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Friday Night THE WHOLE THING is rather bizarre. We don’t think so because we’re used to the idea that we were once enslaved in Egypt,… Read More »Need to Know

B”SD Volume 36, No. 12 14 Tevet 5782 December 18, 2021 This week’s Parashah, Vayechi, is written in the Torah in a unique way. Every… Read More »The Beginning

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1275 – I Don’t Want… Read More »Chessed, Emes & Anava

He saw that tranquility was good, and bent his shoulder to carry loads, and became a forced laborer.[2] Did we hear correctly? He really appreciated… Read More »Torah Boot Camp

M’lochim I 2:1 This week’s haftorah records the last moments of Dovid Hamelech’s life and the parting charge which he delivered to his son, the… Read More »Parshas Vayechi

The toddler is joyfully playing with his new toy. It is a shiny stone that he has mischievously picked up from the floor. And with… Read More »What a Stone!

“And it came to pass after these matters that [the messenger] said to Yosef (Joseph), ‘Behold, your father is ill.’…(Beraishis/Genesis 48:1) This is the first… Read More »Aging Gracefully

The following is a discussion of Halachic topics related to the Parsha of the week. For final rulings, consult your Rav. Behold your father is… Read More »Medications On Shabbos

If we could look into the future and discover when the major events in our lives will take place, would we do it? If we… Read More »A Glimpse of the Future

The silly boy in the following story makes at least six mistakes. Can you find them? Can you think of how the story is connected… Read More »The Bedtime Prayer – Hamapil