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Posted on February 7, 2025 (5785) By Rabbi Label Lam | Series: Dvar Torah | Level: Beginner And Moshe stretched out his hand over the sea, and HASHEM led the sea with the strong east wind all night, and He made the sea into dry land and the waters split. (Shemos14:21) The livelihood of a…

Posted on February 7, 2025 (5785) By Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein | Series: Be’er Moshe | Level: Advanced Moshe took Yosef’s bones with him, for he had firmly adjured the Bnei Yisrael, saying, “You shall bring up my bones from here with you.”[2] Isn’t there somewhat of an internal contradiction here? Yosef had his generation swear…

Posted on February 7, 2025 (5785) By Rabbi Yaakov Bernstein | Series: Haaros | Level: Advanced Matza in Mitzraim and for Forty Years The Problem In the Hagada of Pesach, Rabban Gamliel says the reason for the matza is that the dough didn’t have time to rise.  The Ramban points out that the matza of…

WHY ARE YOU praying to Me? What kind of question was that? The Jewish people were helplessly trapped between the Egyptian army and the Red Sea with nowhere to run. What else was there to do at that point but pray? Different commentators give different answers. One answer is that prayer, being a request from…

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1323 Lechem Mishna: What Exactly Is the Mitzva? Are Women Obligated? Must you Make Your Own Bracha on Your Slice? Good Shabbos! A few years ago, I shared a great vort (brief Torah commentary) that…

Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is acquired with 48 ways. These are: … (22) trust in the Sages… We’re now up to Part III of a topic which many find one of the most difficult to accept about…

In this week’s parsha of B’sahlach, the Bnei Yisroel (children of Israel) safely passed through the Yam Suf (Sea of Reeds), after which, it came crashing down upon the Mitzrim (Egyptians). Moshe then led Bnei Yisroel in the “Az yashir (15:1)” – the song of redemption. “Nachisa v’chasd’cha am zu ga’alta (15:13)” – You (Hashem)…

“Pharaoh will say concerning Bnei Yisroel…..” (14:3) After having traveled three days away from Mitzrayim, Hashem instructed Moshe to lead Bnei Yisroel back towards Mitzrayim, thus creating the illusion that they had lost their way.{1} The purpose for this ruse was to entice Pharaoh to chase after Bnei Yisroel.{2} The verse states that upon hearing…

The Story “Mommy, can I please help set the Shabbos table?” Mrs. Goldberg cast a worried look across the room at her husband. Chani was only four years old and while she had a big heart, she was still a bit of a ‘klutz’. “Sure” she smiled. “How about setting the challos on the table?…

Posted on February 3, 2025 (5785) By Rabbi Naftali Reich | Series: Legacy | Level: Beginner A good Rabbi tries to have a repertoire of inspiring Torah thoughts to draw upon at a moment’s notice. One never knows when one may be called upon to speak. Stocking up on a few divrei Torah, and rolling…