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This is the workmanship of the Menorah: hammered-out gold, from its base to its flowers, it is hammered-out. According to the vision that Hashem showed… Read More »Taking a Beating

BS”D Volume 35, No. 32 18 Sivan 5781 May 29, 2021 L’ilui Nishmat Liba Devorah bat Miriam a”h Our Parashah opens with instructions regarding the… Read More »The Three Menorah Lightings

There are certain character traits which a person is forbidden to accustom himself in, even in moderation. Rather, he must distance himself to the opposite… Read More »Chapter 2, Law 3(a) – The World Isn’t Big Enough

Zecharya 2:14 This week’s haftorah gives us a profound insight into the spiritual direction of our present exile and final redemption. The haftorah begins with… Read More »Haftorah Commentary Parshas Behaaloscha

  These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1164 Davening For A… Read More »The Seventy Elders Come Well Prepared for Their Job

You’ve gone a long way…Aaron! No one likes to be left out. Imagine that you were a governor of a small but very idealistic province.… Read More »No One Likes to Be Left Out

Friday Night LAST WEEK’S PARSHA ended with the Chanukas Hamizbayach, vis-a-vis all the gifts the princes of each tribe brought for the occasion. This week’s… Read More »Living Higher

We are familiar with the Rashi’s comment in the second verse of this week’s Torah reading that the Priest who lit the candelabra was to… Read More »Let the Wick Catch Fire

The Torah reading of this week continues with the count of the different families within the tribe of Levi. We are aware that this tribe… Read More »Levite Leadership

Yossi ben (son of) Yochanan of Jerusalem said: Let your house be open wide, let the poor be members of your household, and do not… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 5(a): Charity Begins at Home