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• explaining the eishes yefas to'ar
• Ki Seitsei : Amalek did remind us not to give up on any Jew
• The aim of Amalek
• Mixtures
• Avoiding argument; message of shatnez
• 2 sheva brachos ideas
• What love really means
• Peaceful godly abode
• Bat Mitzvah in halacha; a good idea?
• Barmitzvah; why now?
• Pidyon Haben - a bit of an explanation
• Shalom Zochor - Appreciating the little things
• 3 unique things about Shabbos
• Hello, Goodbye
• The spiritual strength of Shabbos
• By the light of the moon
• Forward march
• all about the money
• Greece enlightening
• Oil Spill
• Sukkos - mamesh?
• Double taking
• Yom Kippur - a day of two halves
• when are we like angels?
• Actions speak just as loud as blasts
• Rosh Hashanah; a day out?
• the simanim - what are they good for?
• Life and death
• 2 final accolades of Moshe Rabeinu
• Read steady bless
• Rain & Dew
• Consolation prize
• Group exercise
• The end is nigh
• The best mohel ever!
• A right hiding
• Middle class
• Crying when it matters
• Physical reward?
• Divorce split
• Amonim & Mo’avim out!
• The most precious lost property
• Burnin’ cows!
• Robbin reliance
• The blessing omission
• Seeing is (self) believing
• 3 short vorts about the 2nd paragraph of Shema
• Using the enemy
• Heart-warming
• Which sin banned Moshe from the Land?
• And he’s missed it!
• Present acquisition
• Ourlandish
• Never forget where your coming from
• Pure as pure can be
• Branching out
• And then there was one
• Peace of my mind
• Don’t look back in anger
• Never say die
• Rolling stones
• I demand an explanation
• Real hearing
• Earth song
• Wow, it looks like the sea!
• Tzitzis; the reminder before mobile phones!
• Paperweight measures
• Presenting...the new 5th Chumash!
• out of order
• The mystery Chattas
• No wine-ing
• Every breath I take…
• Thinking of what could have been
• The first Rashi in each Chumash is always about...
• Torah toiling
• No Trade-Ins
• Self-worth
• Faith in the field
• when is Pesach?!
• your calling
• We love you orlah!
• Missing the boat
• No change
• On your own
• Can you fix it?
• Bad neighbours
• double-birdie
• Connection between tzara'as and the rest of the sedra?
• When birth is not enough!
• Kashrus & Silence?
• The whole truth
• 5 korbanos = 5 chumashim
• No Aharon HaKohen in Vayikra?!
• Olah - be the best!
• Korban - lost in translation
• What does the Mishkan testify about? (and a short idea about the shekalim)
• 2 ideas about Shabbos
• corrected half-shekel vort
• Why only half a shekel?
• Why not get a better builder?
• How does the me'il atone for lashon hara?
• You, yes you!
• Glean Machine
• The best things in life are…forced
• Proper hearing
• 3 ideas about Mattan Torah
• Underwater building project
• No stick
• warning falling on deaf ears
• When mercy is cruel
• 2 short vorts on Vaera
• My son...the shepherd
• hit for six
• Blessing on the kids
• life after death
• Goshen Green
• Judgment Day
• Life begins at 30
• Smile for the redepmtion flash
• Don't sit on it
• A case where flattery is muttar!
• Kiruv begins at home!
• From Galus to Galus
• When they were up they were up, and when they were down they were down…
• 2 short vorts on Toldos
• Waiting for the right girl
• Waiting for the right girl
• Once Yashar, always a yashar
• 127 years; 4005072000 seconds
• Bereishis - Sefer HaYashar
• The best chinuch
• Are you listening?
• Where did Avraham come from?
• Yetzer Hara - the senior partner
• Why was meat now ok?
• The Torah definition of counting
• Shmittah at Har Sinai?
• Lulav before Sukkos?!
• What's an 'adam' and why is it in korbanos?
• a small alef with a humbling message - but why here?
• What does hashra'as ha'schechinah mean?
• Difference between Mishkan and egel
• Why Mishlo'ach Manos?
• Why is the inner mizbeyach not mentioned until Tetzaveh?
• Glory Supporters - how the golden Mishkan was inkeeping with humility?
• Why a forced receiving of the Torah if we already said na'aseh ve'nishma
• Denial - a lesson in life from the Ramban
• From slaves to Torah-receivers in only 50 days? Impossible!
• Desperate times, desperate measures
• Lashon Hara - the reason for our slavery?
• A revealing Targum - the first step of slavery
• The word 'Tefillah'
• one person or many people?
• Mishloach Manos
• Why is Eliezer's name not mentioned in his moment of glory?
• Avraham cares about every little detail...
• Did Avraham see his family?
• Terumah; give and take
• chanuka; hoda'ah (not so short!)
• Hiddur Mitzvah (the sugya) - Long Vort
• Shavuos; using everything to serve HaShem
• What are we celebrating on Shavuos and why is it so small?
• If we didn't get the Torah, what did we get on Shavuos?
• finding your self in Torah
• Shavuos - what are we celebrating (for the thinker)
• Why was Esther allowed to risk her life? (6 answers)
• isn't purim the worst possible name?
• how speech mix-up caused Vashti's death (the inside story!)
• Simcha
• Hamelech - the real King
• pesach; what does down is in order to come up
• The REAL question of the 'mah nishtana' (Gra)
• A Quick Halachic Guide to the Seder Night - (Print out for your Seder?!)
• born again
• why no bracha on Maggid?
• Dayeinu - Mount Sinai but no Torah? You're having a laugh!
• Pesach Seder Table Vort: snippets you did not know about the ten plagues
• The 4 Cups; the Sugya
• A nice elul (/teshuva) gematria message
• Yom Kippur; the power of one second
• it's the final countdown!
• why no 'shehechiyanu' on counting the omer?
• Reducing simcha and the 3 weeks
• A difference between mourning and the 3 weeks (short vort)
• We ARE building the beis hamikdash! (short vort - dvar Torah)
• self destruction
• An untrue true vort for the musical
• The Three Weeks; a closer look - which Mikdash do we mourn for more?
• The 9 days; why no meat and wine?
• Simcha; what is it and what does it mean to decrease it?
• Dvar Torah : A bit of perspective of what Tisha B'av & sadness is to achieve : short vort
• simcha is not despite the tragedies; it is BECAUSE of the tragedies : short vort
• Why isn't Yom Kipur before Rosh Hashanah?
• Why isn't yom kipur before rosh hashana Answer 2
• Elul - mixtures of ahava and yirah
• Relying on 'zos!'
• Rosh HaShanah; Focus - short vort
• Succos; the longest yom tov we have
• Sukkos - the finale to the Rosh HaShanah-Yom Kippur-Sukkos sequence
• until the feet leave the marketplace
• it's the season to be jolly...
• Hiddur Mitzvah (the sugya) [long Vort]
• A shidduch : it's from HaShem
• sheva brachos : individual and together growth
• Divine Kindness
• A change of tone?
• Why can we not count Jews?
• Clutching at Straws
• Chesed and the traits of the Avos and Immahos
• chukim v mishpatim; an in-depth analysis
• what is the judgment of a king?
• Excuses, Excuses
• A funny title for a sedra?!?
• A smokescreen called Ketores
• reaction to tragedy
• what has the forbidden relationships (arayos) got to do with yom kippur?
• a tip in chinuch...courtesy of the kohen gadol on yom kippur
• undercover angels of mercy
• HaShem saves us from our enemies without us knowing! (short)
• Interpreting objectively
• i didn't know 'sfas' (thurs shir shel yom)
• why didn't the brothers realise it was Yosef???
• Kotzker Rav vort on kedushas Shabbes & kedushas Yom tov
• knowing the enemy [did you know you have 2 yetzer haras!]
• Comparing Shabbes and Yom Tov
• What happened with Miriam?
• leading questions (short)
• Aharon's 'consolation' prize
• rules for the (spiritual) journey
• I know it's hard, but... (Yovel)
• servants of HaShem (short)
• Shmittah; more far-reaching than you thought!
• Why does parshas Bamidbar come before Shavuos? (short)
• why the title 'bamidbar?'
• All together now; "we are all individuals"
• bringing out time and space
• Two levels of emunah (long vort)
• winning the battle and the war (Beshalach)
• My HaShem
• the shirah; making inspiration real
• beshalach; inspiration inside or outside natural environment
• letotafos; why speak African? [tefillin]
• A Friend in High Places
• the shortest vort ever!
• I can think of worse things than darkness!?!
• Where miracles are not enough (a short dating lesson)
• the last test; you'll never believe this!
• ezri m'im HaShem; divine help
• why did they not cry for Miriam (the uncut version)
• I know it's a 'chok' but why? - short Torah
• are we really supposed to die in the tent of torah? - short vort
• Why Hor HaHar? (short dvar Torah)
• No woman no cry
• Being the Best that you can reach
• Yisro's advice revisited
• The order of Moshe's speech to Bnei Yisrael (short dvar Torah (short vort))
• Dvarim; chazara
• This is THE year (short vort)
• Abomination! [short vort]
• Eikev; the little mitzvos that count
• History in general; perspective for repetition of chumash devarim
• Love thy Neighbour; a brief look at the suyga
• a bit of effort and a lot of help gives maximum result
• the unknown reason for shatnez
• Reach for the Stars; Potential
• Kedoshim; prisha
• Two extremes
• New - hot off the press!
• 'vehaya' vs 'vayehi' (sweet short vort)
• Ki Savo; birth pains
• I can't believe it's not Bikurim
• The Third Beis Hamikdash - part 2
• HisStory
• the punishment for the sin of the golden calf
• a leadership quality (betzalel)
• ki tisa; limits
• The fine line between a kosher and a non-kosher dispute
• A sustainable level of kedusha [kohannim vs leviim]
• in machlokes, anything goes
• the wrong outlook
• The Korach argument exposed
• Maaser to a kohen???
• Responding to Nature
• How far a mitzvah goes
• Kotzker Rav observation
• 'those who bless you I shall bless' - a map of history
• lech lecha; avraham's mission
• HaShem's army needs YOU!
• Corrupting the agency of atonement
• Hidden journeys (short dvar Torah)
• A lot of 'wasted' words? (short dvar Torah)
• Is Ever Hayarden part of Eretz Yisrael, and if not, then why did Gad and Reuven ask for it?
• the Jewish Idea of Strength - Dvar Torah
• an interesting contradiction
• going to war or coming from war?
• Recognising that HaShem is already in
• sins are to correct (short)
• missed opportunities
• Who you are and What you do - long dvar torah
• care about your fellow, man!
• blast from the past
• the exception that proves the rule
• When exactly was our marriage to HaShem?
• a short idea about a nazir; is he holy or a sinner?
• Men are from Yerushalayim and Women are from Bnei Brak!
• power of wine and why hold back...
• The Power of Positivity
• Changing from singular to plural???!?
• We're in it together; nitzavim and yamim noraim
• Who's a mover?
• Netziv on the Tower of Bavel
• Netziv: Dinosaurs DID exist!?!
• Noach's exit from the ark (better, updated, etc) - why wait?
• A question (and answers) to think about - why did Noach survive the flood???
• Not being a glory supporter
• a sweet explanation about the dove
• An Ish
• Why did Noach get drunk?
• Noach; get up and give!
• making and placing
• ambitions
• bad middos for good use
• THE characteristic of Yehoshua
• rogerchover vort on start of parshas Pinchas
• Preparations before we could fight Midyan
• Bein adam lechaveiro on His terms
• Why don't you need to give all your money to tzedaka?
• Two short vorts
• No tattoos here, and no factions either!
• Re'eh; reward and punishment
• Something short and sweet from the Kotzker on re'eh
• Why such a severe punishment(s) for the sin of the spies?
• Calev and Yehoshua's different tactics
• we were like grasshoppers?
• The Sin of the Spies explained
• Prosecution becoming Defendants
• the song of silence
• kashrus; different car, different fuel
• Where logic ends
• Jew(s) in golus long vort
• Looking before crossing [cross]roads
• Bitachon under the microscope
• times to be shoftim, times to be shotrim
• Shaking ourselves off from the dust (short vort)
• Parshas shoftim; Malchus
• Temimus - Completion
• Re-creation (Shabbos)
• Speech has effects!
• Heart Donors
• How many words for 'a gift' in Hebrew????
• isn't it the thought that counts
• building from the inside first
• Who will build the 3rd beis hamikdash?
• until the flame goes up on its own (chinuch)
• the tortoise over the hare
• Why Moshe's name isn't in Tetzaveh?
• tetzaveh; behind the scenes
• break-out
• Why did Ya'akov want to kick out?
• 'Brachos-gate;' from Yitzchak's perspective
• Live and kickin'... but no freechoice?
• Idolatry & adultery
• the odd one out of the 6 remembrances (short vort)
• an unpopular short vort
• shema yisrael (Short Dvar Torah)
• Think about it!
• answer number 2 to 'spot the shalom'
• Shabbes & the Mikdash
• can you spot the shalom?
• Vayakhel; the keruvim
• galus is temporary
• special effects
• life after death
• A Tale of Two Prophecies
• Was Leah hated???
• Destinations
• money money money...
• A Short-Winded Short Vort
• The mitzvah of chinuch explored
• chinuch
• Two types of laughter
• Bein Adam Lechaveiro that we forget
• An interesting idea from Rav Tzaddok
• Parshas Vaera; Worlds Apart - long vort
• another answer to the 'Pharoah's freechoice' DT
• Pharoah's free choice
• Grattitude to a river?!?!
• what was avraham praying for re sedom???
• Becoming givers; not only people who give
• Guests welcoming guests
• 2 more answers to the Yosef hishtadlus question
• The Ruler and the King (long vort)
• How the gemarra puts Yaakov's face appearing to Yosef
• Movin' on up ....don't sit down!
• why was yosef punished?
• in the blink of an eye 2
• in the blink of an eye...
• Forcing Mitzvos
• Korbanos under the microscope
• shalom - more than just peace
• 3 steps forward 3 steps back
• Did the Avos keep the Torah?
• Moshiach in Vayishlach
• 'Why do you ask my name?'; how non-English!
• what's in a change of names
• someone who has everything
• Enemy Tactics
• Under the Mountain
• 5 and 5; thought & action
• outsiders