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BS”D Volume 38, No. 35 9 Sivan 5784 June 15, 2024 Sponsored by the Vogel family on the yahrzeit of mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Lorraine… Read More »An Amazing Commitment

Speak to Aharon and his sons, saying: So shall you bless the Bnei Yisrael.[1] According to a medrash, the Bnei Yisrael were none too happy… Read More »Watch What You Ask For

Why was his offering the same? And why does the Torah describe Nesanel’s offering in precisely the same detail as that of Nachshon, when it… Read More »Striving for More

Any dispute which is for the sake of Heaven will ultimately endure, and one which is not for the sake of Heaven will not ultimately… Read More »Chapter 5, Mishna 20: Endless Arguments

This week we read the parsha of Naso. The parsha begins with the counting {Naso} of the Bnei Levi {the sons of Levi} and the… Read More »Giving is Receiving

What is the greatest blessing to which a person can aspire in this world? For Jewish people, at least, the answer seems to be peace.… Read More »A Drink of Wine

What a person gives away seems forever lost. The Torah, in cryptic fashion, uses proper nouns and pronouns in a mysterious medley that teaches us… Read More »Eternal Gifts

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1295 — Davening/Bentching/Making Kiddush in… Read More »Birkas Kohanim: Peace of Togetherness Vs. Peace of Separate Pieces

IT SAYS IN Pirkei Avos: The Tablets are the handiwork of God, and the writing was God’s writing charus—engraved—on the Tablets. Don’t read “charus,” but… Read More »Bittersweet

Our reading this week discusses at length the camp of the Children of Israel “in the desert”—Bamidbar. The head of each tribe is identified, followed… Read More »Everyone Counts