Parshas Matos-Massa’ei 5778

By Shai Mandel | July 12, 2018

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

By Shai Mandel | July 5, 2018

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

By Shai Mandel | June 28, 2018

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

By Shai Mandel | June 21, 2018

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

By Shai Mandel | June 14, 2018

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

By Shai Mandel | June 7, 2018

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

By Shai Mandel | May 31, 2018

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

By Shai Mandel | May 24, 2018

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

By Shai Mandel | May 16, 2018

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

By Shai Mandel | May 10, 2018

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 […]