13 Aug Parashat Vaetchanan- A Person Can Pray for Anything
Moshe tells Benei Yisrael in Parashat Va’ etchanan, “For who is a great nation who has a god close to it, like Hashem, our God, is whenever we call unto...
Shabbos Times for Jun 06, 2025 | 10 Sivan, 5785 | Parshas Nasso | Candle Lighting Time: 11:42 PM | Havdalah (72 min): 1:12 AM
07 Aug Parashat Devarim- Preserving Man’s Dignity
The first verse of Parashat Devarim lists the names of several places where Moshe spoke to Benei Yisrael. However, as Rashi observes, these places do not actually exist; there are...
01 Aug Parashat Matot-Mase: A tale of Two Cities
The final two verses of Parashat Matot tell of two men from the tribe of Menashe who captured cities and gave the cities names. Yair captured the towns of the...
03 Jul Parashat Korah – Hearing The Other Side
A famous Mishna in Pirkeh Abot (5:17) distinguishes between two kinds of “Mahloket” (controversy) – one which is “Le’shem Shamayim” (for the sake of Heaven), and one which is not...
25 Jun Parashat Shelah – We See What We Want to See
When the scouts returned from Eretz Yisrael and reported about their findings, they told the nation that the land is “Eretz Ochelet Yoshebeha” – “a land that consumes its inhabitants”...
11 Jun Parshat Naso – The Power of Teshuba
The Torah in Parashat Naso speaks of the case of a thief who falsely denies his crime on oath and then wishes to repent. In such an instance, the Torah...
05 Jun Shavuot – The Holiday of Torah She’be’al Peh
It is customary on Shavuos to read Megilat Rut, which tells the story of a Moabite woman, Rut, who converted to Judaism and ultimately became the great-grandmother of David Hamelech....
28 May Parashat Behukotai – The Blessing Among the Curses
We read in Parashat Behukotai the Torah’s description of the dreadful curses which G-d threatens to send upon us if we disobey His commands. Toward the end of this section,...
21 May Parshat Behar – Shemita and Mount Sinai
The Torah in Parashat Behar presents the laws of Shemita – the seventh, “sabbatical” year when farmers were forbidden from working their lands, and were required to allow all people...
14 May Parashat Emor – We’re All Embassadors
In Parashat Emor the Torah presents one of the most important of the 613 Biblical commands – the prohibition against “Hillul Hashem,” defaming the Name of God: “You shall not...