Parshas Devarim

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2012

פרשת דברים The Book of Devarim opens with Moshe Rabbeinu delivering a veiled rebuke to the Jewish people. Rashi explains that each word Moshe uses […]

Parshas Matos-Masei

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2012

פרשת מטות   As Sefer Bemidbar comes to a close, the Jewish People prepare for the apportionment of Eretz Yisroel and the tribes of Reuven, […]

Parshas Pinchas

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2012

פרשת פנחס               In this week’s parsha, Moshe Rabbeinu, realizing he will not enter EretzYisrael with the rest of the Jewish people, asks Hashem […]

Chukas

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2012

פרשת חוקת In this week’s parsha there is a verse that is the source of a very famous exegesis of Hazal. Our Rabbis derive from […]

Korach

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2012

פרשת קרח One of the primary events in this week’s parsha is the defiance of Dathan and Abiram in refusing to answer Moshe Rabbeinu’s summons.  […]

Shlach

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2012

פרשת שלח In this week’s parsha the Jewish people sent out spies to scout the land. The purpose of the mission was to report what […]

B’ha’aloscha

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2012

פרשת בהעלותך In this week’s parsha, we learn  about how the Jewish people left Har Sinai. The Ramban cites a midrash that says that when […]

Bamidbar

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2012

פרשת במדבר Sefer Bamidbar begins with G-d commanding Moshe to take a census of the Jewish people. It’s  little wonder that Bamidbar is also called […]

Nasso

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2012

פרשת נשא In this week’s parsha, G-d commands Moshe to kick all the impure people out of the camp. Whether a person contracted tzaraas, needed […]

Bechukosai

By bircasadmin | December 3, 2012

פרשת בחקתי In this week’s parsha we are promised blessing if we keep the Torah, and threatened with frightening consequences if we don’t.  There’s a […]