Parsha Related

; Chazal say, ;מעשה אבות סימן לבנים– "the deeds of our Fathers are a sign for the children". There are so many parallels between the Yidden’s sojourn in the desert and our journey through Galus until the ultimate redemption. ; The Exodus from Egypt was supposed to lead to a quick entrance into ...

Bilam understood this very well. When Bilam was not allowed to curse Bnei Yisroel, he advised the Moavim to send out their daughters to entice the Jewish men. ; "The G-d of the Jews despises immorality. If you can cause them to be nichshal, G-d Himself will punish them for you." We live in times ...

A few questions on the Parsha of ;מי מריבה, (Chukas: 20): 1.When the Yidden complained that they didn’t have water, they said things like “Halevai we would have died with our brothers… and why did you take us out of Mitzrayim to die, etc…”. This is the same way of speaking that caused them to get...

Parshas Beha'aloscha describes in great detail how, when the cloud lifted, the Jews would journey, and, when it came down, they would camp. It repeats this again and again. The Nesivos Shalom learns from this a lesson in avodas Hashem: ; There are times in our lives, when the cloud is up - when...

It is very important to point out that G-d, Almighty will constantly defeat the enemies of Israel. ;Parshat Mishpatim could not be clearer on the subject. "I shall send MY FEAR before you and I shall confound the entire people among you shall come; and I shall make all of your enemies turn the b...

Mankind has been placed in a literal “Gan Eden” today. Most of us have good wives, beautiful and healthy children, nachas, parnasa, and all the comforts and conveniences of the 21st ;century. We have bathrooms in our homes, hot and cold running water, heating and air-conditioning, and plenty to e...

The Torah says Haggar put Yishmael under a tree, walked two bow shots away so as not to see him die from thirst and sat down to cry. The malach opened her eyes and she saw a well. The pasuk says: "She walked, she filled up her water skin, and gave the boy to drink." Where was the well? I always ...

; The Pasuk says (Shemos 21:26) "If a man hits the eye of his servant or the eye of his maidservant and damages it, to freedom he shall send him in place of his eye". When a person can’t control what he looks at he becomes a slave to the Yetzer Hara. But the Pasuk is telling us that if we break ...

; As Avraham Avinu approached Mitzrayim the Torah writes he noticed Sarah's beauty. Until now, Rashi says, he never noticed her beauty, but as a result of an incident (Avraham saw her reflection in the water, as Medrash writes) he saw her. Was this because Sarah was a Tzanua? Rashi says it's not...

The Torah says that at the time of the flood sexual immorality was ubiquitous and theft was commonplace. At first, these seem to be two separate issues. However, the Rabbis explain that one leads to the other, and I’d like to talk about how this process works. ; There are two possible motivation...