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The gemara says that K'lal Yisroel were not re'uyin le'oso ma'aseh, they were not really on such a low level as to commit a terrible aveiro as idolatry, elo lehoros teshuvah lerabim, to teach everyone that even for such an aveira, they CAN still do teshuvah. Perhaps this ...

This weeks Parsha teaches us about the classic fall: The chet ha-egel - the Golden Calf. Many lessons can be learned and applied to our struggle. Here is one: (Bards-b-q style of course :-) We find when the Jews approached Aharon Hakohen to help the with their idol, he an...

The parsha of Chet Ha'Egel begins with the words "Vayar Ha'am - and the nation saw".All aveiros begin with 'looking'. Ayin roeh, Halev chomeid....

Rebbe Moshe Kobriner zy'a in Toras Avos writes: Rashi explains that Moshe Rabeinu had difficulty understanding what was meant until Hashem showed him a vision of a fiery coin. What was so hard for Moshe to understand that Hashem needed to show him a fiery vision? Moshe's ...

Rashi explains that any time Hashem brings a punishment on Klal Yisrael it includes partial punishment for the Chait Ha'aigel. Rebbe Chanoch Henoch of Alexander zy'a (Siach Sarfei Kodesh) explained it this way: Every time Hashem punishes klal yisrael He is telling them, l...

First I'd like to thank Hashem for helping me until this point. I am finding that posting these Divrei Torah and knowing that people are reading them, is helping me tremendously. If you do read them, I would appreciate comments and feedback - positive or negative (on my t...

I saw the following Ki Sisa thought in Nesivos Shalom: How could Klal Yisroel, after all the Nissim of Yetzias Mitzraim and the revelation at Har Sinai, take such a fall as to worship an Eigel HaZahav? With all the justifications given by the Mefarshim, it's clear that it...

Taanis Tzibbor - Krias HaTorah: "Im na matzasi chein be'einecha - yeileich na Hashem bekirbeinu" If I am to give you pleasure with the eyes (ten lo mishelo, she'ata v'shelach shelo), it can only be if you are with me. I cannot do it by myself. Ilimalei Hakodosh Boruch Hu...