Parshas Vayigash 5784

By Shai Mandel | December 20, 2023

Torah Leaves No Room For Negativity By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parashas Vayigash, Yosef is reunited with his family after years […]

Parshas Mikeitz 5784

By Shai Mandel | December 13, 2023

Placing Limits on Human Efforts By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) At the end of last week’s parsha, Yosef interpreted the dream of […]

Giving Thanks Through the Lighting of the Chanukah Lights

By rabbijacobs | December 7, 2023

הודאה בהדלקת נרות חנוכה By Rabbi Gavriel Leventhal Years ago, when I was a bochur in yeshiva, I remember standing with my friend right outside […]

Parshas Vayeishev 5784

By Shai Mandel | December 6, 2023

A Jew in All Circumstances By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Parshas Vayeishev begins just after the Torah lists the members of the […]

Parshas Vayishlach 5784

By Shai Mandel | November 29, 2023

Having It All By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) After serving Lavan for twenty years, Yaakov returned to Eretz Yisrael, which meant facing […]

Parshas Vayetzei 5784

By Shai Mandel | November 23, 2023

The True Meaning of Tzniyus By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In this week’s parsha, Yaakov Avinu comes to Padan Aram, where he […]

Parshas Toldos 5784

By Shai Mandel | November 15, 2023

We Are What We Praise By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Toldos, we are introduced to Esav, who as the eldest […]

Parshas Chayei Sarah 5784

By Shai Mandel | November 5, 2023

Our Inheritance from Avraham Avinu By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshiva Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) After the akeida, Sarah Imeinu was told that Avraham had taken Yitzchak […]

Parshas Vayera 5784

By Shai Mandel | November 1, 2023

Empowering Prayer By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Vayera, the birth of Yitzchak Avinu comes after the episode in which Avimelech, […]

The Importance of Torah Study

By rabbijacobs | October 30, 2023

by Rabbi Aharon Cobb and Betzalel Levin After the destruction of the Second Temple the remaining Jews in Israel continued to be persecuted by the […]