Parshas BeHaalos’cha 5778

By Shai Mandel | May 31, 2018

The Roots of Our Behavior By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah In this week’s parsha we learn about two incidents in which the Jewish […]

Parshas Nasso 5778

By Shai Mandel | May 24, 2018

Bringing Out the Good in Ourselves By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah This week’s parsha introduces the subject of nezirus, in which a person […]

Parshas Bamidbar 5778

By Shai Mandel | May 16, 2018

Cling to a Rebbe By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah A peculiar list of descendants appears in this week’s parsha. “And these are the […]

Parshas Bechukosai 5778

By Shai Mandel | May 10, 2018

Torah’s Inexplicable Effect On Us By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah This week’s parsha opens with a seeming repetition: “If you will go in […]

Parshas Bahar 5778

By Shai Mandel | May 3, 2018

The True Owner By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah In this week’s parsha, we are introduced to the shmitta, a year-long mitzvah in which […]

Parshas Emor 5778

By Shai Mandel | April 26, 2018

Free Will – Our Battle Front By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah This week’s parsha discusses numerous korbanos. Among them is the korban Todah, […]

Parshas Acharei Mos-Kedoshim 5778

By Shai Mandel | April 19, 2018

Precious Fences By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah In this week’s parsha appears the basis for all Rabbinic decrees, such as muktzeh, yichud, stam […]

Parshas Vayikra – Hachodesh 5778

By Shai Mandel | March 15, 2018

Making the Exodus Real By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah On the first Shabbos of the month of Nissan, we read “Parshas Hachodesh,” which […]

Parshas VaYakhel-Pekudei Parah 5778

By Shai Mandel | March 8, 2018

How Parah Adumah Atones By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah We read Parshas Parah on the Shabbos before Rosh Chodesh Nissan, to declare that […]

Parshas Ki Sissa Purim 5778

By Shai Mandel | February 28, 2018

What Are We Dancing About On Purim? By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah In Megilas Esther (8:16), it states that “the Jews fulfilled and […]