PARSHAS VAYEILECH 5777

By Fraidy Strauss | October 6, 2016

Returning all the way to Hashem In Parshas Vayeilech, Moshe warns the Jewish People that in the future, they will stray from Hashem, and in […]

PARSHAS NITZAVIM 5776

By Fraidy Strauss | September 28, 2016

FEAR IS POSITIVE The Jewish People heard the 98 curses that would befall whoever failed to fulfill the Torah, and were terrified. Moshe tried to […]

PARSHAS KI SAVO 5776

By Fraidy Strauss | September 21, 2016

KNOWLEDGE TAKES TIME TO PENETRATE In Parshas Ki Savo, Moshe Rabbeinu assembles the nation and informs them that now, after 40 years in the desert, […]

PARSHAS KI SEITZEI 5776

By Fraidy Strauss | September 14, 2016

The war we are guaranteed to win Parshas Ki Seitzeh begins with the laws of the eishes yefas to’ar, declaring: “When you go out to […]

SHOFTIM 5776

By Fraidy Strauss | September 8, 2016

THE FRUITS OF UNINTERRUPTED TORAH STUDY In Parshas Shoftim we are commanded to place upon ourselves a king and accept his reign. There are certain […]

PARSHAS DEVARIM 5776

By Fraidy Strauss | August 10, 2016

Showing how much we care In Parshas Devarim, Moshe Rabbeinu rebukes Klal Yisrael over the sin of the spies, who put fear into the hearts […]

Parshas Masei 5776

By Fraidy Strauss | August 5, 2016

It’s all for our benefit In Parshas Masei, the wanderings of the Bnei Yisrael during their 40 years before entering Eretz Yisrael are listed as […]

PARSHAS MATOS  5776

By Fraidy Strauss | July 28, 2016

HOW TO ENSURE THAT OUR TEFILLOS ARE ANSWERED In Parshas Matos, Hashem commands Moshe to take revenge on the Midianites, and Moshe assembles an army […]

PARSHAS PINCHAS 5776

By Fraidy Strauss | July 20, 2016

KEEPING OUT OF THE PICTURE The Jewish Nation had been lured into sin with the daughters of Midian, and a plague ensued that threatened to […]

PARSHAS BALAK 5776

By Fraidy Strauss | July 14, 2016

WHERE DESIRE CAN BRING US Parshas Balak introduces us to a puzzling character, Bilaam. On the one hand, Bilaam was a prophet whose level of […]