Rosh HaShana 5784

By Shai Mandel | September 13, 2023

Being a Part of the Purpose of the World By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Maseches Rosh Hashana (16a), the sages teach […]

Parshas Nitzavim-Va’yeilech 5783 

By Shai Mandel | September 6, 2023

The Curses: Unnecessary? By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In this parsha, Moshe Rabbeinu addresses the Jewish people after they had heard the […]

Parshas Ki Savo 5783

By Shai Mandel | August 30, 2023

Knowledge Takes Time to Penetrate By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Ki Savo, Moshe Rabbeinu assembles the nation and informs them […]

Parshas Ki Seitzei 5783

By Shai Mandel | August 23, 2023

Derech Eretz Comes Before Torah By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In this week’s parsha we are commanded not to accept converts from […]

Parshas Shoftim 5783

By Shai Mandel | July 30, 2023

The Greatness of Being Tamim By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Shoftim appears a commandment: “Be tamim with Hashem” (Devarim 18:13). […]

Parshas Re’eh 5783

By Shai Mandel | July 30, 2023

Are Mitzvos Difficult? By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Re’ei, Moshe continues exhorting the Jewish nation to stay strong in their […]

Parshas Eikev 5783

By Shai Mandel | July 30, 2023

Torah and Tefillah From the Heart By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Eikev, the verse states (Devarim 11:13), “And if you […]

Parshas Va’eschanan 5783

By Shai Mandel | July 25, 2023

How to Love Hashem By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www. bircas.org) In Parshas Va’eschanan, the verse says (Devarim 6:5), “V’ahavta eis Hashem Elokecha—and […]

Tisha B’Av 5783

By Shai Mandel | July 25, 2023

The Special Mourning of This Tisha B’Av By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) We are in the midst of mourning. We do not […]

Parshas Devarim 5783

By Shai Mandel | July 19, 2023

Emunah: An Ongoing Project By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas Hatorah (www.bircas.org) The book of Devarim opens with Moshe Rabbeinu delivering a veiled rebuke to […]