Balak 5771

BS”D Parashat Balak 5771 Diminutive in size but giant in spirit, our beloved Medinat Yisrael, has made the world stand still (figuratively) more than once since its re-establishment 63 years ago. The world looked in disbelief, when in 1948 a mere handful of...

Chukat 5771

BS”D Parashat Chukat 5771 The parasha relates a grievous incident in the thirty-ninth year of our sojourn in the desert, just when the nation was about to enter the Promised Land. The people demanded water – a legitimate request, but it was performed in a...

Korach 5771

BS”D Parashat Korach 5771 The destiny of many things is determined at the precise moment of their inception; like skin complexion, and the color of one’s hair and eyes, or a seed planted in the earth that will produce only according to the characteristics...

Shelach 5771

BS”D Parashat Shelach 5771 A fundamental principle in Halachic observance, perhaps the most fundamental, is that after the written and oral forms of the Torah were presented to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai, all further halachic decisions will no longer be in...

Be’ha’alotcha 5771

BS”D Parashat Be’Ha’alotcha The reading of parashat Be’ha’alotcha this Shabbat, three days after the holiday of Shevuot, is not a common occurrence, but when they do appear in close proximity it has more than symbolic importance. Shevuot is the day when HaShem...

Naso 5771

BS”D Parashat Naso, the Kohanic Blessing, Yom Yerushalayim and Chag Hashvuot 5771 Part A: The following is an excerpt which deals with the Kohanic blessing, taken from my book “With All Your Might”: Kohanim recite their daily blessing over 450 times...