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
How low can a Jew fall in status? Even when a Jew is overcome by such difficult circumstances that he is sold into slavery, he… Read More »A Place of Refuge
The Torah does not usually leave room for official questions of faith. It tells us, in no uncertain terms, what our responsibilities are and the… Read More »… But Were Afraid To Ask
THIS IS A small parsha with big messages. The central theme is summed up by this verse: I am God your God Who took you… Read More »Living Higher
QUESTION 59: I own a set of Rabbi Reisman tapes. I wanted to have a friend listen to one of the tapes that I particularly… Read More »Copying a Tape In Case It Gets Lost
To Sarah he said, “I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Let it be a kesuth einayim for you and for all… Read More »Signs of Truth II
On Yom Kippur, if a person is sick and must eat, when possible he should have small amounts of food (shiurim). Since he is not… Read More »Small Portions