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These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1196. Taking a Choleh to… Read More »The Secret of the Kesher Shel Tefillin

They have strayed quickly from the way that I commanded.[2] How quickly? Serving the eigel ha-zahav a mere forty days after the revelation at Sinai… Read More »Kicking the Tires

And all the people stripped themselves of the golden earrings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron. He took [them] from their… Read More »The Oreo Cookie

BS”D Volume 36, No. 21 18 Adar I 5782 February 19, 2022 Sponsored by Eli, Rachel Adina, Daniel Avraham, Yonatan and Chana Rutstein in honor… Read More »A Stiff-Necked People

The sin of the Golden Calf remains one of the great mysteries in the story of the Jewish people throughout the ages. Flooded with miracles… Read More »This Makes Intelligent People Act Like Fools

Friday Night After the dust literally settles from the incident of the golden calf (Moshe ground it down to dust and added it to water… Read More »Glory of God

With this week’s parsha, Ki Tisa, the Torah completes the instructions for the building of the Mishkan {Tabernacle} and then immediately commands about Sabbath observance:… Read More »Holy Desecration

The Mitzvah Every Jew had to donate Machatzis HaShekel, “one half-shekel” for the daily, communal sacrifices brought up by the priests on the Altar on… Read More »Machatzis HaShekel: The Halfway Mark

“Hashem passed before him and proclaimed…”(34:6) After shattering the Tablets in reaction to witnessing Bnei Yisroel worshipping the Golden Calf, Moshe prayed on their behalf… Read More »Forged With Love

As Moshe beseeched G-d to restore His closeness and intimacy with the Children of Israel after the Sin of the Golden Calf, he appealed for… Read More »Ceding Control