torah

Hashem became angry with me as well because of you, saying, “You, too, shall not come there.”[1] This does not sound like the story we… Read More »Depends on the Audience

This week we begin the Sefer {Book} of Devarim {Deuteronomy}. “Aileh haDevarim asher debair Moshe el kol Yisroel {These are the things that Moshe told… Read More »Sense and Sensitivity

Moshe is saying his last good-byes to his beloved nation. He stands at Israel’s border and reviews forty years of trials and tribulations, the good… Read More »Speaking Louder

If a man makes a vow to HASHEM or makes an oath to prohibit himself, he shall not profane his word; according to whatever came… Read More »One Word: Plenty!

So there were delivered from the thousands of the Bnei Yisrael a thousand from each shevet.[1] Rashi explains the significance of this “delivery.” We are… Read More »Special Delivery

BS”D Volume 38, No. 42 28 Tammuz 5784 August 3, 2024 The second of the two Parashot we read this week begins, “These are the… Read More »Journey to Dveikut

He [Yehuda ben Taima] used to say: At five [one should begin the study of] Scriptures; at ten, Mishna; at thirteen [one becomes obligated in]… Read More »Chapter 5, Mishna 25: Quick Answers

This week we read the double parsha of Mattos-Massoy thereby concluding the Sefer {Book} of Bamidbar. The nation of Moav, afraid of Bnei Yisroel, joined… Read More »‘I Didn’t Take Your Spoons!’

Oaths and vows are very sacred things, so sacred that it is unthinkable that someone would violate them. In fact, no matter how skeptical and… Read More »The Human Ingredient

This week we read about the cities of refuge. A man who kills someone accidentally is exiled to an Ir Miklat, a city of refuge.… Read More »Kinder and Gentler Killers