Lech Lecha
Parshas Lech Lecha In Pirkei Avos 3 we learn that Avraham Avinu was faced with ten nisayonos (tests). The Tosfos Yom Tov explains on this […]
Vayera
Parshas Vayera 5775 In this week’s parsha we learn a surprising yesod, namely, that taking in guests is so important that it takes precedence even […]
Yom Kippur 5775
Yom Kippur 5775 In Maseches Taanis 26b, Yom Kippur is referred to as the greatest day for Klal Yisrael, and Tanna D’Bei Eliyahu Rabba 1 […]
Shabbos Shuva
The haftara for Shabbos Shuvah is the Navi Hoshea’s eternal call to teshuva: “Return, Yisrael unto Hashem Your G-d, for you have erred in sin.” […]
Nitzavim
Nitzavim “For this mitzva which I command you is not beyond your understanding, nor is it far away; It is not in heaven that you […]
Ki Savo
Ki Savo In this week’s parsha we learn of the mitzva of Bikurim, a mitzva that involves marking off the first fruits that begin sprouting […]
Ki Tetzeh
Ki Tetzeh This week’s parsha includes the mitzva of shiluach hakein, in which one who chances upon a bird’s nest and sees the mother bird sitting […]
Shoftim
This week’s parsha ends with the mitzva known as “eglah arufa” (the calf whose neck is broken). This mitzva is done when the murdered body […]
Vaeschanan
In this week’s parsha appear the words v’ahavta es Hashem Elokecha — and you shall love Hashem, your G-d. We say this verse morning and […]
Massai
Parshas Massai In this week’s parsha we are introduced to the idea of a City of Refuge, designed to accommodate unintentional murderers until the death […]