Malchiyos A primary aspect of the Rosh Hashana davening is the Malchiyos: accepting Hashem’s authority. In the Musaf tefila, ten verses mentioning Hashem’s rule are… Read More »Elul, II — Kingship, Love of Hashem, the Pandemic
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: CD # 1261 – Did… Read More »Why Not Hire a Babysitter for Hakhel?
You are all standing today before Hashem[2] One of the ways that we have traditionally understood this pasuk is as reassurance to a Klal Yisrael… Read More »Spoil the Child, and Spare the Rod
And He took him outside, and He said, “Please look heavenward and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said… Read More »Giving to HASHEM Tzedaka
BS”D Volume 34, No. 46 23 Elul 5780 September 12, 2020 Sponsored by the Greengart and Lerman families in memory of father Zvi ben Ben… Read More »To Fear or Not to Fear
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day: I have put before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life—if you… Read More »Corona Check
The very two words that signify the titles of the two portions of the Torah that we will hear in the synagogue this Shabbat are,… Read More »Running in Place
Turbulence seems to be inescapable in Jewish history. When times are good, Jewish people tend to forget about the Creator and His Torah. They wander… Read More »The Ends of Heaven
This week we read the double parsha of Nitzavim and Va’yelch. Being that it is the last week before Rosh Hashana, it is quite fitting… Read More »A Hundred Bucks vs. Regrets
The Mitzvah: Rosh HaShanah is called Yom Teruah, “the day of shofar blasts” (Numbers 29:1). Every Jewish male is obligated to hear at least nine… Read More »Shofar: The Court Summons