The Holy One, blessed be He, acquired five possessions in His world. They are: (a) the Torah, (b) heaven and earth, (c) Abraham, (d) Israel,… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 10(b): Being Possessed With G-d – Part 2
Bezalel…did everything that Hashem commanded Moshe.[2] Not just everything that Moshe commanded Bezalel did Bezalel do, but what Hashem had commanded Moshe![3] His great wisdom… Read More »Practically Right
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1154 Does The Husband’s Early… Read More »A Tzadik on Someone Else’s Back
Part One of this class covered the Creation of Man and Woman, as it relates to internal power in women and external power in men.… Read More »Obligation or Privilege?: Part II
“And it came to pass after Yitzchak had spent a long time in the land of Gerar that Avimelech, the King of the Plishtim, gazed… Read More »Behind Closed Doors
QUESTION 77: The municipal parking meter requires that you add money to a magnetic stripe ticket for as long as you expect to stay. If… Read More »Leaving Magnetic Stripe Parking Garage Ticket
While the shaliach tzibbur repeats the Shemoneh Esrei, there may be some people who are still in the middle of their silent recitation. These individuals… Read More »A Chazzan’s Kedusha
In Parshas Vayakhel, all of the vessels of the mishkan and the mishkan itself are fashioned. Pekudei, completes the Sefer of Shemos. Pekudei, meaning counting,… Read More »Struggle as an End in Itself
When the people saw that Moshe was late in coming down from the mountain, the people gathered against Aaron, and they said to him: “Come… Read More »In Deep Deep Trouble
Anyone who occupies himself in the [observance of the] Torah in order to receive reward or avoid punishment is [considered as] one who occupies himself… Read More »Chapter 10, Law 5 – Preparing for the Secret