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At the most importune time in the history of a fledgling nation, tragedy strikes. On the eighth day of the inaugural ceremonies for the Mishkan,… Read More »Inner Peace

Talk about entanglement. The simple narrative has Nadav and Avihu dying because they brought an “unauthorized fire” during the inauguration ceremony in this week’s parsha.… Read More »Entanglement

BS”D Volume 39, No. 26 28 Nissan 5785 April 26, 2025 Sponsored by Rona and Aaron Lerner in memory of his father Yaakov Yona ben… Read More »Laws of Kohanim

This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Torah Tapes on the weekly Torah portion: Tape# 93, Melacha… Read More »The Requirement of Jewish Leadership: A Feeling of Unworthiness

Why is this night different from all other nights? (Haggadah of Pesach) Why do questions play such a major role at the Pesach Seder? What… Read More »An Open-Ended Question

BS”D Volume 39, No. 25 14 Nissan 5785 April 12, 2025 Sponsored by Rabbi Sanford H. Shudnow and family in memory of his father Mr.… Read More »Another Angle

The Navi Yeshaya foretold that the dominating Assyrian empire of Sancheriv would fall, and there would be great rejoicing among the Jews.  “The shir will… Read More »The Hallel at Pesach and it’s Sources

One of the biggest yetzer haras we have tells us that we can’t be happy until we have more. It tells people that though what… Read More »Happy Soul?

TZAVYirmiyahu 7:21–8:3, 9:22–23The Inner Value of the Sacrifice The Torah’s viewpoint on Divine sacrifice and service differs greatly from world nations’ selfish approach. Although there… Read More »The Inner Value of the Sacrifice

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 Tzav