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“…according to the number of names…”(1:3) Chazal refer to the fourth book of the Torah as Sefer HaPekudim – The Book Of Counting. Presumably this… Read More »Everyone Counts

Was it an accident of geography that a barren wilderness lay between Egypt and the Promised Land? Was it an accident of geography that the… Read More »The Wilderness Within

This week’s portion begins Sefer Bamidbar, telling the story of the major events that occurred during the forty year trek though the Midbar towards the… Read More »A Cut Amongst the Rest

WRITER’S BLOCK IS a real thing for some. There are an infinite number of ideas in the world, and yet a writer can feel as… Read More »Infinite Well

If you will go in My decrees and guard My Mitzvos and do them… (Vayikra 26:3) If you will go in My decrees…If you follow… Read More »It’s Always Worth It

If you will follow My decrees and observe my mitzvos and perform them…[2] A midrash[3] sees this pasuk as asking us to choose a path… Read More »Driving in Reverse

BS”D Volume 39, No. 30 26 Iyar 5785 May 24, 2025 Sponsored by the Katz family on the yahrzeits of Avigdor Moshe ben Avraham Abba… Read More »The Waiting Land

SOMETIMES YOU CAN be somewhere noisy, but one particular noise stands out and makes you focus on it. For example, I was once at an… Read More »Not So Anonymous

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1336 – The Tochacha of… Read More »Two Explanations of the “Giborei Koach” Title Given to Shmita Observers

Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person… Read More »Parsha Summary for Parshas Behar & Bechukosai