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Matza in Mitzraim and for Forty Years The Problem In the Hagada of Pesach, Rabban Gamliel says the reason for the matza is that the… Read More »The Mitzva of Matza and the Mon: Beshalach 5785

WHY ARE YOU praying to Me? What kind of question was that? The Jewish people were helplessly trapped between the Egyptian army and the Red… Read More »At What Cost?

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1323 Lechem Mishna: What Exactly… Read More »The Zechus of Suffering on Behalf of Others

In this week’s parsha of B’sahlach, the Bnei Yisroel (children of Israel) safely passed through the Yam Suf (Sea of Reeds), after which, it came… Read More »The Great Mirror in the Sky

This week’s portion begins with the event that merits the title of the book – Exodus. The Jews finally are chased from Egypt. Hastily, they… Read More »Words of Remembrance

You shall take a bundle of hyssop and dip it into the blood that is in the basin[2] Hyssop bundles do not loom large in… Read More »The Binds That Tie[1]

BS”D Volume 39, No. 15 3 Shevat 5785 February 2, 2025 Sponsored by the Vogel family in memory of Yisrael ben Elimelech Vogel and the… Read More »Unconditionally

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1322 Chodesh Issues: Women and… Read More »Parents & Grandparents Brought Back to Witness the Results of Even Their Intentions

Yirmiyah 46:13This week’s Haftorah is from Yirmiyah 46:13. The rise of Nevuchadnetzar and Babylon to world dominance heralded the destruction of Mitzrayim (Egypt) eight centuries… Read More »Haftorah Summary for Parshas Bo

This week we read the parsha of Bo, containing the final three plagues followed by Bnei Yisroel’s {the Children of Israel’s} exodus from Mitzrayim {Egypt}.… Read More »The Perfect Day