Parshas Vayishlach 5784

By Shai Mandel | November 29, 2023

Having It All By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) After serving Lavan for twenty years, Yaakov returned to Eretz Yisrael, which meant facing […]

Parshas Vayetzei 5784

By Shai Mandel | November 23, 2023

The True Meaning of Tzniyus By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In this week’s parsha, Yaakov Avinu comes to Padan Aram, where he […]

Parshas Toldos 5784

By Shai Mandel | November 15, 2023

We Are What We Praise By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Toldos, we are introduced to Esav, who as the eldest […]

Parshas Chayei Sarah 5784

By Shai Mandel | November 5, 2023

Our Inheritance from Avraham Avinu By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshiva Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) After the akeida, Sarah Imeinu was told that Avraham had taken Yitzchak […]

Parshas Vayera 5784

By Shai Mandel | November 1, 2023

Empowering Prayer By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Vayera, the birth of Yitzchak Avinu comes after the episode in which Avimelech, […]

The Importance of Torah Study

By rabbijacobs | October 30, 2023

by Rabbi Aharon Cobb and Betzalel Levin After the destruction of the Second Temple the remaining Jews in Israel continued to be persecuted by the […]

The Wonder of Creation

By rabbijacobs | October 27, 2023

by Rabbi Richard Jacobs One of the most remarkable places I’ve ever visited is the Iguazu falls on the Argentinian / Brazilian border. Before the […]

Parshas Lech Lecha 5784

By Shai Mandel | October 25, 2023

How to Merit Redemption By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas Hatorah (www.bircas.org) In Parshas Lech Lecha, after Avraham Avinu successfully wages war to save his […]

Parshas Noach 5784

By Shai Mandel | October 19, 2023

Our Oath to Hashem Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) Parshas Noach details the breakdown of society which eventually led to Hashem’s decree of […]

Parshas Bereishis 5784

By Shai Mandel | October 12, 2023

Sin Becoming Unthinkable By Rabbi Moshe Krieger, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah (www.bircas.org) The Ramban (Bereishis 2:9) writes that when the world was created, Adam Harishon’s existence […]