Parshat Ekev תשפ”ה

Ekev is the third portion in the fifth and last book of the Torah,דברים Devarim(Deuteronomy), which Moshe related in its entirety to the Jewish people in the last 36days of his life, the last three portions (וילך, האזינו, וזאת הברכה ) being said on the 7 th ofAdar, the day Moshe died.Our sages tell us

Vaetchanan תשפ”ה

The Talmud (Makot 23b) teaches us that Hashem gave the Jewish people 613 מצות –Mitzvot (commandments).דרש רבי שמלאי: שש מאות ושלש עשרה מצות נאמרו לו למשה …אמר רב המנונא מאי קרא תורה צוה לנו משהמורשה תורה בגימטריא שית מאה וחד סרי הוי אנכי ולא יהיה לך מפי הגבורה שמענוםRabbi Simlai taught: 613 commandments were told

Me Time: Ushering the Joy

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Tisha B’Av תשפ”ה

Napoleon was once passing a shul in Paris on Tisha B’Av when he heard the sounds of crying and wailing coming from within. Thinking that something terrible was going on, he stepped inside to see what he could do to help. What he saw shocked him. People were sitting on the floor with candles lit

Live From the Catskills: July 27th

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Parshat Matot – Masei

It is difficult for us to appreciate the power of our speech since we live in a materialistic world, where actions, which we can see and evaluate, take on greater importance than speech, which seems to be just a string of utterances with no visible impact. Our world subscribes to the notion that “actions speak