Vertlach: Parshas Eikev
This weeks דבר תורה is לזכות רפואה שלימה ל-אברהם בייניש בן גאלדה שפרינצה.
ולאה בת חנה
And לזכר נשמת ר' אברהם בן שמחה זצ"ל
ר' חיים בן...
Vertluch: Parshas -Shoftim
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Vertluch: Parshas Bo
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Vertluch: Parshas Naso
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Vertluch: Parshas Ki Savo
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Vertluch: Shavuos 5772
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Vertluch: Parshas Ki Sisa
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Vertluch: Parshas Ki Savo
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The date of July 21st, 1969 is one that is in all the history books. It was the day that the astronaut Neil Armstrong...
Vertluch: Parshas Va’era
‘That is Aaron and Moshe, to whom Hashem said, "Take the bnei Yisroel out of the land of Mitzayim with their legions. They are...
Vertluch: Parshas Naso
In parshas Naso the Torah discusses the episode of a sota. If a man warns his wife not to seclude herself with another man...
Vertluch: Parshas Devarim
At the end of this week’s parsha the Torah relates how Moshe split up eretz Yisroel amongst the shevatim. The pasukim start off telling...
Vertluch: Parshas Tzav/Shabbos Hagadol
אֵשׁ תָּמִיד תּוּקַד עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לֹא תִכְבֶּה
‘A continuous fire shall burn upon the altar; it shall not go out.'(6; 6)
In this weeks parsha the...
Vertluch: Parshas Chukas
In this week’s parsha, we learn about the death of Miriam. At that time, the well that supplied klal Yisroel with water had dried...
Vertluch: Parshas Matos-Massei
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Vertluch: Rosh Hashana 5772
The Brisker Rav relates the following parable:
There was a man who earned his livelihood by smuggling illegal goods across the border from one country...
Vertluch: Parshas Korach
In this weeks parsha Korach contests Moshe Rabbeinu as the leader of klal Yisroel and Aharon with his kehuna and as being the Nasi...
Vertluch: Parshas Lech lecha
The end of this week’s parsha discusses that Hashem gave us the commandment of bris milah and how Avraham and Yishmael were both circumcised.
Dovid...
Vertluch: Parshas Vayishlach
‘Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to look about among the daughters of the land.’ (34; 1)
Dina...
Vertluch: Yom Kippur 5774
Rambam in hilchos teshuva, (perek aleph) asks how one says viduy (where one accepts and confesses they have sinned). He answers, we say ‘Ana...
Vertluch: Parshas Bereishis
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Vertluch: Parshas Vaera
Chazal go through every single plague that Hashem brought upon the Egyptians and ponder why that specific makkah was brought. The list enumerates why...
Vertluch: Parshas Bo
“Bnei Yisroel did according to the word of Moshe; they requested from the Egyptians silver vessels, gold vessels and garments.” (12; 35).
The aforementioned pasuk...
Vertluch: Pesach 5772
Throughout the night of the Seder there are many customs that we observe that seem to be out of the norm. We try to...
Vertluch: Parshas Balak
We find in this week’s parsha, Hashem tells Bilam not to go with the emissaries of Balak. As the pasuk says Hashem tells Bilam,...
Vertluch: Parshas Chukas
This weeks parsha begins with the commandment of the para aduma. The parsha begins with the words ‘zos chukas haTorah… (19; 2). The gemara...
Vertluch: Parshas Bechukosei
“If you follow my statutes and observe my commandments and perform them” (26; 3)
In this weeks parsha, Hashem tells klal Yisroel that if...
Vertluch: Parshas Mishpatim
The pasuk says ‘one who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.’ (21; 15) Rashi notes that the death...
Vertluch: Parshas Vayigash
Parshas Vayigash relates the climax to one of the most well known episodes in our illustrious history-the story of Yosef revealing himself to his...
Vertluch: Parshas Behar
In this week’s parsha, the Torah speaks about the sin of ona’ah. The first pasuk (25; 14) speaks about not victimizing another person, while...
Vertluch: Parshas Ki Sisa
Thisweeks parsha hasone of the lowest moments in our illustrious history, the sin of the goldencalf. In the beginning Moshe goes up to heaven...
Vertluch: Parshas Vayeishev
In this weeks parsha we find an incident in which Yosef is nearly transgresses an aveira with the wife of Potifar. The woman tried...