Parsha Related

“Perhaps there is among you one whose Heart turns away from being with Hashem” פן יש בכם איש או אשה ...אשר לבבו פנה היום מעם יה-וה For some of us, this time of year reminds us of December 31st. You know that crazy night when everyone is at a party or at a bar counting do...

People cannot help when an improper impulse comes to mind, but they certainly can stop themselves from harboring the thought and allowing it to dominate their thinking. Yet, sometimes one may be responsible even for the impulse itself. While some impulses are completely s...

Is there any REST in this Journey called Life? Parasha Devarim is the last book of our Torah. And is referred to as "Mishneh Torah" which is translated as "repetition of the Torah." Our Sages teach us that the entire Book of Devarim was spoken by Moses to the Jewish peo...

What do my choices say about me? As we all know in this Parasha we learn about how Klal Yisroel were about to enter the Land of Israel. And then the tribes of Reuben and Gad made a very very peculiar request from Moshe. Does this make sense at all? Don't forget that wh...

Have you been searching for G-d? As we all know, the "hero" of this Parasha earns the distinct honor of having the Parasha named after him. Of course, we are talking about Pinchas. (In fact, out of all the fifty-four Parashiot in the Torah, only six of them are named af...

The Midrash gives a mashal to a hunter who was pursuing a bird and the bird flew off and landed on a statue of the king. if he shoots an arrow it may damage the statue. if he throws a stone he would be guilty of stoning an image of the king and forfeit his life. So to, B...

ויחל העם לזנות אל בנות מואב “And the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab..” How did we FALL? We were so HOLY! Parashas Balak tells the story of Balaam, the Greatest Prophet of the Gentile Nations who was hired by King Balak of Moab. Balak w...

זאת חקת התורה “This is THE DECREE of the Torah..” Will we ever know the answer? Parasha Chukas has been declared The Quintessential limit of Man’s understanding of G-d’s Ways. Sages have grappled for all of time to find some common sense logical way of explaining how ...

Here's a milsa debidichusah. Today I was discussing with some friends about how many Chassidim don't say Tachnun on a Yartzeit of a "Tzadik Mefursam", and many times Chassidim will find the Yartzeit of a "Tzadik Mefursam" on every single day of the year. So I thought that...

Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler zt”l (Michtav Me’Eliyahu vol. 4) explains how it happened that a smart man like Korach acted so foolishly. What he says, applies to each of us as well - so listen carefully! He quotes Rav Hai Gaon (in his responsa), who brings the following story: A ...