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 […]

Parshas Shoftim 5785

By Shai Mandel | August 27, 2025

The Fruits of Uninterruped Torah Study Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas Hatorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Shoftim we are commanded to place upon ourselves a king […]

Parshas Re’ei 5785

By Shai Mandel | August 20, 2025

Are Mitzvos Difficult? By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Re’ei, Moshe continues exhorting the Jewish nation to stay strong in their […]