Lech Lecha 5786

By rabbijacobs | October 30, 2025

Becoming Like a Wall By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org)  After Avraham succeeded in conquering the kings who had made war against Sedom […]

Parshas Noach 5786

By Shai Mandel | October 22, 2025

Meriting the Great Light By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The Parsha of Noach begins with the words: ”These are the generations of […]

Sukkos 5786

By Shai Mandel | September 30, 2025

Channeling Joy Into Mitzvos By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) We asked in the previous chapter why Sukkos is called the “Time of […]

Parshas Haazinu 5786

By Shai Mandel | September 30, 2025

A Shira Like No Other By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Most of Parshas Haazinu is a shira, a song that Moshe Rabbeinu […]

Parshas Vayelech 5786

By Shai Mandel | September 25, 2025

Constant Chizuk By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In this week’s parsha, Moshe Rabbeinu encourages Yehoshua as he prepares himself to assume the […]

Teshuva 5786

By Shai Mandel | September 25, 2025

Speaking to Your Heart — 5786 By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Sefer Devarim (30:11-14), we read a cluster of pesukim that […]

Rosh Hashanah 5786

By Shai Mandel | September 17, 2025

Being a Part of the Purpose of the World By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Maseches Rosh Hashanah (16a), the sages teach […]

Parshas Nitzavim 5785

By Shai Mandel | September 17, 2025

The Challenge of Teshuva BY Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) “This mitzva … is not far away …  but it is very close […]

Parshas Ki Savo 5785

By Shai Mandel | September 10, 2025

The Happiness Game  By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The parsha discusses the mitzvah of bikkurim (first fruits) — bringing the first fruits […]

Parshas Ki Seitzei 5785

By Shai Mandel | September 3, 2025

Elul 5785 By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The parsha states: When you go out to war and Hashem gives the enemy into […]