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‘And they sat down to eat a meal, and they lifted their eyesand saw, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead,...

In this weeks parsha we find the incident with Dina, the daughter of Yaakov, who was violated by Shechem. If you were to look...

After Yaakov worked fourteen years for Leah and Rachel, and settles his differences with Lavan -the pasuk states. ‘And Yaakov heard the words of...

Chazal teach usthat the Torah was written so preciselythat there is not even one extra letter written in the Torah. Yet, if you were...

It’s interesting to note that when the Malachim came to Avraham and he served them meat the pasuk says ‘V’el habakar ratz Avraham- which...

The parsha begins with Hashem telling Avraham to leave his land, his place of birth and his father’s house and travel to an unfamiliar...

‘Noach was a righteous man, perfect in his generation.’ (6; 9) Rashi on the words ‘in his generation’ notes, that there are those who say...

The Yom Tov of Succos is the culmination of the Yomim Noraim. The mitzvah of lulav is a symbol of our victory in din,...

The Rambam in Hilchos Teshuva writes, ‘What is a true teshuva? First, one must stop doing the aveira, then remove it from his thoughts...

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...

Prior to entering Eretz Cana’an, Moshe Rabbeinu warns the Bnei Yisroel about the challenges ahead. The pasuk recounts that when they left Mitzrayim ‘you...

Parshas Ki Savo describes the legendary episode, where Moshe gives over to klal Yisroel the berachos on Har Grizim and the klalos on Har...

One of the prohibitions mentioned in this weeks Parsha is where the Torah disallows any of the Amonim or Moavim to intermarry within Klal...

‘You should prepare a way and divide your surroundings into three portions…and it should be for a person who kills accidentally to run there’....

This weeks parsha discusses the mitzvah of tzedakah. It states that when someone will approach you and ask for tzedakah, you should give him. The pasuk concludes with a beracha ‘because of this mitzvah...

And you should eat, be satisfied and bless Hashem your g-d. (8; 10) The gemarah in berachos asks: how do we know that one makes a beracha before he eats and not just...

As we know, chumash Devarim is referred to as Mishna Torah, because it is a review of the entire Torah. One goal of this sefer is to review all of the mitzvos that Hashem has given...

We find in this weeks parsha that Hashem tells Moshe rabbeinu about the mitzvah of designating the arei miklat. An arei miklat is a refugee city for someone who killed another person accidentally. One lives there until the...

At the end of this week’s parsha the Torah relates how Moshe was going to divide eretz Cana’an amongst the shevatim. The pasukim begin by stating that Moshe gave a portion...

This week’s parsha begins (25; 11) ‘Pinchas the son of Elazar the son of Aaron the Kohen has turned My anger away from the...

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,...

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...

When one hears the name Korach they automatically associate it with machlokes. As we will I”YH read in this weeks parsha, Korach challenges Moshe...

In the last portion of parshas Shelach the Torah discusses the parsha of tzitzis. The pasuk says (15; 39) ‘This shall be fringes for...

In parshas Naso the Torah discusses the episode of a sota. If a man warns his wife not to seclude herself with another man...

Parshas Bamidbar begins with the counting of klal yisroel. When reading the parsha it seems rather evident that the commandment given to Moshe Rabbeinu...

“If you follow my statutes and observe my commandments and perform them” (26; 3)             In this weeks parsha, Hashem tells klal Yisroel that if...

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...

The parsha starts off with the pasuk- ‘Speak to the kohanim, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: Let none defile himself...

Who knows one? As the Seder is winding down, and we continuously struggle to fend off the fatigue that has been creeping up on...

This weeks parsha discusses the affliction of tzara’as that occurs on ones house; nigei batim. The pasuk says (14; 33) ‘When you come to...

There’s a well known medrash that states the following story: There was once a peddler who arrived into a busy marketplace. He incited a...

“And Moshe said, "This is the thing that Hashem has commanded; do , and the glory of the Lord will appear to you." (Vayikro...

The minhag on Purim is that during the reading of the megilah, certain parts are read with a sad and cheerless tune; the same...

One of the people that are obligated to bring a korbon oshom is a witness who denies knowledge of a particular monetary dispute. He...