torah

“And write them on the doorposts of your house and upon your gates” (6:9) Generally, a mitzva is defined by the object used to perform… Read More »Mi Casa Es Su Casa

The long-awaited moment is finally drawing near. The forty long years in the desert are coming to an end. The Jewish people are massed on… Read More »Sight and Insight

Moshe begins this week’s portion by telling the Jewish people how he pleaded with the Almighty to let him see the Land of Israel. He… Read More »I Have Just Begun to See

THERE IS A difference between being frum, and living frum. It’s like being a soldier. Most soldiers are not soldiers. They are citizens forced to… Read More »Outside and Inside

Ben (son of) Bag Bag said: Turn the Torah over and over for everything is in it. Look into it, grow old and worn over… Read More »Chapter 5, Mishna 26: The Infinite Depths

It’s no mistake that the name of the Hebrew month that contains the notoriously tragic day of Tisha B’Av is “AV” which means “FATHER”. In… Read More »ABBA-ABBA

BS”D Volume 38, No. 43 6 Av 5784 August 10, 2024 Sponsored by The Katz and Vogel Families in memory of Shmayah ben Shmayah Kalkstein… Read More »Review

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