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The portion of Bechukosai begins quite simply. Hashem tells us: “If you will walk in My ordinances and observe My commandments and perform them. Then… Read More »Toil Trouble

Last class we reviewed the sixteenth blessing of the Shemoneh Esrai, the Shema Koleinu blessing and its emphasis on a request that HaShem hear our… Read More »Transitioning to Thanksgiving

LAST THURSDAY I got to shul a little bit early for Minchah and was learning when I overheard a conversation taking place a few rows… Read More »What Does He Want?

HASHEM spoke to Moshe on Mount Sinai, saying: Speak to the Children of Israel and say to them: When you come into the land that… Read More »A Heavenly Land

Hashem spoke to Moshe on Har Sinai, saying…the Land shall observe a Shabbos rest for Hashem.[1] What does shemitah have to do with Har Sinai?… Read More »How To Do It All

BS”D Volume 38, No. 32 17 Iyar 5784 May 25, 2024 Sponsored by the Katz family on the yahrzeit of Rochel bat Eliezer a”h This… Read More »Emancipation

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1292 – The Price of… Read More »Rebbi Teaches a Lesson So Clear That His Students Could Taste Its Message

There are four types among those who go to the study hall. [One who] goes but does not ‘do’ receives reward for the going. [One… Read More »Chapter 5, Mishna 17: Killing Ourselves

This week we read the double parsha of B’har-B’chukosoi. B’har begins with the laws pertaining to shmitah — the seventh year serving as a sabbatical… Read More »Shmita and Unity

“But the seventh year shall be a complete rest of the land…”(25:4) The Midrash introduces this week’s parsha by noting that Eisav was a “rah… Read More »Eye Want Yours