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In this week’s Torah portion we find the moving exchange between Avraham and Hashem, in which Hashem promises to secure the Land of Israel for… Read More »Defying Natural Order

“And Avram heard that his [nephew Lot] was taken captive and he armed his initiates who had been born in his house – three hundred… Read More »Keeping Focus

Good deeds deserve good dividends, but there is one deed mentioned in this week’s portion that is veiled in anonymity. However, its dividends lasted so… Read More »Long Distance Call

Friday Night THE TORAH ONLY mentions the birth of Avraham in passing at the end of Parashas Noach. When Lech Lecha begins seven verses after… Read More »Legacy

As I stated in the introduction to this chapter, the Rambam’s fourth chapter is devoted almost entirely to health issues. As we saw earlier, the… Read More »Chapter 4, Laws 18-23 – Health Issues, Part III

Rabbi [Yehuda haNasi] said: What is the proper path a person should choose for himself? Whatever brings glory to himself [before G-d], and grants him… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 1(a) : Israel’s Dual Mission

Of all the clean animals you shall take for yourself seven pairs, (ish v’Ishto) a male and its mate, and of the animals that are… Read More »Husband and Wife

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: # 1221 – Plastic Surgery… Read More »A Tale of Two Teivah Riders

This week we read the parsha of Noach. “Noach was a righteous man… And the world was in a (spiritually) destroyed state… And Hashem said… Read More »Go the Distance!

The Mitzvah: All forms of robbery are forbidden as the unlawful taking of another’s possession is prohibited (Exodus 21:37; Leviticus 19:11,13). The crime of stealing… Read More »Stealing: Not For The Taking