Elul 5578
The Month of Elul Rosh Hashanah, which falls on the 1st day of the month of Tishrei (this year, Sunday night, September 9th), marks the beginning of the new year 5779. This counts the years since the world’s creation, which…
Parshat Shoftim 5778
Parshat Shoftim תשע"ח If statistics are correct, Jews comprise .02% of the world’s population. There are over 2.5 billion Christians, almost 2 billion Muslims, billions more people in many other religions, including non-believers. The Torah instructs us to follow the…
Parshat Reeh 5778
Parshat Reeh This week’s portion discloses the secret to becoming wealthy. (This is the oldest get rich scheme in the book!) The verse says: ספר דברים פרק יד כב) עַשֵּׂר תְּעַשֵּׂר אֵת כָּל תְּבוּאַת זַרְעֶךָ הַיֹּצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה שָׁנָה שָׁנָה 22)…
Parshat Eikev 5778
Parshat Eikev In this week’s portion we come to the only ברכה - blessing mandated by the Torah according to all opinions. This blessing is the ברכת המזון - Birkat Hamazon, the Grace after meals. It is derived from…
Parshat Vaetchanan 5778
Parshat Vaetchanan This week’s portion, ואתחנן - Vaetchanan, which means “and I implored,” seems to begin in the middle of nowhere. Following the description in the end of the previous portion of how the Jewish people decimated the two…
Tisha B’Av 5778
Tisha B’Av Napoleon once passed a shul in Paris on Tisha B’Av. Hearing crying and wailing coming from inside and thinking that there was something terrible going on, he stepped inside to see what he could do to help. What…
Parshat Matot-Masei 5778
Parshat Matot – Masei תשע"ח In this week’s double portion, (depending on the year and on what days the holidays fall out, sometimes two weekly portions are read together) Hashem charges Moshe with his final task: retaliation against the…
Parshat Pinchas 5778
Parshat Pinchas תשע"ח This week’s portion begins with Hashem praising Pinchas for the zealous act that he performed at the end of last week’s portion, Balak. Pinchas’s conduct appeased Hashem’s anger and stopped the plague that had begun. Hashem rewarded…
Parshat Balak 5778
Parshat Balak תשע"ח This week’s portion, Balak, introduces us to בלעם - Bilam, history’s only legitimate non-Jewish prophet. Although many others claim to have had a prophecy, hence, so many religions in the world, they are all impostors. How so?…
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