Parshas Tetzaveh 5781

By Shai Mandel | February 23, 2021

The Battle Every Jew Must Fight By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The Midrash (36:1) brings a verse from Yirmiyahu (11:16) that compares […]

Parshas Terumah 5781

By Shai Mandel | February 17, 2021

Making Up For the Beis Hamikdash By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) When Hashem commanded the building of the Mishkan, Moshe Rabbeinu was […]

Parshas Mishpatim 5781

By Shai Mandel | February 10, 2021

The Closest We Can Come to Knowing Hashem By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Our parsha follows directly the giving of the Ten […]

Parshas Yisro 5781

By Shai Mandel | February 3, 2021

The Benefit of Hardships By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Yisro, Moshe Rabbeinu’s father-in-law, decides to join Klal Yisrael after they miraculously left […]

Parshas Beshalach 5781

By Shai Mandel | January 27, 2021

We are Still Eating the Manna By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) This week’s parsha introduces the manna, the celestial bread that was […]

Parshas Bo 5781

By Shai Mandel | January 20, 2021

We Decide Our Future By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Before bringing on the eighth plague, locusts, Hashem instructs Moshe: “Come to Pharaoh, […]

Pashas Va’Era 5781

By Shai Mandel | January 13, 2021

Recognizing Our True Selves By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Va’era, Moshe Rabbeinu tells the Jews that Hashem will soon redeem […]

Parshas Shemos 5781

By Shai Mandel | January 7, 2021

Strengthening Emuna Every Day By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Shemos, the enslavement of the Jewish People begins, and for 210 […]

Parshas VaYechi 5781

By Shai Mandel | December 31, 2020

How to Make Bad Middos Go Away By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) At the end of Yaakov’s life, he blesses his sons, […]

Fast of Teves 5781

By rabbijacobs | December 25, 2020

Word Wars Exploring connections between language, Chanukah and the Fast of Teves by Rabbi Richard Jacobs The clash between the ancient Greek civilization and that […]