Parsha Related

In the Parsha of TZITZIS, the Torah Teaches us: "VE'LO SASURU ACHAREI LIVAVCHEM VIACHAREI EINICHEM - And you shall not stray after your heart and after your eyes". Said Reb Lazer, VE'LO SASURU - you should not stray from the path of Hashem, ACHAREI LEVAVCHEM, V'ACHAREI AI...

So many people seem to be struggling recently against a seemingly invincible enemy. Many of our greatest warriors experienced falls, and others were posting how they've never felt so close the edge of the abyss. I received a lot of e-mails with calls for help, people were...

Pinchas was a zealot and therefore he was the one person who was rightfully able to kill Zimri (as per the Halacha of Habo'el aramis kanaim pogiin bo).But here is the bombshell: The Torah calls Pinchas a man of peace!!"A zealot?" you ask, "does that not conjure up an imag...

I didn't want to get into my work today (Sundays are always hard to get back to work), so I surfed around. I wanted to surf lightly, not anything too arousing because I didn't want to fall this week. But of course, one thing led to another, and next thing I know, I'm surf...

The Parsha of "Aishes Yefas To'ar - a woman of beautiful form" is interesting. Often the Torah uses the words "Yefas Mareh - beautiful looking" when describing a woman's beauty, but here only "form" is mentioned. The next few words say: "Ve'chashakta Bah - and you lust...

I saw this amazing vort on last week's parsha. It's from sefer Kol Eliyahu, selected chidushim from the Vilna Gaon. (I will paraphrase. It does lose something in the translation, but I think it is worth a shot): "Re'eh Anochi nosayn lifneichem hayom brach...

I was reading this week's parsha and the following vort came to me: Shoftim - Perek 18 Pasuk 9: "When you come to the land that Hashem your G-d, gives you, you shall not learn to act according to the abominations of those nations". Says Rashi - the pasuk ...

In this week's Parsha it is written: To my beautiful most holy warriors: This is it. We are nearing the end. The last stretch. We have all spent the last bit preparing and purifying ourselves for this moment. We have been strengthening our connection with our ...

When Moshe first saw the Sneh (burning bush), he didn't understand why the bush was not being consumed. When Hashem saw that he was coming closer to look, he told him to take off his shoes because he was standing on holy ground. My Tanya Rebbi explained t...

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NAMES YAAKOV AND ESAV?ESAV = ASUI - DONE YAAKOV = EKEV - STEPSESAV IS A "BIG PICTURE" GUY YAAKOV IS A "ONE STEP AT A TIME" PERSON YAAKOV WENT BACK FOR THE "PACHIM KETANIM - SMALL VESSELS"AND LIKE HE SAID TO ESAV, "ANNE ASNAHALA LI-ITI LI...