Parshas Vayeira 5782
CHESSED – Greater Than Greeting the Shechinah!? By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Parashas Vayeira teaches us a surprising rule: hachnasas orchim (taking […]
Parshas Lech Lecha 5782
NISYONOS: Bring Out the Best in Us By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Pirkei Avos 3 we learn that Avraham Avinu was […]
Parshas Noach 5782
The World’s Secret Foundation By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The Midrash (Shochar Tov 37) records a curious exchange between Avraham Avinu and […]
Parshas Bereishis 5782
How to Deserve Life By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The first verse of the Torah is often mistranslated as: “In the beginning, […]
Parshas Ha’Azinu 5782
Hashem Never Lets Go By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Parashas Ha’azinu contains Moshe Rabbeinu’s parting message to the Jewish people—the song Ha’azinu. […]
Parshas VaYeilech 5782
Constant Chizuk By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In this week’s parsha, Moshe Rabbeinu encourages Yehoshua as he prepares himself to assume the […]
Review of “Gedolei Yisroel 2 on the Parashah and Yamim Tavim”
Rabbi Krieger’s new sefer received an excellent review from Rabbi Chaim Serebrowski in “The Written Word” column of a recent issue (20 Aug ’21) of […]
Parshas Nitzavim 5781
Repentance Depends on Torah Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The passuk states (Devarim 30:11–14), “For this mitzvah which I command you today is […]
Parshas Ki Savo 5781
Training Ourselves to Feel Gratitude By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parashas Ki Savo, we learn about the mitzvah of bikkurim. This […]
Parshas Ki Seitzei 5781
The Trait of Mercy By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Parashas Ki Seitzei discusses the mitzvah of shiluach hakein. One who chances upon […]