Parshas Bamidbar 5784

By Shai Mandel | June 5, 2024

Our Unique Purpose By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Parashas Bamidbar begins with Hashem commanding Moshe to take a census of the Jewish […]

Parshas Bechukosai 5784 

By Shai Mandel | May 29, 2024

Desiring Torah By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Bechukosai, Hashem promises us a long list of blessings if we “go in” […]

Parshas Behar 5784

By Shai Mandel | May 22, 2024

The True Owner By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Parshas Behar introduces shmitta, a year-long mitzvah to refrain from working the land. During […]

Parshas Emor 5784

By Shai Mandel | May 16, 2024

Continuing the Giving of Torah By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah In Parshas Emor, the holidays Pesach and Sukkos are listed by name, but […]

Order! Order!

By rabbijacobs | April 16, 2024

Order! Order! by Rabbi Richard Jacobs One would expect that on Seder night there be some “seder” (order) to the evening, yet when you look […]

Parshas Kedoshim 5784

By Shai Mandel | April 14, 2024

The Meaning of Kedushah By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Kedoshim we are commanded (Vayikra 19:2), “You shall be kadosh (generally […]

Pesach 5784

By Shai Mandel | April 14, 2024

How Pesach Brings Us Closer to Hashem By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The Torah commands us that on the night of the […]

Parshas Acharei Mos 5784

By Shai Mandel | April 14, 2024

Precious Fences BY Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Parshas Acharei Mos contains the basis for all Rabbinic decrees, such as muktzeh, yichud, stam […]

Shabbos Hagadol 5784

By Shai Mandel | April 14, 2024

Making the Shabbos Great By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The Shabbos before Pesach is called Shabbos HaGadol, literally “The Great Shabbos.” The […]

Parshas Tazria  5784

By Shai Mandel | April 10, 2024

The Torah’s Remedy for Vanity By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Tzaraas is a spiritual disease roughly translated as “leprosy.” It comes as […]