In Bamidbar (Chapter 26) we are given a breakdown of the population of each tribe that was counted in the census after the plague. The
Chazal in Bava Batra tells us that Moses wrote his book, the book of Job and “Parshat Bilaam.” That Moshe wrote (down) the Torah is
He had it! He told himself he wouldn’t eat another pint of Haagen-Dazs in one sitting. But what could he do? After another stressful day
“I have never seen anything like this at a Dirshu test! I have been taking Dirshu tests for 12 years straight, rarely missing a test,
The primary Hebrew word for inheritance is “yerusha.” However, the Torah supplies an additional term for inheritance—the word “nachalah”—and the eighth perek of Bava Batra,
I’d like to dedicate this dvar Torah to a very happy couple, my daughter Malka and husband Tzvi Sontag, who recently gave birth to a
There are very few commandments as evocative as parah adumah—the ceremony of the red heifer. This sacrifice is processed and burned outside the Mikdash, while
One of my favorite books is “Incredible,” written by my cousin Rabbi Nachman Seltzer. It is the life story of Rabbi Yossi Wallis, current CEO
Regarding Sichon’s victory in the war it engaged in with Moav, the pasuk says: “Regarding this the moshlim [poets] would say: ‘Come to Cheshbon—let it
The parsha of Balak can be thought of as the parsha of missed opportunities. The rabbis point out that Balak, rather than asking Balaam for
In 1982, my parents were sent to the former Soviet Union by Lishkas Ezras Achim, a Chabad organization that sent material and spiritual aid to
The Jewish nation covers an enormous spectrum of people. There are Jews out there from all over the world, all different shapes, sizes, colors, cultures,
