torah

This week we read the parsha of Mishpatim. “And these are the mishpatim {judgments} that you shall place before them. [21:1]” In last week’s parsha,… Read More »Help!

Among the complicated fiduciary matters that this week’s portion discusses, the Torah deals with seemingly simple and mundane issues as well. The Torah talks about… Read More »One Step Back – Two Steps Forward

Purim is on the way, b”H. This week is the first of the four special readings, Parashas Shekalim, in advance of and after Purim. This… Read More »Spiritually Real

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, his manservant, his maidservant, his ox, his donkey, or whatever belongs… Read More »The Best for Us

This weeks parsha, Yisro, begins with Yisro hearing all that Elokim had done for Moshe and Bnei Yisroel. Rashi (18:1) quotes the Gemara Zevachim that… Read More »Bacon and Eggs

Yisro, Moshe’s father-in-law, heard about all that G-d had done for Moshe and his people Yisrael, when Hashem took Yisrael out of Mitzrayim. Our minds… Read More »Hearing Is Believing[1]

BS”D Volume 40, No. 17 20 Shevat 5786 February 7, 2026 Sponsored by Dr. Irving Katz and family on the yahrzeit of his father Chaim… Read More »In the Desert

The mountain smoldered and quaked. Thunder and lightning rent the skies. The Jewish people in their great multitudes stood transfixed at the foot of the… Read More »Last But Not Least

I would personally like to dedicate this week’s Perceptions to the refuah shlaimah of a very close friend, Michaela Leeba bas Hendel Blima, amush. May… Read More »Potion of the Week

Yisro is the portion in which the Children of Israel arrive at their spiritual, intellectual, and moral destination. It is the portion in which the… Read More »Return to Sender