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“And you shall safeguard the matzos”(12:17) The literal interpretation of the verse is that one should approach the preparation of the matzos with extreme caution,… Read More »Do Not Resist

The silly family in the following story makes nine mistakes. Can you find them? Can you think of how the story is connected with the… Read More »Parshas Bo – Mezuza

Egypt was in ruins, utterly devastated by the first nine plagues. The cities were reduced to piles of rubble, with dead and wounded everywhere. Bloated… Read More »The Stroke of Midnight

Yirmiyahu 46:13 This week’s haftorah shows us a painful reality: that people are not willing to learn from the past and history will undoubtedly be… Read More »Haftorah Commentary Parshas Bo

After 210 years on foreign soil, many filled with sadistic slavery, the Jewish people get a taste of freedom. The Egyptian oppressors are devastated with… Read More »You Are What You Eat

“The girl [Rivka] ran to her mother’s quarters and related approximately what had transpired.” (Bereshith 24:28) From the above verse it is clear that Rivka… Read More »Short and To The Point

For a writer, the worst sight is a blank page. You stare at it, wondering how you are going to start. I have started this… Read More »Chapter One Hundred Forty-Five

The Kotzker Rebbe once explained the quest for holiness in this world with the following parable: Hashem has fashioned a ladder that reaches from Heaven… Read More »Heavenly Bound

[NOTE: The first part of this law, as translated in the past class, posed the question why the Torah promises us reward and punishment in… Read More »Chapter 9, Law 1(c) – Physical and Spiritual Rewards

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1146 – Polling Place/AA Meeting… Read More »What Was the Kal V’Chomer?