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.
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Parshas Pekudai - Details Matter
Parshas Pekudai - Details Matter
Mar 13, 2024
4:41
The Torah spells out each time that Moshe did it because Hashem said to. I wasn’t just an overall nice thing. He focused on each thing individually which contributed to the overall picture.
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Chodesh Adar - True Joy
Chodesh Adar - True Joy
Mar 11, 2024
4:47
Rashi tells us the Purim & Pesach are times that miracles took place. Thus, there’s more happiness in these days. Why specifically them? We have other Yamim Tovim also? Maybe it’s because we came out alive on the other end of it.
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Parshas Shekalim - Doing It 100% Correctly
Parshas Shekalim - Doing It 100% Correctly
Mar 8, 2024
4:37
HKB”H showed Moshe Rabbeinu a coin of fire to show that even if you may not have the best of intentions, it’s as if you’re doing it for it totally correctly for no external reasons.
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Parshas Vayakhel - You Bring The Shechina
Parshas Vayakhel - You Bring The Shechina
Mar 6, 2024
4:30
The Mishkan could have had donation by just one or two individuals. However, that wasn’t the case. Everyone has a portion in bringing the Shechinah down to this world.
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Parahas Vayakhel - Wisdom Is In The Heart
Parahas Vayakhel - Wisdom Is In The Heart
Mar 4, 2024
4:36
When one thinks about wisdom, you’d assume it about what’s in a persons mind. But the Torah tells us that’s not true.
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Parshas Ki Sisa - You Are Beloved
Parshas Ki Sisa - You Are Beloved
Mar 1, 2024
4:28
Moshe Rabbeinu wanted to know why bad things happen to good people. But Hashem wouldn’t tell him. What he did do was show him that after all is said and done, you are beloved in my eyes.
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Parshas Ki Sisa - A Purim Prelude
Parshas Ki Sisa - A Purim Prelude
Feb 28, 2024
4:50
The Chiet Haegel was a prelude of sorts as how the Purim story took place years later.
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Parshas Ki Sisa - Intentions 101
Parshas Ki Sisa - Intentions 101
Feb 26, 2024
4:41
Bnei Yisrael's error with the Eigel was that it wasn't commanded of them. If so, that could be why Moshe Rabbeinu's name is omitted specifically from Parshas Tetzaveh.
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Purim Katan - We’re Still Here
Purim Katan - We’re Still Here
Feb 23, 2024
4:37
Purim Katan shows us that we have to be so ever grateful for the fact we’re still here. Yes, even though it’s not the actual Purim, it still needs to be shown.
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Parshas Tetzaveh - You Can Also Be A Kohein. Part 2
Parshas Tetzaveh - You Can Also Be A Kohein. Part 2
Feb 21, 2024
4:15
Just because one isn’t near the Kosel Hamaravi, doesn’t mean that The Shechina isn’t available to him. Not only is it accessible, it’ll even come to you.
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Parshas Tetzaveh - You Can Also Be A Kohein
Parshas Tetzaveh - You Can Also Be A Kohein
Feb 19, 2024
4:32
Shevat Levi was specifically chosen to be the ones to do the daily tasks in the Beis Hamikdash. However, that doesn’t mean everyone else isn’t one.
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Parshas Terumah - Bring Out Your Inner Shechina
Parshas Terumah - Bring Out Your Inner Shechina
Feb 16, 2024
3:51
The Shechina dwells inside everyone.. The challenge is to manifest it to its full potential.
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Parshas Terumah- The Significance Of 40
Parshas Terumah- The Significance Of 40
Feb 14, 2024
4:32
The end of Mishpatim and the beginning of Terumah teach us a lesson as how one acquires Torah, and makes it his own.
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Parshas Trumah - Come Get It —It’ll Carry You
Parshas Trumah - Come Get It —It’ll Carry You
Feb 12, 2024
4:34
The Aron was very unique in that the poles were never allowed to be removed from it. This shows us the power of the Torah, and how it can carry and lift a person.
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Chodesh Adar - A Double Dose
Chodesh Adar - A Double Dose
Feb 9, 2024
4:28
Adar is the month that we have two of during a leap year. There’s a reason why it was chosen over the other 11 months of the year.
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Parshas Mishpatim - Loving To Lend
Parshas Mishpatim - Loving To Lend
Feb 7, 2024
3:58
The Torah tells us the obligation of lending money in a roundabout way, to teach us a valuable lesson for both the borrower and the lender alike.
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Parshas Mishpatim - Our Laws Are Different
Parshas Mishpatim - Our Laws Are Different
Feb 5, 2024
3:46
The many halachas we have are vastly different than those of the world. Thus we have to use a Beis Din and not a secular court in order to bring that out, in any and all circumstances.
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Parshas Yisro - A New Twist On Mitzvos Bein Adam Lchaveiro
Parshas Yisro - A New Twist On Mitzvos Bein Adam Lchaveiro
Feb 2, 2024
4:16
The Rambam reveals to us a new meaning as to what Mitzvos Bein Adam L’chavairo are. It’s not just the mitzvah alone, it’s the benefit of the mitzvah down here in this world.
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Parshas Yisro - Knowing & Doing
Parshas Yisro - Knowing & Doing
Jan 31, 2024
4:34
When Bnei Yisrael heard the first two of the Aseres Hadibros from HKB”H they knew it was the real deal. The next step however, is to take that knowledge into action.
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Parshas Yisro - The Miracle Is Greater Than You Thought
Parshas Yisro - The Miracle Is Greater Than You Thought
Jan 29, 2024
4:25
When we hear about an amazing story, or maybe even a miracle, there is so much more that meets the eye. Every detail adds to the greatness of what took place.
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Parshas Beshalach - The Ultimate Merit
Parshas Beshalach - The Ultimate Merit
Jan 26, 2024
3:28
What was the ultimate merit that Bnei Yisrael left Mitzrayim? It was one common thread that was present throughout.
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Parshas Beshalach - Visual Reminders
Parshas Beshalach - Visual Reminders
Jan 24, 2024
4:31
When the Jews fought with Amalek, their knowledge of Hashem didn’t suffice. They needed a visual representation of this, which helped them in their battle.
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Parshas Beshalach - When There’s Nowhere To Turn
Parshas Beshalach - When There’s Nowhere To Turn
Jan 22, 2024
4:22
When they reached the Yam Suf, Moshe Rabbeinu and Bnei Yisrael had nowhere to turn. What he didn’t realize was that sometimes you just got to go on…your davening has already been answered.
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Parshas Bo - Tefillin 101
Parshas Bo - Tefillin 101
Jan 19, 2024
4:30
When one puts on tefillin daily, he will make sure to learn in order to do all the mitzvos correctly.
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Chodesh Shevat & Snow - One And The Same
Chodesh Shevat & Snow - One And The Same
Jan 17, 2024
4:19
Even though Chodesh Shevat is the new year for the trees, it can still be snowy outside. It’s not a contradiction.
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Parshas Bo - It’s Not How, It’s Why
Parshas Bo - It’s Not How, It’s Why
Jan 15, 2024
3:47
That which happens in the universe is for one sole reason. And it’s not how we perceive it.
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Parshas Vaeira - The Grave Error of The Eygptians
Parshas Vaeira - The Grave Error of The Eygptians
Jan 12, 2024
4:17
The Egyptians were able to replicate the first two makos. However, their error was that they didn't understand that the way Hashem did the two makos was vastly different than how they did.
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Paraha Vaeira - Moshe, Aharon, & You
Paraha Vaeira - Moshe, Aharon, & You
Jan 10, 2024
4:06
You can be just like Moshe Rabbeinu. He reached the peak of the mountain, and you can as well..
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Parshas Vaeira - Lacking In Emunah? You're In Good Company
Parshas Vaeira - Lacking In Emunah? You're In Good Company
Jan 8, 2024
4:22
Moshe Rabbeinu merited to speak to Hashem with utmost clarity, but he still had doubts about emunah and Bitachon. If Moshe had these questions, of course we can too.
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Parshas Shemos - The New You
Parshas Shemos - The New You
Jan 5, 2024
3:50
A person can be one person one second, and just by a mere thought make a total 180.
Miriam convinced Amram to remarry Yocheved after originally divorcing her. When Amram decided that was the correct thing to do, it was a real psak he made due to the circumstances. But Miriam made him look at the situation differently, thus overturning the psak.
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Intro to Sefer Shemos - Moshe Rabbeinu & Becheirah
Intro to Sefer Shemos - Moshe Rabbeinu & Becheirah
Jan 1, 2024
4:25
Moshe Rabbeinu achieved what his purpose was. He reached such a level, that it was second nature to him. There wasn’t even a second thought.
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Parshas Vayechei - The Origins Of Saying Chazak
Parshas Vayechei - The Origins Of Saying Chazak
Dec 28, 2023
4:19
What is the source of saying Chazak at the end of finishing a whole chumash? Why do we do it? Whats the message?