Parshas Matos-Massa’ei 5778
What the Mouth Can Do By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah This week’s parsha begins with commandments concerning vows, warning us not to take […]
Parshas Pinchas 5778
When To Be A Zealot By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah Our parsha begins by relating that “Pinchas, the son of Elazar, the son […]
Parshas Balak 5778
Everything Depends On Middos By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah In this week’s parsha we are introduced to a gentile prophet, Bilaam. He is […]
Parshas Chukas 5778
Our Unnatural Connection to Torah By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah “This is the Torah, a man who dies in a tent, all who […]
Parshas Korach 5778
How and How Not to Use JEALOUSY By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah In this week’s parsha, Korach leads a revolt against the […]
Parshas Shlach 5778
Valuing Who We Are By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah In this week’s parsha we learn of the sin of the spies. These […]
Parshas BeHaalos’cha 5778
The Roots of Our Behavior By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah In this week’s parsha we learn about two incidents in which the Jewish […]
Parshas Nasso 5778
Bringing Out the Good in Ourselves By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah This week’s parsha introduces the subject of nezirus, in which a person […]
Parshas Bamidbar 5778
Cling to a Rebbe By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah A peculiar list of descendants appears in this week’s parsha. “And these are the […]
Parshas Bechukosai 5778
Torah’s Inexplicable Effect On Us By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah This week’s parsha opens with a seeming repetition: “If you will go in […]