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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

31. Nedarim If a person forbids something tangible to himself even without swearing an oath, he must fulfill his vow and he is forbidden to… Read More »Vows