Parshas Matos - Make Commitments, But Don't Commit
Parshas Matos - Make Commitments, But Don't Commit
Jul 29, 2024
4:15
The Parsha starts out talking about making vows. What does that have to do with the end of the end of the parsha last week? Perhaps it's coming to tell us that when you commit to do an undertaking, it's not to be taken lightly. Make sure you say "bli neder".
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Parshas Pinchas - Leadership 101
Parshas Pinchas - Leadership 101
Jul 26, 2024
4:50
Pinchas was immensely rewarded for his act. But he didn't take over as leader after Moshe Rabbeinu. That was Yehoshua. Perhaps that could be because when someone does such a cruel act he's viewed differently. He can't be seen as cruel and be a leader at the same time..
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Parshas Pinchas - The Key To Greatness
Parshas Pinchas - The Key To Greatness
Jul 24, 2024
3:20
What's the most important pasuk in the Torah?? Lots of choices to choose from. One opinion is that the most important one is the one that breeds greatness.
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Parshas Pinchas - A Three Weeks Theme
Parshas Pinchas - A Three Weeks Theme
Jul 22, 2024
4:44
The parsha has a common denominator. Everything is connected to Eretz Yisrael, the Beis Hamikdash, & of course the final geula. במהירה בימינו אמן
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Parshas Balak - Curses To Blessings
Parshas Balak - Curses To Blessings
Jul 19, 2024
2:56
Every time Balak tried to curse Klal Yisrael it turned into a blessing. The worst turned into the best. The same can be said by us. It seems like the worst has taken place, but in reality, its the best.
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Parshas Balak - Bilam Didn't Get The Message
Parshas Balak - Bilam Didn't Get The Message
Jul 17, 2024
4:53
You'd think that after failing once, Bilam would stop to get rid of Klal Yisrael. But he didn't stop. He refused to get the message. His advise to Pharaoh failed, and now this also did. Not only that, but his curses turned into brachas.
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Parshas Balak - The Depths To Which Bilam Sank
Parshas Balak - The Depths To Which Bilam Sank
Jul 15, 2024
4:22
The difference between Avraham Avinu & Bilam is very stark in a number of ways. But Bilam took it to a new low. He ended up like an animal.
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Parshas Chukas - The Power of a Gadol
Parshas Chukas - The Power of a Gadol
Jul 12, 2024
4:34
In the parsha we have the death of both Aharon & Miriam. When they passed away, something disappeared from within Klal Yisrael. The power that a tzaddik has is enormous. If you know one, don't let him get away.
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Parshas Chukas - Even If You Understand, You Don't
Parshas Chukas - Even If You Understand, You Don't
Jul 10, 2024
3:25
The Torah refers to Parah Adumah as a "chok". But it calls it Chukas Hatorah. Why is that? The Torah is teaches us from here that everything is really a chok.
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Parshas Chukas - Don’t Speak To The Rock, Daven!
Parshas Chukas - Don’t Speak To The Rock, Daven!
Jul 8, 2024
4:43
That which Moshe Rabbeinu was told wasn’t meant to be literal. Hashem meant to daven so that water should sprout forth just like water comes from clouds.
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Parshas Korach - Don’t Skip It
Parshas Korach - Don’t Skip It
Jul 5, 2024
4:21
The tefilla which Moshe and Aharon davened to Hashem alludes to tachanun. That’s the power it has.. To ward off terrible things.
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Parahas Korach - The Non-Argument Argument
Parahas Korach - The Non-Argument Argument
Jul 3, 2024
3:31
Korach came to make an upheaval amongst klal Yisrael. In doing so, he wasn’t even arguing with anyone in particular.
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Parshas Korach - Korach Debunked
Parshas Korach - Korach Debunked
Jul 1, 2024
4:36
Korach was no dummy. He knew what he was doing. What could he have been thinking in the first place to get to such a lowly point?
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Parshas Shelach - Tzitzis: For Jews and Goyim
Parshas Shelach - Tzitzis: For Jews and Goyim
Jun 28, 2024
3:26
What does one do if he’s not sure he’s a Jew? Does he keep shabbos? Can he keep shabbos? Wearing tzitzis slopped everything. Halachically and Hashkaficly.
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Parshas Shelach - Calev Teaches Us An Important Lesson
Parshas Shelach - Calev Teaches Us An Important Lesson
Jun 26, 2024
4:33
Moshe Rabbeinu didn’t feel it was necessary to daven for Calev due to his illustrious wide. However, Calev himself, felt he needed to daven. He needed the Siyata Dishmaya.
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Parshas Shelach - The Potency Of Titzis
Parshas Shelach - The Potency Of Titzis
Jun 24, 2024
4:19
The Meraglim went to tour the land of Eretz Yisrael on their own volition. They didn’t take the lesson of titzis to heart to not stray after their own desires.
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Parshas Behaloscha - Hashem Loves You After An Aveira
Parshas Behaloscha - Hashem Loves You After An Aveira
Jun 21, 2024
4:18
Bnei Yisrael waited till Miriam was cured from tzaras to continue traveling. Her speaking lashon hara didn’t stop him from regarding her so highly.
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Parshas Behaloscha - Warding Off The Demons
Parshas Behaloscha - Warding Off The Demons
Jun 19, 2024
4:49
When we take remove and return the Sefer Torah to and from the Aron we say special pesukim. The message may be to hold onto the Torah whenever you’re on the move.
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Parshas Behaloscha - What The Mon Really Tasted Like
Parshas Behaloscha - What The Mon Really Tasted Like
Jun 17, 2024
4:40
The Mon tasted like anything you wanted, expect for some items that were potentially harmful to a sect of people. We see from here that if you want something and don’t get it, it may be that it’s better to be that way..
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Parshas Naso - You Count
Parshas Naso - You Count
Jun 14, 2024
4:28
The Torah could’ve sufficed by saying that every Nasi brought the same korbanos. But it didn’t. Everyone counts. Yes, even you.
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Shavous - Eat Like A Yid
Shavous - Eat Like A Yid
Jun 7, 2024
4:00
The Gemara tells us that everyone agrees that on Shavous you must have a meal. Why? Because the Torah isn’t just an abstract thing; it’s something that needs to be applied at all times.
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Parshas Bamidbar - It Makes No Sense
Parshas Bamidbar - It Makes No Sense
Jun 5, 2024
4:43
Shevet Levi was not counted amongst the rest of Bnei Yisrael. They were on a higher plateau. When one’s on such a level, you can’t count them in the same league.
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Parshas Bamidbar - Deserts, Asking, Knowing
Parshas Bamidbar - Deserts, Asking, Knowing
Jun 3, 2024
3:41
To know Torah a person needs to make himself into a desert. Only then can he come out on top with knowledge.
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Parshas Bechukosai - A Shavous Prelude
Parshas Bechukosai - A Shavous Prelude
May 31, 2024
4:32
The Parsha clearly spells out that Shavous is in the air. Get ready.
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Pirkei Avos - Machlokes 101
Pirkei Avos - Machlokes 101
May 29, 2024
4:30
The difference between a Machlokes which is lshem shamayim and one that not is stark. It’s that both sides come from a good place, and thus the result is extremely different.
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Parshas Bechukosai - Learning Is A Chok
Parshas Bechukosai - Learning Is A Chok
May 27, 2024
3:56
Learning Torah isn’t just to know what to do. It’s also a means in itself. And with that it requires effort and toil.
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Lag Baomer - Be Like Rebbe Akiva
Lag Baomer - Be Like Rebbe Akiva
May 24, 2024
4:13
Rebbe Akiva tragically lost 24,000 students. He could very well of gave up then and there. But he didn’t. He went on. As a result, the Torah is alive and well.
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Pirkei Avos - Elisha Ben Avuya & Pesach Sheini
Pirkei Avos - Elisha Ben Avuya & Pesach Sheini
May 22, 2024
4:46
Elisha Ben Avuya unfortunately didn’t end up in a good place. He didn’t take to heart that there’s always a time to get better, to do more, & to improve.
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Parshas Behar - Shmeita: The Ultimate Proof
Parshas Behar - Shmeita: The Ultimate Proof
May 20, 2024
4:42
The Torah singles out Har Sinai regarding Shmeita and no other mitzvah to show that the this mitzvah isn’t like any other. You see the the reward much more easily.
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Parshas Emor - Holy Days
Parshas Emor - Holy Days
May 17, 2024
4:36
Yom tov gets its kedusha because it was already setup that way back. Now that those days have that kedusha we do more mitzvos as a result.
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Pirkei Avos - Slow And Steady
Pirkei Avos - Slow And Steady
May 15, 2024
4:40
The mishna tells us that there needs to be a slow process to get to the point of not doing an aveira. One cannot go to the end point right away.
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Parshas Emor - Understand Your Value
Parshas Emor - Understand Your Value
May 13, 2024
4:36
The Torah only tells us now the halachos of the Kohanim after the korbanos in order that a person should first understand his worry, understand the reason it’s being done. It’s not just a Halacha, it’s because you’re on a higher pedestal. This applies to not just kohanim, everyone in klal Yisrael is included.
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Sefiras Haomer - Is Hearing and Writing Like Saying?
Sefiras Haomer - Is Hearing and Writing Like Saying?
May 10, 2024
4:28
Can one fulfill his obligation of counting sefira in a way other than saying it? There’s one opinion that holds yes…
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Pirkei Avos - Learning To Do
Pirkei Avos - Learning To Do
May 9, 2024
4:22
Learning Torah isn’t the end game. It needs to bring one to act on it.
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Parshas Kedoshim - Shavous Preparations
Parshas Kedoshim - Shavous Preparations
May 6, 2024
3:54
The parsha starts out telling us that we must be holy. It’s no coincidence that this falls out during Sefiras haomer when we prepare to receive the Torah on the Yom tov of Shavous.
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Parshas Acharei Mos - A Thought
Parshas Acharei Mos - A Thought
May 3, 2024
3:29
When the Torah uses the word “Mos” perhaps it’s to teach us that the death of Nadav and Avihu wasn’t a good one.
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Shvei’i Shel Pesach - Two Miracles in One
Shvei’i Shel Pesach - Two Miracles in One
Apr 28, 2024
4:30
What perspective do you look at Krias Yam Suf with? The Jews, or the Egyptians? Maybe both!!
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Shabbos Hagadol - Don’t Stop Believing
Shabbos Hagadol - Don’t Stop Believing
Apr 19, 2024
3:03
Chazal coin this Shabbos, Shabbos Hagadol to hammer into us that the arrival of Mashiach inevitable. Don’t think otherwise.
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Parshas Metzorah - The First Step
Parshas Metzorah - The First Step
Apr 17, 2024
4:36
One who is a metzorah is simultaneously to teach us that once the first step is taken that’s a step to purity
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Pesach - Motzei Matzah, or just Matzah 🫓?
Pesach - Motzei Matzah, or just Matzah 🫓?
Apr 15, 2024
3:14
Of course there’s a chiyuv to eat matzah on pesach. But with that a person needs to have the Motzei as well.
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Parshas Tazria - A Bris Isn’t Just One Day
Parshas Tazria - A Bris Isn’t Just One Day
Apr 12, 2024
4:50
The Torah interjects to tell us that a baby boy has a bris on the eight day to tell us that it’s not just a technicality. There’s a build up to the momentous occasion.
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Pesach - Not Your Regular Kiddush
Pesach - Not Your Regular Kiddush
Apr 10, 2024
4:12
When we make kiddush at the Seder, it’s not just a kiddush like we make all year round- it’s the first of the four cups that must be drunk.
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Parshas Tazria - Experts Only
Parshas Tazria - Experts Only
Apr 8, 2024
4:27
Only a doctor can tell you about your sickness. Only a Kohein can tell if a person has tzaras. And only Hashem can take us out of Mitzrayim.
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Parshas Hachodesh - Above Nature
Parshas Hachodesh - Above Nature
Apr 5, 2024
4:10
From both Parshas Hachodesh and Parshas Shemin we see that there’s things above and beyond nature, beyond our comprehension .
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Parahas Shemini - It’s Easier To Be A Tzaddik
Parahas Shemini - It’s Easier To Be A Tzaddik
Apr 3, 2024
4:23
When a person wants to be a Tzadik he gets an infinite amount of heavenly assistance. Thus, it’s easier to be a Tzaddik and receive that assistance than be a rasha and not get it at all.
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Parahas Shemini - Striving For Greatness
Parahas Shemini - Striving For Greatness
Apr 1, 2024
4:37
Nadav and Avihu were punished for bringing a Korban they weren’t commanded to. But their desire for greatness was there, albeit done incorrectly.
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Parshas Parah - Preparing For Pesach
Parshas Parah - Preparing For Pesach
Mar 29, 2024
4:19
Parshas Parah comes immediately following Purim to show us that it’s time to get ourselves ready for Pesach. Not just cleaning for chametz, but ourselves too.
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Parshas Tzav - Learning Is Like Doing
Parshas Tzav - Learning Is Like Doing
Mar 26, 2024
4:27
Unfortunately we don’t have a Beis Hamikdash to bring korbanos today. However, there’s a way to make like they are brought.
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Parshas Vayikra - Purim Revealed
Parshas Vayikra - Purim Revealed
Mar 18, 2024
4:27
The Torah uses the term of affection at the outset of the parsha. There’s a similar word in the Megilla as well that could perhaps connote the same theme.
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Parshas Pekudai - Just Hold On
Parshas Pekudai - Just Hold On
Mar 15, 2024
4:26
Sefer Shemos is a blueprint for our history. All the way from the enslavement in Mitztrayim, to the building of the Mishkan.