Why is it that by a Sotah, there is no other way to check if she was guilty? Can it not be like any other halacha where we can testify, swear, or the like? Why is Sotah so different?
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Shavous - Where It All Started
Shavous - Where It All Started
May 29, 2025
4:40
What is the celebration of Shavous? The Torah we have today is not the Torah of Shavous. We made a major mistake then. So why the fuss?
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Parshas Bamidbar - Self-Worth
Parshas Bamidbar - Self-Worth
May 26, 2025
4:30
On the one hand, we must be extremely humble, but on the other hand, we must know we are great.
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Parshas Behar - Bechukosai - It Isn't a Punishment, It's a Result
Parshas Behar - Bechukosai - It Isn't a Punishment, It's a Result
May 22, 2025
4:43
The connection between Bhar & Bechoshai seems to lie in the simple understanding of the Parsha themselves. If you don't follow the Halachas in Behar, then Bechukosai will take place, ח״ו.
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Parshas Behar - Shmeita & The Jews: A Common Theme
Parshas Behar - Shmeita & The Jews: A Common Theme
May 19, 2025
4:53
The connection between Shmeita and the Jews is the same. They both make no sense.
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Pirkei Avos - Not Just For Show
Pirkei Avos - Not Just For Show
May 15, 2025
4:35
The Dubna Magid z"l gives us an insight into what it means to be a frum upstanding jew.
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Parshas Emor - Seven Complete Weeks
Parshas Emor - Seven Complete Weeks
May 12, 2025
4:16
Should every day need to be a complete day? Why do we wait till it's night only on Shavous? The Netziv zt"l illuminates our eyes.
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Parshas Acharei Mos - Defining Holiness
Parshas Acharei Mos - Defining Holiness
May 7, 2025
4:50
Holiness isn't just some intangible concept that is above us. It's putting into practice certain guidelines that we must not cross.
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Sefiras Haomer - Up, Up, & Away
Sefiras Haomer - Up, Up, & Away
May 5, 2025
3:18
We count sefira in ascending order, not descending. That may be because of the significance and importance of the matter.
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Parshas Tazria/Metzora - Talking Like Birds
Parshas Tazria/Metzora - Talking Like Birds
Apr 30, 2025
4:46
When someone speaks too much, they're prone to say something derogatory. When that happens, they are likened to someone else.
Did Rebbe Akiva's talmidim need to die now? Why not at any other time during the year? The answer perhaps proves a point the sefarim tell us.
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Parshas Shemini - Understanding Kosher Animals
Parshas Shemini - Understanding Kosher Animals
Apr 25, 2025
4:53
Kosher animals have an innate trait that other animals do not have. It's not just the physical attributes, it's a certain nature.
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Parshas Shemini - Take Pesach With You
Parshas Shemini - Take Pesach With You
Apr 23, 2025
4:30
Yiddishkeit gives us structure daily and tells us what we can and cannot do. If we comprehend this, we can apply it to our personal lives.
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Shevei Shel Pesach - It makes no sense
Shevei Shel Pesach - It makes no sense
Apr 17, 2025
4:38
Krias Yam Suf makes no sense. This is a fundamental part of the whole Yom Tov of Pesach.
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Pesach - Yetzer Hara Be Gone
Pesach - Yetzer Hara Be Gone
Apr 16, 2025
4:26
Matzah represents having no Yetzer Hara. When we became a nation, when we left Mitzrayim we were perfect. Therefore only on Pesach do we have the prohibition of eating chametz.
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Pesach - Foursomes and Their Signifigance
Pesach - Foursomes and Their Signifigance
Apr 10, 2025
4:41
We have so many things at the Seder that we do in fours at the Seder. Perhaps to allude to our original, central foursome that we had, and keeps us around till this day.
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Leil Haseder - Counteracting Lavan
Leil Haseder - Counteracting Lavan
Apr 7, 2025
5:00
Lavan was the ultimate Rasha. We talk about him during the Seder to counteract his doing.
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Parshas Vayikra - What We're Missing
Parshas Vayikra - What We're Missing
Apr 3, 2025
4:17
Without the Beis Hamikdash, it's just that we're in Galus and we don't have a clear vision like it should be. We also don't have a way to achieve atonement as we used to.
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Parshas Vayikra - Korban Pesach Prep
Parshas Vayikra - Korban Pesach Prep
Apr 1, 2025
2:57
Sefer Vayikra deals mainly with Korbanos. It is no coincidence that it falls out right when the one Korban that everyone must do without exception.
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Chodesh Nissan - We Are A Miracle
Chodesh Nissan - We Are A Miracle
Mar 28, 2025
3:31
The word Nissan comes from the word ״נס״. As we enter the month, we should realize it's a miracle we're still here.
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Parshas Pekudei - Moshe's Part in the Mishkan part 2
Parshas Pekudei - Moshe's Part in the Mishkan part 2
Mar 26, 2025
4:56
A different way to understand the work 'pekudei'
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Parshas Pekudei - Moshe's Part In The Mishkan
Parshas Pekudei - Moshe's Part In The Mishkan
Mar 24, 2025
4:45
What did Moshe do to contribute to the Mishkan? It's a very big one. Maybe the most significant of all.
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Parshas Vayakhel - The Miniature Mishkan
Parshas Vayakhel - The Miniature Mishkan
Mar 20, 2025
4:04
The Chasam Sofer zt"l tells us an astounding chiddush regarding the building of the Mishkan
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Parshas Vayakhel - The Chofetz Chaim's Tears
Parshas Vayakhel - The Chofetz Chaim's Tears
Mar 17, 2025
4:57
The Chofetz Chaim affected someone so deeply that he stopped being mechalel Shabbos.
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Purim - Take It With You All Year
Purim - Take It With You All Year
Mar 13, 2025
4:33
Purim is a day that is filled with simcha. All the mitzvos bring us to that state of glee. When you do that, it can be a catalyst for the whole coming year.
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Purim - A Common Theme
Purim - A Common Theme
Mar 10, 2025
3:41
What do three out of the four mitzvos on Purim have in common? They bring people together.
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Parshas Tetzavah - The Torah Takes Moshe's Feelings into Account
Parshas Tetzavah - The Torah Takes Moshe's Feelings into Account
Mar 5, 2025
4:18
Moshe's name isn't mentioned in the parsha to teach us a very powerful lesson.
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Parshas Tetzaveh - Clothing Matters
Parshas Tetzaveh - Clothing Matters
Mar 3, 2025
4:01
Why do the Kohanim need to wear certain clothes? Could they not just wear simple clothes? No, they can't. What you wear defines you.
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Parshas Shekalim/Adar - Unity Breeds Happiness
Parshas Shekalim/Adar - Unity Breeds Happiness
Feb 28, 2025
3:59
When everyone gives the same half of a shekel, it means that no one is bigger or better than anyone else. And when that happens, it makes everyone happy.
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Parshas Terumah - Learning Like a Child
Parshas Terumah - Learning Like a Child
Feb 26, 2025
4:06
The Kruvim represents two people learning. But not just any two people. Two children. Perhaps to signify how one needs to approach learning.
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Parshas Terumah - Today's Beis Hamikdash
Parshas Terumah - Today's Beis Hamikdash
Feb 24, 2025
4:50
How do we feel the inspiration we once had when the Beis Hamikdash was around? Go to the shuls and Batei Midrashim, places where spirituality reigns, and see people to look up to.
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Parshas Mishpatim - An Eye For An Eye: Why Not Literal?
Parshas Mishpatim - An Eye For An Eye: Why Not Literal?
Feb 21, 2025
2:27
The Vilna Gaon illuminates our eyes as to why the pasuk isn't to be taken literally.
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Parshas Mishpatim - Shavous: A Deeper Look
Parshas Mishpatim - Shavous: A Deeper Look
Feb 19, 2025
4:49
Shavous seems to have more significance than due to Matan Torah.
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Parshas Mishpatim - Our Halachos, Not Theirs
Parshas Mishpatim - Our Halachos, Not Theirs
Feb 17, 2025
4:37
The Parsha talks about a lot of halachos that we have between people. Do these pertain to between a Jew and a non-jew? Certainly not.
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Parshas Yisro - Kibbud Av: To Wake Up Or To Not Wake Up?
Parshas Yisro - Kibbud Av: To Wake Up Or To Not Wake Up?
Feb 13, 2025
4:38
Should one wake up a parent for them to gain? A machlokes amongst modern-day poskim.
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Parshas Yisro - Matan Torah & Tu Bishvat
Parshas Yisro - Matan Torah & Tu Bishvat
Feb 10, 2025
4:00
Just like Tu Bishvat celebrates the rejuvenation of the trees, so too, Matan Torah should be a newness, a rejuvenation amongst everyone.
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Parshas Beshalach - Elephant Syndrome
Parshas Beshalach - Elephant Syndrome
Feb 7, 2025
4:15
Why do elephants not knock down a circus tent? Why didn't Bnei Yisrael wage battle against Mitzrayim? Because they both thought that there was no way they would win.
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Parshas Beshalach - Yehoshua & Yaakov: A Common Denominator
Parshas Beshalach - Yehoshua & Yaakov: A Common Denominator
Feb 5, 2025
4:38
Yehoshua takes center stage here and later on in Parshas Shelach. What is the common theme throughout? What is the common thread?
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Parshas Beshalach - Prepare for Battle
Parshas Beshalach - Prepare for Battle
Feb 3, 2025
3:43
Just because Bnei Yisrael was leaving Mitzrayim didn't mean they could be confident that they didn't need to prepare for war. A person must abide by what circumstances dictate and not rely on a miracle.
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Parshas Bo - The Merits To Leave Mitzrayim
Parshas Bo - The Merits To Leave Mitzrayim
Jan 31, 2025
4:22
Bnei Yisrael kept their names, clothes, and language while in Mitzrayim. If so, why did they need more merits to leave? Why add Korban Pesach and Bris Milah? The answer tells us a fundamental part of being Yidden.
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Parshas Bo - Why Nissan?
Parshas Bo - Why Nissan?
Jan 28, 2025
3:30
Why was Nissan chosen over any other month to be the head of the year? The Ran illuminates our eyes/
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Parshas Vaeira - Cloudless Hail
Parshas Vaeira - Cloudless Hail
Jan 24, 2025
4:42
This was no regular hail. Regular hail (or any precipitation) needs clouds. This was no ordinary hail.
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Parshas Vaeira - Trump, Paroh, & You
Parshas Vaeira - Trump, Paroh, & You
Jan 22, 2025
4:48
Donald Trump and Paroh show us a powerful lesson in how we can end up where we ultimately want to.
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Parshas Vaeira - The Miraculous Hail
Parshas Vaeira - The Miraculous Hail
Jan 20, 2025
4:26
The Brisker Rav zt'l illuminates our eyes, explaining how miraculous this plague was.
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Parshas Shemos - From Worst To First
Parshas Shemos - From Worst To First
Jan 15, 2025
4:04
Moshe Rabbeinu grows up in Pharaoh's palace, and the most unlikely scenario occurs. He turns out to be the savior of Bnei Yisrael. The same can happen to us all. We can be in the worst scenario, but the salvation will come in the end
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Parshas Shemos - We Are A Miracle
Parshas Shemos - We Are A Miracle
Jan 13, 2025
4:42
The Torah tells us the number of people who came down to Mitzrayim to tell us how improbable it is that we are still here.
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Parshas Vayechei - Magical Mishnayos
Parshas Vayechei - Magical Mishnayos
Jan 10, 2025
4:26
Want a way to get out of Gehinom? Asher ben Yaakov will make sure you'll get out if you do a certain task. Just make sure you do it correctly.
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Parshas Vayechei - First Pasuk Ponderables
Parshas Vayechei - First Pasuk Ponderables
Jan 8, 2025
4:53
The opening pasuk in the parsha is hard to understand. There are lots of questions we may ask. Perhaps these are some ways to answer them up..
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Parshas Vayechei - Yaakov Lives On
Parshas Vayechei - Yaakov Lives On
Jan 6, 2025
4:48
The pasuk does not mention Yaakov dying; rather, it uses other terms to refer to death. He was very different from his predecessors, Avraham and Yitzchak, as all his kids went on the path of the Torah. Someone who passes on and has children on the correct path is as if they are still alive.
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Parshas Vayigash - True Life
Parshas Vayigash - True Life
Jan 1, 2025
3:57
Yosef and Yaakov had the same thought process when they heard about each other. They both overcame their circumstances and both took satisfaction that the other did so.