Naso Behaaloscha shelach – Integration Innovation Conquest
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Parsha sheet: Masei – Picking up the Pieces
Click here to download PDF The Exile – Israel sandwich Parshas Masei is always one of the Parshas we read during the three weeks. It has clear allusions to “Golus”- exile which is the sad state that we actively mourn … Continued
Parsha sheet: Pinchas – Beyond Point of Convergence
Click here to download PDF Why Delay the inevitable? At the end of this week’s Parsha, we have the Korbanos for “Atzeres”. Rashi brings from the Chazal that “Atzeres” is from the word “atzor”- stop; That Hashem is telling the … Continued
Pinchas – Reverse Flow of Command
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Parsha sheet: Balak/Shiva Asar B’Tammuz – The mouths of creation
Click here to download PDF Special expanded edition marking 20th Yahrzeit of my Rebbe, Maran HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg, ZT”L, the Rosh Yeshiva of Ner Yisroel The Three Mouths In this week’s Parsha, we have the account of Bilaam’s … Continued
Balak – Donkeys of Destiny
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Chukas – Morality and Faith
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Parsha sheet: Chukas – Frustration & Faith
Click here to download PDF Who cares about a Rock’s parnassah? In this week’s Parsha we have the incident of Moshe hitting the rock as opposed to speaking to it. This is what sealed his fate that he would not … Continued
Parsha sheet: Korach – Squaring the Equality Circle
Click here to download PDF Mezuzah & Tzitzis Korach wages a revolution against Moshe. The “cause” is “equality”. His claim is that the whole nation heard at Sinai Hashem speak and reveal himself onto the whole nation as Hashem’s nation … Continued
Parsha sheet: Shelach – Making the News
Click here to download PDF The crime and the Penalty In this week’s Parsha, we have the sad story of the spies that slandered the land of Israel. Chazal tell us that this laid the precedent for Tisha b’Av being … Continued
Shelach – The Necessity of conquest
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Parsha sheet: B’Haaloscha – The Menorah Paradox
Click here to download PDF Self-made Menorah? In the third Midrash Rabba of this week’s Parsha, it says, “You find that Moshe found difficulty in making the Menorah more than any other vessels in the Mishkan, to the point that … Continued
Beha’alosecha – The Menorah Paradox
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B’haaloscha – Owning the Torah
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Parsha sheet: Naso – Our National ‘Chuppa’
Click here to download PDF Where do we go from here? After the uplifting days of Shavuos, which commemorate the greatest event in history of unmitigated Divine revelation, one has to wonder where do we go from here? How can … Continued
Parsha sheet: Bamidbar-Shavuos: Borderless Space
Click here to download PDF Parshas Bamidbar & Shavuos It is interesting to note that Shavuos always comes out after we read Parshas Bamidbar. This arrangement is ancient and is brought down in the Rambam’s Hilchos Tefillah. It corresponds with … Continued
Massei – On The Move in One Place
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Matos – Coping with Exceptions
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Parsha sheet: Matos/Massei – Coping with Exceptions
Click here to download PDF Where is the allusion to the 3 weeks? The parshas of Matos – Massei always come out during the three weeks. The allusions to “Golus”-exile in Massei are quite apparent. The travels of the Jews … Continued
Parsha sheet: Pinchas – Passion & Initiative
Click here to download PDF Divine Name in Reverse? After Pinchas was awarded with being a Kohen there is a census of the Jewish people, but this time all the families are mentioned by name before giving the final number … Continued
Parsha sheet: Balak – The Deception of Appearance
Click here to download PDF Special expanded edition marking the 19th Yahrtzeit of my Rebbe Maran Hagaon HaRav Yaakov Wienberg ZT”L Rosh Yeshivas Ner Yisroel לע״נ הגאון מוהר״ר שמואל יעקב ב״ר יצחק מתתיהו זצוקלה״ה Isn’t the difference obvious? The Mishna … Continued
Chukas – From Theory to Reality
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Parsha sheet: Korach – Glorious Diversity
Click here to download PDF Eternal Dispute? In this week’s Parsha we have the dispute between Korach and Moshe. The Mishnah in Avos (5:17) says: “Any dispute that is for the sake of the Name of Heaven will endure and … Continued
Parsha sheet: Shelach – Moshe’s Gamble
Click here to download PDF Special expanded edition in Honor of the Shabbos Sheva Brachos of Menachem Yisroel & Bracha Golda Bechhofer. The Risk In this week’s Parsha Moshe sends the spies to check out the land of Israel. Rashi … Continued
Parsha sheet: Bhaaloscha – Raising Light
Click here to download PDF What’s special about the Menorah At the opening of this week’s Parsha Ahron HaKohen is granted the Mitzvah of the Menorah. Rashi brings the Chazal that notes that this comes on the heels of the … Continued
Bhaaloscha – The Blind Creator
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Parsha sheet: Naso – Owning the “Tzelem”
Click here to download PDF The gifts of the Nesi’im In this week’s Parsha we have the ceremony of the inauguration of the Mishkan. Each one of the ‘Nesi’im’ brought gift offerings on behalf his tribe on his designated day. … Continued
Mattos-Mattai – Journey to Reclaim the Sparks
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Pinchas – Sun Moon and Inheritance
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Balak – What can you learn from a talking donkey??!!??”
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Chukas – Infusing the World with Knowledge
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Chukas – What’s the Crime in Hitting a Rock???!!??
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Korach – Dropping out of reality
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Shlach – Square vs Round
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Shlach – Keeping things in perspective
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Bamidbar-Naso-Bhaalocha: Negation, Integration, Generation
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Masei: Golus – The Journey Home
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Matos: Oath of Golus
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Pinchas: Women’s Lib
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Pinchas: Tikun for Nadav and Avihu
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Balak: Working the System
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Balak: Not As It Seems
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Chukas: The Revolving Door of Death
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Chukas: Facing Reality
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Chukas: Moshe’s Sin and the Power of Free Will
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Chukas: Torah for the New Generation
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Chukas: Emunah and Daas
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Korach: Wholesome, Glorious Fragmentation
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Shlach: The Source of Strength for Yehoshua and Calev
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Shlach: The Challenge of Perspective
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Shlach: Moshe Rabbeinu’s Gamble
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Shlach: The Media MAKES the News
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Bahaaloscha – Raising light
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Bahaaloscha – reality is bigger than perspective
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Naso – passing the light thru vessels
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Bahaaloshcha: A Matter of Perspective
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Naso: Where is the ‘Tzelem’ Now?
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From Shavuos to Naso – Going from ‘Ohr Makif’ to ‘Ohr Penimi’
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Bamidbar: Juggling the Mutually Exclusive
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Bamidbar: Laying the World Desolate
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Bamidbar: Finding Ourselves
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Barmidbar: Numbers vs. Quantities
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