All posts by: moishe

• Pinchas

  9 months ago

  Changing of the Garments

  Pinchas: Changing of the Garments As was the custom of the Rebbes before him, the fourth Grand Rebbe of Chabad the Rebbe R’ Shmuel (Mahrash) would hold Yechidus, ..

  Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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• Matos

  9 months ago

  The Good Fight

    Matos: The Good Fight   The Chovos Halevavos in the section Yichud Hashem describes the following scene. A group of soldiers are returning from a victorious ..

  Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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  Devarim

  9 months ago

  Happy Sadness

  As we mourn for the loss of the Beit HaMikdash in the days leading up to Tisha B’Av, it seems strange to say that in a funny sort of way we should be happy that ..

  Written by Julian Alper
• Shoftim

  9 months ago

  Getting Your Bearings

  “Do not deviate right or left from the commandment so that you live long” [1]. We of course understand the importance of not deviating from the commandments, ..

  Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
• Shoftim

  9 months ago

  Shoftim: Always Wanted

  Shoftim: Always Wanted[i] In 2013 I heard an interview on National Public Radio with a man named Mike Williams. Mr. Williams was the inventor of the first intraoral ..

  Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
• Sukkos

  9 months ago

  The Only Way to Happiness

  “Seven days you will celebrate (the festival of Sukkos)… and (on Simchas Torah) you will be only happy” [1]. The word “only” (ach) indicates an exclusion ..

  Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
• Chanukah

  9 months ago

  Sold Out but not Souled Out – Chanukah

  On Chanukah we commemorate the miracles of defeating the Greeks and the discovery of a single canister of pure undefiled oil in the Temple. But why do we still celebrate ..

  Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
• Vayishlach

  9 months ago

  Best Friends

  Best Friends.  Vayishlach 5783   As he was being pursued by his evil brother Eisav, Yaakov sent angels in attempt to save himself [1]. But is this not a little ..

  Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
• Vayechi

  9 months ago

  parashst vayechi

  This week's parasha tells us about the passing of Jacob our father, the parasha talks about the obituary they did for Yaakov and his burial in the Cave of the Patriarchs, ..

  Written by rocker1234
• Kisavo

  9 months ago

  Ki Tavo

  “Moshe commanded the people on that day, saying”( Deuteronomy 27,11) The Chida points out that the acrostic of this verse spells the Hebrew word “me’ahava”, ..

  Written by Anonymous