torah

But his father refused, and he said, “I know, my son, I know; he too will become a people, and he too will be great.… Read More »Emunas Chachamim

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1231 – Day of Death… Read More »Yosef’s Motivation Reassures Yaakov; Yosef’s Legacy Empowers Us

And G-d said to Israel in visions of the night, and He said, “Yaakov, Yaakov!” And he said, “Here I am.” And He said, “I… Read More »Win the War

In Parshas Vayigash, when Yosef first reveals himself to his brothers with the words, “Ani Yosef”, “I am Yosef” (45:3), the Shvatim became disoriented out… Read More »Avoiding the Ultimate Shame

For Jacob’s brothers, this is the week of their “big reveal.” They suddenly learn that the viceroy of Egypt, the one who had taken their… Read More »No Surprises!

The Sages did not use the expression ‘World to Come’ because that world does not exist now — that this world will have to be… Read More »Chapter 8, Law 8 – The Future Near and Far

Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is acquired with… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 6: Ways 44-45: Torah to Do

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1186 – Facts About K’rias… Read More »Yehudah’s Sudden Switch

BS”D Volume 35, No. 11 11 Tevet 5781 December 26, 2020 In this week’s Parashah, Yaakov and his family descend to Egypt to be reunited… Read More »Choices That Matter

Tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and all that you saw…Then he fell upon his brother Binyamin’s neck and wept, and Binyamin… Read More »The Price of Fame