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
There is nothing that is not hinted to in the Torah”, say Chazal[1]. Even those events that are destined to take place at the end of days are encapsulated ..
Written by Rabbi Nachum Chaimowitz
“Korach took…” [1] Korach led a rebellion against Moshe. We have been taught that whilst his followers foolishly sinned, Korach was wise, and instead it was his eyes ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
Pledges and vows are not to be taken lightly. “Do not profane your word” [1] we are instructed, since ‘it is profaning the holy’ [2]. But what exactly is so ‘holy’ ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
. . . And Dosson and Aviram — the same Dosson and Aviram the chosen of the assembly, who incited against Moshe and Aharon . . . (26:9) Dosson and Aviram had a long ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick