torah

It was a momentous and joyous occasion when two of our era’s greatest rabbis, Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, celebrated the… Read More »Early to Rise

We’ve probably all met someone like Korach in our lives, and come across Dasans and Avirams. If you’re a humble person, you might find yourself… Read More »Ego Engineered

HASHEM spoke to Moshe saying: Make yourself two silver trumpets; you shall make them (MIKSHAH) [from a beaten form; they shall be used by you… Read More »Whenever We Decide

The People Complained  The people complained.  They wanted food.  The Mon was nice, but they longed for real food.  Hashem told Moshe Rabbenu that they… Read More »The People Complained 

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1384 Can You Be Mechalel… Read More »Anivus Is About the Way a Person Acts, Not the Way He Thinks

For the shevet of Ephraim, Hoshea ben Nun….For the shevet of Yosef, for the shevet of Menashe, Gadi ben Susi.[2] One pasuk speaks of Ephraim’s… Read More »Why Me?[1]

בס”ד Volume 40, No. 32 21 Sivan 5786 June 6, 2026 Sponsored by the Vogel family on the yahrzeit of uncle Yosef Leib ben Harav… Read More »A Long History

There is some disagreement regarding when Yisro left the Jewish camp for his home country, Midian. Some say it was prior to the giving of… Read More »20-20 Foresight

This week’s Torah portion begins with the mitzvah that Aharon was given in the Mishkan, to prepare and kindle the Menorah. The word “be’haaloshcha,” meaning… Read More »Let’s Step Up To The Plate

It seems that some people cannot appreciate something special. Imagine! The Jews were treated to a heavenly gift of manna, a supernatural delicacy that fell… Read More »Fish & Chip On the Shoulder