Parashat Devarim - Dangerous Tools ! Parashat Devarim - Dangerous Tools ! Rav Jonathan Gilbert  Sefer Devarim recounts Moshe Rabeinu “final master class” in the last weeks of his life. As such, he found it appropriate to...

Dvar Torah by Rabbi Zelig Pliskin Dvar Torah by Rabbi Zelig Pliskin When Moses could no longer bear the burden of judging the Jewish people alone, he followed his father-in-law's advice and appointed judges. The Torah...

Parashat Devarim: A SummaryParashat Devarim: A Summary This week we begin the last of the Five Books of Moses, Devarim ("Words"). In English, it is called Deuteronomy (from the Greek meaning "Second Law" – from deuteros...

Dvar Torah by Rabbi Abraham J. TwerskiDvar Torah by Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski The Torah states: “These are the journeys of the Children of Israel ... Moses wrote their goings forth according to their journeys"  The...

Parashat Mattos-Masei: A SummaryParashat Mattos-Masei: A Summary Mattos includes the laws of making and annulling vows, the surprise attack on Midian (the 1967 War wasn’t the Jewish people’s first surprise attack!) in...

Dvar Torah by Rabbi Zelig PliskinDvar Torah by Rabbi Zelig Pliskin The Torah states: "And the Lord spoke to Moshe saying, 'Pinchas the son of Eliezer, the son of Aharon the priest, has turned away my anger from the...

Parashat Pinchas: A SUMMARYParashat Pinchas: A SUMMARY In last week's Torah portion, Pinchas acted to stop a public display of immorality. He thus stemmed the plague of retribution which was killing the multitudes. He is...

The Preacher who Taught Me How to Mourn for the Temple | by Judy Waldman. The Preacher who Taught Me How to Mourn for the Temple | by Judy Waldman It took a stranger to teach me how to feel the pain of the Temple’s...