Rosh Hashana 5785

By Shai Mandel | September 29, 2024

Feeling Hashem’s Kingship By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The Sages teach (Rosh Hashana 16a) that on Rosh Hashana, Hashem commands, “Say the […]

Parshas Nitzavim Vayeleich 5784

By Shai Mandel | September 25, 2024

The Secret Power of the Mouth By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Parshas Nitzavim contains a verse which is very relevant for Elul: […]

Parshas Ki Savo 5784

By Shai Mandel | September 18, 2024

Training Ourselves to Feel Gratitude By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Ki Savo, we learn about the mitzvah of bikkurim. This […]

Parshas Ki Seitzei 5784

By Shai Mandel | September 11, 2024

The Trait of Mercy By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Parshas Ki Seitzei discusses the mitzvah of shiluach hakein. One who chances upon […]

Parshas Shoftim 5784

By Shai Mandel | September 4, 2024

Recognizing Our Faults By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas Hatorah ׂׂ(www.bircas.org) Parashas Shoftim concludes with the mitzvah of eglah arufah, the calf whose neck is […]

Parshas Re’eh 5784

By Shai Mandel | August 15, 2024

What It Means to See By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Parshas Re’eh begins with Hashem’s declaring: “See, I have put before you […]

Parshas Eikev 5784

By Shai Mandel | August 15, 2024

Why Did Moshe Break the Luchos? By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Eikev, Moshe Rabbeinu recounts to Klal Yisrael the Giving […]

Parshas V’Eschanan 5784

By Shai Mandel | August 15, 2024

The Ultimate Emuna By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) “Be careful and guard yourself very much, lest you forget the things that your […]

Bein HaMetzarim

By Shai Mandel | August 7, 2024

What to Mourn By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) During the three weeks from the Seventeenth of Tammuz until the Ninth of Av, […]

Parshas Devarim 5784

By Shai Mandel | August 7, 2024

Showing How Much We Care By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Devarim, Moshe Rabbeinu rebukes Klal Yisrael over the sin of […]