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A Torah Verse That Hardly Needs A Commentary: D’var Torah for Parshat Lech Lecha
A Torah Verse That Hardly Needs A Commentary In Parshat Lech Lecha, we find a verse which hardly needs any commentary. Avram and Sarah had just made Aliya – they Read more... -
Where Did The Phrase “Baruch Hashem” Come From? D’var Torah for Parshat Noach
Where Did The Phrase “Baruch Hashem” Come From? No matter what’s happening in our lives, if things are amazing and wonderful, or if life is exceptionally challenging – when people Read more... -
Surrounded By People But All Alone: D’var Torah for Parshat Bereishit
Surrounded By People But All Alone When the first person was brought into the world, was he alone? In the parsha of Bereishit, Hashem declared: “לֹא טוֹב הֱיוֹת הָאָדָם לְבַדּוֹ Read more... -
The Ultimate Festival of Joy: D’var Torah for Sukkot
The Ultimate Festival of Joy Every year, thousands of people stayed up all night and no one felt sleepy. This was for the Simchat Beit HaShoeivah, the celebration of the Read more... -
The Longest and Shortest Words in the Torah: Dvar Torah for Parshat Ha’azinu
The Longest and Shortest Words in the Torah Very few people know what the longest and shortest words in the Torah are. The longest word in the Torah is in Read more... -
Learning Happiness and Optimism from Selichot: D’var Torah for Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech
This coming motzei Shabbat, in Ashkenazi circles, we will be commencing our annual season of Selichot. Of course, Sephardim have already commenced the Selichot from the beginning of Elul, and Read more... -
Life in the World To Come: D’var Torah for Parshat Ki Tavo
There are numerous references in the Torah from which we can learn that there is ongoing life for the soul in the world to come – though the Torah never Read more... -
Don’t Be Like an Ammonite or a Moabite: D’var Torah for Parshat Ki Teitzei
What was wrong with the Moabites and the Ammonites? We’re told that they were not to be brought into the assembly of God: “עַל דְּבַר אֲשֶׁר לֹא קִדְּמוּ אֶתְכֶם בַּלֶּחֶם Read more... -
Every Single day Should Be Like Day One: D’var Torah for Parshat Shoftim
In Parshat Shoftim, the Torah gives a commandment to a king: “וְהָיָה כְשִׁבְתּוֹ עַל כִּסֵּא מַמְלַכְתּוֹ” “And it shall come to pass when he is sitting on his throne” During Read more... -
Food Parcels Save Lives: D’var Torah for Parshat Re’eh
Food Parcels Save Lives In Parshat Re’eh, the Torah provides us with details of the eating of the sacrifices in Jerusalem: “וַאֲכַלְתֶּם שָׁם לִפְנֵי ה׳ אֱלֹקֵיכֶם” “And you shall eat Read more...
