to the message of the Metzora. This spiritual disease that causes discoloration of the skin or of hairs upon the… Read More »Self Destruction
Friday Night WHEN YOU HAVE a problem with your skin, you go to a skin doctor. Unless, of course it was tzara’as, in which case… Read More »Flesh Wound
1. On the influence of the stars upon events 1. G-d instilled yet another factor upon the stars, which is that all of the events experienced… Read More »Chapter 7: The Influence of the Stars – Paragraph 2
QUESTION 10: It was only 3 minutes before the bus was scheduled to arrive, and I started running towards the only phone near the bus… Read More »Running to a Phone
