torah

This week we read the parsha of Ha’azinu, quickly followed by the holiday of Sukkos which begins on Monday. “Ha’azinu ha’shama’yim va’a’dabera {Listen heavens, and… Read More »Counterfeit!

The forty days from the beginning of Elul through Yom Kippur correspond with the forty days during which Moshe beseeched Hashem to forgive Bnei Yisroel… Read More »Say It With Chumros

The Story Aryeh was having a difficult morning. The smoke detector went off in his home just after he woke up. He ran outside with… Read More »Birchos HaTorah

They are among the most stirring words in the Torah. In vermilion verse, Moses calls upon heaven and earth to bear witness to the poetic… Read More »Open Door Policy

The song of Ha’azinu encompasses a panoramic view of Jewish history. It tells of the past, present, and future of Klal Yisrael. However, Moshe does… Read More »Non-Trivial Pursuit

When I call out the Name of Hashem, ascribe greatness to our G-d.[1] Our pasuk is the gemara’s[2] source for birchos haTorah – reciting berachos… Read More »It’s All Real

IT ALMOST FEELS like time travel. Next week will be hectic and probably tiring, so I am getting a head start on the next issue… Read More »Heart of the Kingdom

BS”D Volume 38, No. 51 3 Tishrei 5785 October 5, 2024 Sponsored by Aaron & Rona Lerner in memory of his mother Fay Lerner (Faiga… Read More »Torah Is for Everyone

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1393 – The Baal Tokeah… Read More »A Thought From the Haftorah of the First Day of Rosh Hashana

Now, write this song for yourselves and teach it to the Bnei Yisrael.[1] Halachically, this pasuk commands each of us to write a sefer Torah.… Read More »It’s Not Just Tradition