Parshat HaShavua
25 publishedDivrei Torah and timely pieces on the weekly parsha.
Parshat Noach – When Rain Becomes a Flood
In last week’s parsha, we learned that the first rain in history waited for Adam. This week, in…
Parshat Bereishit – The First Rain and the First Prayer
Last week after Tefillat Geshem, we started saying משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם (prayer for rain) in Shemoneh Esrei. This…
The Ketubah and the Broken Tablets – Parshat Vezot Haberacha
On Simchat Torah we do something different than the usual We read the last words of the Torah,…
Parshat Ha’azinu – Shabbat Shuva – Witness and Spiritual Connection
Parshat Ha’azinu usually coincides with Shabbat Shuva – the Shabbat of The Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashana…
Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech – Standing as One, Returning to Hashem
Parshat Nitzavim opens with the gathering of the entire Jewish nation—"Atem nitzavim hayom kulchem" ("You are standing today,…
Parshat Ki Tavo – Becoming a Nation Every Single Day
Why does the Torah say "this day"? The Jewish people had already received the Torah forty years earlier…
Parshat Ki Teitzei – The Chain Reaction
Parshat Ki Teitzei contains 74 distinct mitzvot—more than any other Torah portion—classical commentators reveal an intricate and very…
Compromise
Rabbi Yochanan said: “Jerusalem was destroyed because the Rabbis decided cases by the exact letter of the law…
Derech Eretz
Rabbi Yochanan says a Mishnah teaches the rules about giving respect to the president of the Sanhedrin. It…
Teaching Habits
Ta’anis 8a : Reish Lakish prepared his Mishnayos forty times (paralleling the forty days that Moshe spent learning…