Korach: It’s Not So Simple I once read that R’ Aron Leib Shteinman quipped, “When people tell me they are acting not for their own sake but rather ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
Shelach: Feelings are real, but they aren’t reality “Feelings are real, but they aren’t reality”, I found this quote recently and I think its profound. In Shelach ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
וּמָה הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הוּא יֹשֵׁב בָּהּ הֲטוֹבָה הִוא אִם רָעָה . . .And how is the Land in which they dwell; ..
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דַּבֵּר אֶל אַהֲרֹן וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ אֶת הַנֵּרֹת אֶל מוּל פְּנֵי ..
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Naso: An Elixer of Peace This week in Parshas Nasso begins with the laws of Sotah. A Sotah is a woman who was cautioned by her husband to avoid secluding herself ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
וְהַצָּרוּעַ אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ הַנֶּגַע . . . וְטָמֵא טָמֵא יִקְרָא And the person with tsaraas in whom there is an affliction ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
Tazria: The Life Monger Parshas Tazria addresses the curious spiritual malady known as Tzaraas. Although Tzaraas would seem to resemble a skin condition of sorts, ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
Shemini: No Shame in Shame The story goes that R’ Yitzchak Blazer, also known as Rav Itzele Peterberger, (1837-1907) was approached by the community of St. Petersburg, ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
Someone once confessed to the Dubna Maggid that he does not feel Hashem’s love at all. In fact, despite performing mitzvos and finding time to learn Torah on a regular ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
The Medrash points out that what the Torah forbids by animals it permits by wild beasts; what it forbids by wild beasts it permits by birds, and what it forbids ..
Written by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler