Balak and Pinchas 5772

by | Jul 13, 2012

BS”D Balak and Pinchas 5772 Balak: In the week of parashat Balak, the world’s scientific communities were in ecstasy. After spending billions of dollars and thousands of great minds who participated in the project, they finally proved empirically the existence...

Balak 5772

by | Jul 8, 2012

The 17th of Tammuz, is the day when we solemnize five disastrous events in our history, as we also do for the calamitous 9th of Av, in three weeks hence. Both are fast days, with the 9th of Av following closely behind Yom Kippur in its halachic severity. However, this...

Balak 5768

by | Jul 6, 2012

Parashat Balak 5768 We know that Hashem created yesh mei’ayn (something from nothing), but what was that “something?” The Torah opens with the spirit of Elokim merachefet al penei hamayim — hovering over the waters. Are we to conclude from this that...

Chukat 5772

by | Jun 28, 2012

BS”D Parashat Chukat 5772 The midrash states (Midrash Raba, Bamidbar 19:1): Job 14,4: ‘Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No human being can’ (only HaShem). Avraham (the righteous who was born from) Terech, King Chizkiyahu born from Achaz, King...

Korach 5772

by | Jun 22, 2012

BS”D Parashat Korach 5772 Korach led a rebellion against HaShem’s appointed hierarchy: Moshe as Chief Rabbi and King, Aharon as Moshe’s brother and Kohen Gadol (High Priest), and Eli’tzafan ben Uziel as head of the Kahat family of Levites. Korach succeeded in...

Shelach 5772

by | Jun 14, 2012

BS”D Parashat Shelach 5772 Part A: Our Parasha tells of the crucial battle for the soul of the Jewish nation. On the one side were Moshe and Aharon, together with Yehoshua bin Nun and Calev ben Yefuna, two of the twelve miraglim who had just returned from...