Simchas Avraham

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Parshas Vayakhel - Hakhel: The Power of the Kids

Sep 4, 2026

4:38

What is the reward for bringing kids to Hakhel?

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Parshas Nitzavim - Two Types Of Standing

Sep 2, 2026

4:48

There's standing in awe and reverence, and there's standing and relaxing. Knowing when to use each is the trick.

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Parshas Ki Savo - How are Ya, Reb Yid

Aug 28, 2026

4:31

Why does the Torah stress "ger" with an orphan and a widow?

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Parshas Ki Savo - Why Are You Happy?

Aug 25, 2026

4:19

The Meshech Chochmah zt"l explains what the Torah means when it warns us that bad things can take place c"v if we aren't happy for the correct reasons.

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Parshas Ki Seitzei - So Many Opportunities

Aug 20, 2026

4:46

Why are there so many mitzvos in this parsha?

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Parshas Ki Seitzei - War Tactics

Aug 18, 2026

4:41

How does one win the war against our arch-nemesis?

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Parshas Shoftim - Noach, Avraham, & You

Aug 14, 2026

4:46

What does it mean to be a tamim? Our great, illustrious predecessors show the way.

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Parshas Shoftim - Tefillin & War

Aug 11, 2026

4:54

How does speaking between putting on the tefillin shel yad and the shel rosh exempt a person from war?

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Parshas Re'eh - Even Better Than Giving Tzedaka

Aug 6, 2026

4:38

If a person can't give tzedaka, there is one way to get even more reward than actually giving.

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Parshas Re'eh - Achieving Happiness

Aug 5, 2026

4:57

One can only achieve happiness through having a sense of peace.

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Parshas Eikev - 45+1

Jul 31, 2026

2:39

A pasuk in the parsha may allude to the days we're currently in and those that are coming in the not-so-distant future.

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Parshas Eikev - Watch Your Step

Jul 28, 2026

4:32

The word "Eikev" tells us where we should avoid walking.

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Parshas Veschanan - Rav Chaim Shmulevitz's zt"l Request

Jul 24, 2026

4:07

Rav Chaim Shmulevitz zt"l shows us what it means to never stop davening.

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Tisha B'av - Pesach Upside Down

Jul 21, 2026

4:20

Pesach and Tisha B'av are connected. But how?

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Parshas Devarim - Directly Indirect

Jul 16, 2026

4:31

Sometimes it's better not to say things directly. Let them be self-understood.

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Chodesh Av - Bracha Needed

Jul 14, 2026

4:17

If there's any month that needs to be benched, it's Av.

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Parshas Matos - It's Obvious

Jul 9, 2026

4:21

There is no need for the Torah to introduce us to the halachos of our speech as all the others. It's obvious.

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The Three Weeks - Joy Will Come

Jul 7, 2026

3:06

The Maharsha compares these three weeks to the three weeks between Rosh Hashanah and Hoshana Rabba. How do we understand that?

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Parshas Pinchas - Korbanos, Torah, & Tefilla

Jul 3, 2026

4:30

Today, much to our chagrin, we can't bring korbanos. But we do have the ability to do things in their stead.

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Parshas Pinchas - Peace Through Destruction

Jun 30, 2026

4:58

Sometimes bringing peace is only possible if done to extremes.

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Parshas Balak - The Greatest Miracle Ever

Jun 25, 2026

4:09

Rav Shimshon Pincus zt"l explains what the greatest miracle ever was.

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Parshas Chukas - Rocks, Water, & Torah

Jun 23, 2026

4:58

How do water going out from a rock and water flowing on a rock connect Moshe Rabbeinu and Rebbe Akiva?

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Parshas Korach - Why Swallowed Alive?

Jun 19, 2026

4:26

Why did Hashem choose Korach's demise most unusually?

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Parshas Korach - Look Like a Yid

Jun 17, 2026

4:52

Korach wanted to get out of doing certain mitzvas that define being a Yid.

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Parshas Shelach - The Potency of Tzitzis

Jun 12, 2026

4:09

Tzitzis is extremely powerful. A true story brings the point out

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Parshas Shelach - The Connection Between Challah & Shabbos

Jun 9, 2026

3:55

Why is the bread we eat on Shabbos called challah? The answer explains the essence of both of them.

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Parshas Beha'aloshcha - True Pleasure

Jun 4, 2026

4:55

The Parsha explains what true pleasure is.

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Parshas Beha'aloscha - Miriam & Yitzias Mitzrayim

Jun 3, 2026

4:41

The Sefas Emes illuminates us as to what the connection is between Yitzias Mitzrayim and Miriam getting tzaraas.

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Parshas Naso -You Have the Power

May 28, 2026

4:49

A Sotah can get blown up or get a bracha from having Hashem's name written and then erased. We, too, have a similar power to use our abilities both ways.

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Parshas Naso - Bring It On

May 26, 2026

3:19

Why does Naso always follow Shavous?

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Shavous - Coercion: Good Or Bad?

May 21, 2026

4:59

Why does the Torah not tell us when the Torah was given? The answer may lie in how to get someone to do something.

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Shavous - Life Itself

May 19, 2026

3:58

Why did Hashem lift the mountain over our heads if we had already accepted the Torah? Because without it, there is no life.

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Parshas Bamidbar - Lost In The Desert

May 15, 2026

4:49

What does one do when lost with nowhere to turn?

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Parshas Bamidbar - A Shavous Prelude

May 12, 2026

3:39

Why does this Parsha always come right before Shavous? The answer is key to Kabbalas Hatorah.

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Parshas Behar - Bechukosai: Entering a New Year

May 7, 2026

4:41

We read the Tochecha this week to usher in the new year and get rid of all the curses.

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Lag Baomer - Rebbe Akiva & Rebbe Shimon

May 4, 2026

4:49

Lag Baomer celebrates two holy people who, without them, the world would be a totally different place.

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Parshas Emor - Holy Things

May 1, 2026

4:44

The parsha is filled with all things holy.

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Pirkei Avos - Rav Moshe Feinstein's zt"l conviction

Apr 27, 2026

4:59

Rav Moshe Feinstein zt"l knew that learning Torah has tremendous power.

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Parshas Acharei Mos - Kedoshim: Be Normal

Apr 24, 2026

4:49

Yiddishkeit isn't an all-or-nothing religion. It is one of enjoyment and normalcy within parameters.

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Parshas Acharei Mos - Say No To Blood

Apr 22, 2026

3:40

What is behind the issur of not eating blood?

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Parshas Tazria-Metzora - An Imponderable

Apr 17, 2026

3:28

What is the exact middah kneged middah of tzaras?

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Parshas Tazria - Metzora - Not Just Gibberish

Apr 14, 2026

3:42

The Torah uses such vague terms to teach us something important.

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Parshas Shmini - Kosher 101

Apr 10, 2026

3:58

Why are we commanded to eat only certain types of animals? It is because we're special.

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Shevi'i Shel Pesach - Why No Seperate Yom Tov?

Apr 6, 2026

4:45

Why is there no separate Yom Tov for Kriyas Yam Suf? The answer may lie in a famous Chazal.

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Leil Haseder - Korech Explained

Apr 1, 2026

3:52

What is the point of saying a Tefilla by Korech? Rav Dovid Cohen shlita explains the meaning behind it.

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Leil Haseder - Not Just a Yom Tov Meal

Mar 30, 2026

4:41

The difference between Leil Haseder and mentioning Yitzas Mitzrayim every day explains a deeper layer to the seder.

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Shabbos Hagadol - Big Things are Happening

Mar 27, 2026

3:33

What is so big about this Shabbos? It may be what can happen.

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Parshas Tzav - Pesach Merits

Mar 25, 2026

4:26

What is the connection between this parsha and Pesach? The answer gives us a powerful insight into why we left Mitzrayim.

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Parshas Vayikra - Good Annoyances

Mar 20, 2026

3:30

Unfortunately, we don't have korbanos today. But we may have a way to get an atonement without them.

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Parshas Vayikra - Hold The Alef

Mar 17, 2026

4:04

Moshe Rabbeinu teaches us a powerful lesson.

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