Order! Order!

By rabbijacobs | April 16, 2024

Order! Order! by Rabbi Richard Jacobs One would expect that on Seder night there be some “seder” (order) to the evening, yet when you look […]

Parshas Kedoshim 5784

By Shai Mandel | April 14, 2024

The Meaning of Kedushah By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Kedoshim we are commanded (Vayikra 19:2), “You shall be kadosh (generally […]

Pesach 5784

By Shai Mandel | April 14, 2024

How Pesach Brings Us Closer to Hashem By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The Torah commands us that on the night of the […]

Parshas Acharei Mos 5784

By Shai Mandel | April 14, 2024

Precious Fences BY Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Parshas Acharei Mos contains the basis for all Rabbinic decrees, such as muktzeh, yichud, stam […]

Shabbos Hagadol 5784

By Shai Mandel | April 14, 2024

Making the Shabbos Great By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The Shabbos before Pesach is called Shabbos HaGadol, literally “The Great Shabbos.” The […]

Parshas Tazria  5784

By Shai Mandel | April 10, 2024

The Torah’s Remedy for Vanity By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Tzaraas is a spiritual disease roughly translated as “leprosy.” It comes as […]

Parshas Shemini 5784

By Shai Mandel | April 2, 2024

The Need for Embarrassment By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Shemini, the Mishkan was completed. Moshe calls upon Aharon to assume […]

Parshas Tzav 5784

By Shai Mandel | March 27, 2024

The Far-Reaching Effects of Thoughts By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In this week’s parsha, we learn about the korban olah and the […]

Parshas Vayikra 5784

By Shai Mandel | March 20, 2024

What a Person Cannot Forget By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah ׂׂ(www.bircas.org) When a person commits a sin b’shogeig (as a result of forgetfulness), […]

Parshas Pekudei 5784

By Shai Mandel | March 13, 2024

What it Takes to Be a Ben Olam Haba By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Pekudei, the final parsha of Sefer Shmos, begins […]