Yeshaya 1:1 This week’s haftorah concludes the three week series regarding the Jewish people’s exile and the destruction of their Bais Hamikdash. This final reading… Read More »Haftorah Commentary – Parshas Devarim – Shabbos Chazon
This week’s portion discusses an array of issues, among them entering and conquering of the land of Canaan, which was to occur shortly. The lands… Read More »The Usual Suspects
These are the words which Moshe spoke to all Israel on that side of the Jordan in the desert… (Devarim 1:1 2:5) WE’RE IN THE… Read More »Everyone’s a Critic
BS”D Volume 34, No. 39 4 Av 5780 July 25, 2020 Sponsored by Nathan and Rikki Lewin in memory of his mother Pessel bat Naftali… Read More »Learning How to Cry
Our great teacher Moshe begins his final oration to the Jewish people in this week’s Torah portion. He reviews for them the history of his… Read More »A Lasting Edifice
“…Let me gain possession of property for a burial place with you so that I can bury my dead from before me.” And the Hittites… Read More »Verbal Promises II
You are driving on this country road somewhere in the wilds of Northern England, it meanders up and down, a right turn here, a left… Read More »Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Nine
The next two classes focus on the generation of women who live during the enslavement of the Jewish people in Egypt, and who subsequently leave… Read More »Jewish Women and the Path to Redemption Part I
“Whoever accustoms himself to saying four things will merit to receive the Shechina: ‘Act for the sake of Your Name, Act for the sake of… Read More »The Divine Presence
QUESTION 60: There are two buses that go from the Wall Street area to Monsey in the evening, about 40 minutes apart. One day I… Read More »Waiting in a Hotel Lobby