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Parshat Re’eh – Tov V’Yashar

Ramban, Devarim 6:18 in his famous explanation of the directive v'asita hayashar v'hatov b'einei Hashem, "and you shall do what is proper and good...

Parshat Ekev – Rachmanim, Bayshanim and Gomlei Chassadim

There is a well-known statement in T.B. Yevamot 79b, with actual halachic significance, that declares that there are three signs of members of the...

Parshat Ekev – Rachmanim, Bayshanim and Gomlei Chassadim

There is a well-known statement in T.B. Yevamot 79b, with actual halachic significance, that declares that there are three signs of members of the...

Parshat Ekev – Blessing on the Land

The portion of Ekev which we read this week, makes numerous references to HaAretz – and Moses was not referring to the Israeli newspaper...

Parshat Va’etchanan – Answering Unanswered Prayers

Did you ever really pray for something you wanted? I mean, really fervently, desperately, pray hard for something that was vitally important to you?...

Parshat Va’ethanan – Answered Prayers

And I pleaded with Hashem. One might wonder why Moses even recounts this story of how he pleaded with G d to allow him...

Parshat Devarim: Iron Dome – The Spiritual Dimension

I returned from the Yeshiva tonight at about 10:15 and instead of coming into the front door, I walked around the back marveling at...

Av: Disaster and Consolation

The same covenant that promises suffering, promises redemption. By every measure the Jewish month of Av is tragically unique, one in which the worst...

The Shmuz on the Parsha – Devarim

Parshas Devarim “And it was in the fortieth year, in the twelve month, on the first day of the month, when Moshe spoke to...

U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman Appointed an Eponymous Chair in Public Policy and Public Service at YU

Former United States Senator Joseph Lieberman has been appointed the Joseph Lieberman Chair in Public Policy and Public Service at Yeshiva University for the...

Parshat Masei – Zionism

There must be at least a thousand jokes that begin, "A Catholic priest, an Orthodox rabbi, and a Protestant minister enter a bar...." I'll...

Parshat Masei – How Can I Help?

“Tell the people that when you cross into the land of Canaan, you shall drive out all people who live there and destroy all...

Parshat Mattot – MOTIVATIONS

In reading Nechama Leibowitz, Studies in Bamidbar, Mattot 2, “Mammon or Eretz Israel”, one must take note of the difference in approach presented within...

Parshat Matot – Providing Hope for Continuity

“When an individual makes a promise before the Lord or makes an oath prohibiting something upon himself, he dare not profane his word.” (Numbers...

Parshas Pinchas – “Tolerance for Individuality”

very parent knows this fact, and every teacher can confirm it. No two children are alike. Every mother of more than one child knows...

Parshat Pinchas – Thanks For The Reminder Dad

"What is the Jew?...What kind of unique creature is this whom all the rulers of all the nations of the world have disgraced and...

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