March 16, 2025

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Divrei Torah

Build!

May 1957, Kfar Chabad: The small fledgling community founded by Russian Lubavitcher immigrants was shaken to the core when Islamic terrorists (“fedayeen”) attacked the village,

What’s in Your Wallet?

What is it that we truly value above all else? If you say family, God or Eretz Yisrael then good for you. However, if you

The Two Comforts

The famous declaration of the Shema is brought in our parsha, and interestingly, the midrash (Devarim Rabbah, 2:31) relates that Bnei Yisrael merited to recite

Let It Go

There are certain phrases, motions and actions that instantly become catchphrases. They may have been non-existent one day, and then the next day everyone seems

 Rebuke and Comfort

In a “Torah Anytime” clip, Rabbi Eliyahu Maksumov says that the word chaver (friend) has the same letters as cherev (sword). You would think it

A Puzzling Baal HaTurim

Last week I discussed which “Kadesh” the nation stayed at “for many days,” siding with those who say it was the Kadesh next to Edom.

Insights Into the Shema Prayer

ואהבת: It is generally agreed that abstract verbs are later developments that arise from concrete verbs. This is a phenomenon that occurs not just in

Explanation and Exculpation

The organization of parsha of Vaetchanan seems disjointed. Although the parsha commences with Moshe explaining that he will not be allowed to enter the land

Shabbat Nachamu

The Secret Revolution Recently, I asked fellow speakers if they shared my perception: Lectures given before October 7 are markedly different from those delivered afterward.

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