torah

And they said to one another, “Indeed, we are guilty for our brother, that we witnessed the distress of his soul when he begged us,… Read More »Look Again

BS”D Volume 35, No. 10 4 Tevet 5781 December 19, 2020 Sponsored by Milton Cahn in memory of his mother Abby Cahn (Bracha bat Moshe… Read More »The Best Laid Plans

A little bit of light pushes away a lot of darkness. – Sefer Tzeda L’Derech The power of a light bit of light is really… Read More »With a Little Bit of Light

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1185 – A Smorgasbord of… Read More »The Names Menashe and Ephraim

Why does the Torah seem to say derogatory things about the sons of Yaakov? There is a cherem kadmonim not to speak derogatorily about the… Read More »Confrontation Between the Shvatim

When the shevatim first faced Yosef in Mitzrayim in Parshas Miketz, the posuk tells us (42:7), “Vayar Yosef es echav vayakireim…”, “And Yosef saw his… Read More »The “Actor”

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 41-43(b): Maturity and Diversity

In the morning, his spirit was agitated. So he sent and summoned all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men…Then the Chamberlain of… Read More »If At First You Don’t Succeed…

BS”D Volume 35, No. 9 26 Kislev 5781 December 12, 2020 Sponsored by the Vogel family on the yahrzeit of mother and grandmother Miriam bat… Read More »Notice the Small Things!

“The servant [Eliezer] took ten camels from his master’s camels…” (Bereshith 24:10) The Torah mentions specifically that these camels belonged to Eliezer’s master. Rashi explains… Read More »Human Nature