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...

Beha’alotcha 5772

by | Jun 7, 2012

BS”D Parashat Beha’alotcha 5772 Rashi on the first verse in next week’s parasha Shelach comments: Why did the Torah sequence the episode of the miraglim (the scouts or spies at the beginning of Shelach) with the episode of Miriam (at the end of parashat...

Naso 5772

by | May 31, 2012

BS”D Parashat Naso 5772 A message to the young Jewish adults in the galut “The very air of Eretz Yisrael makes one wise” (Zohar) My last message related to the tens of thousands of frum, chareidi Jews who congregated in Met’s Stadium to discuss the...