Torah Weekly

Topics: -Aharon dying with the kiss of death -How Moshe was convinced Aharon was alive even in death -Rav Elazar’s life after death -Rebbi saying kiddush after death -The voice from the grave -Visits from Reuven and Rashi -The lost eyeball and Ezra Hasofer -The Auschwitz fathers return -Chozeh on Eliyahu vs others -Why davka some tzaddikim return -Is dead Tarik Chayav in mitzvos -Isn’t it mocking...

Topics: -Christians and the Propserity Gospel -The curse the Steipler never imagined -How did Rothschild get their riches? -The bracha of Shelo Asani Gvir -Moshe’s fear of Korach’s wealth -The rich segulah of honoring one’s wife -Korach’s wife as the root of all evil -The three hidden treasures of Yosef -Korach taking riches he could never use -The prince and the pauper in Osher -Money after death

Korach | where did you come from where did you go, maybe because הטעתו עינו -Tzvi Eckhardt

Topics: -The meraglim and nazir as opposites in learning from others -The spirit of fighting against your own best interest -The pious naive gadol vs the wily trickster gadol -Yehoshua marrying rachav because he was too pure -The pitfall of the tzaddik who can’t see bad in others -Reverse projection and why Rabbis miss pedophiles -Suddenly not believing its Hashem when you have to work -The three...

Topics: -The Meraglim as Shlichim of both Man and Hashem -The Chidushei Harim on how we are all shluchim in this world -The idea behind name pesukim of Shelah at end of Shemoneh Esrei -When does our name precede us? The difference in a rasha and tzaddik -The connection between Tzitzis and the time leading up to Mashiach -Our times as similar to Yehoshua before Yud added to his name -Rav Dessler on...

Topics: -Why are there backwards Nuns separating Vayehi Binsoa Ha’aron? -The idea of 7 Chumshei Torah instead of 5 -Why separate between sin if we did those sins in a row? -Why are these psukim specifically the ones that separate? -Rabbeinu Bechaye on the whole of time included in these pesukim -Destruction after 6,000 years and rebirth a thousand years later -There is no light other than that whi...

Topics: - Why is nazir after Sotah in Torah but first in Masechtos? - Why Litvaks shouldn’t drink wine but Chassidim should - Why should seeing the sotah create need to become a nazir - Every sight we ever see is for a purpose - Why frum Jews secretly like Xmas music - The Chofetz Chaim’s special seder when he turned 90 - The Shem Mishmuel on why inspiration means nothing - Why its our fault when...

Topics: -Our encampment mirroring yaakov’s deathbed -The 4 sections of the camp and the powers of the 4 directions -The letters of Hashem’s name on the flags -The power of Hagbaa as the letters of our times -Reuven and Korach, Yehuda and Moshe, Koach Haseviva -A sharp Novardokher Vort on Oppositional Defiance -The missing Hei of Avraham on the flags -Our jealousy of the malachim, and the nations j...

Topics: -Thoughts on the story with the Avnei Nezer and the Shem Mishmuel -The Megadef who cursed the name of Hashem’s origins -The medrash on how his mamzer history came to light -The Chasam Sofer on Moshe’s Ruach Hakodesh about the Megadef -The Panim Yafos on how moshe was allowed to kill a mitzri for hitting -The Mekoshesh, the Gra and Avraham Ben Avraham -The Megadef and Yeshu according to R Y...

Topics: -Why does 5 chase 100 but 100 chase 10,000? -Why do the Goyim chase us at a much higher ratio than we chase them? -Superlineal Scaling and Metcalfes Law -The “weak” and the power of one step into Kedusha -The Alshich Hakadosh on the power of a Jewish Face -The Gra, the Beis Halevi and the Baal Hatanya’s Faces -How tall will our bodies be in the time of mashiach? -A perfect 50. A chiddush o...

Topics: -The segulah of the “Lashem” goat being picked with the right hand -Israel belongs to Yishmael. Until Hashem joins us on our right -Halachic Exceptions to the order for putting on shoes -A harrowing story about putting on shoes in the proper order -If Hashem loves us, why does he control every little thing we do? -Going up stairs right foot first and down left foot first -Buttoning mens sh...

Topics: -Korban Nachshon as precious to Hashem as the Song at the Yam Suf -The mesirus Nefesh in the Korban Nesiim -Dying Al Kiddush Hashem and living Joyfully when he gives you life -Zeh Korban Nachshon - becoming singular like Hashem -The duality of these korbanos leading to future sin -Was Nachshon part of Korach's Rebellion -Vayidom Aharon - how do we know Aharon's silence was not one of sadne...

Topics: -The Haggada counteracting the idiocy of Yishmael -The Galus of Speech and building up our Emunah -How to have regain emunah when you are a trauma victim -Echad Mi Yodea vs Echad Ani Yodea - recognizing Hashem -The unique level of Krias Shma of Shacharis we reach seder night -Hashem telling Moshe to tell over Exodus to his Rasha grandchild -Yehonasan Ben Gershom and Yehonasan Eibushitz -Th...

Topics: -The Ohr Haganuz in Shabbos Neros -Chanukah Neros as Preparation for Shabbos Neros -The Chozeh’s wife and the light of Shabbos Neros -The gift of being burned by Shabbos Neros -Why do women specifically light Shabbos Neros? -The Melacha of Lighting Fire: Anger on Shabbos -The Avoda Zara in Anger on Shabbos -No anger on Shabbos even towards Reshaim and Averos -Shabbos under the constellatio...

Topics: -Why have our names on both the shoulders and the heart? -Why did Aharon merit to have the Urim V’tumim? -Flipping the Nachash into Choshen, and stone to flesh -The Urim Vtumim coming from a tikkun of Adam and Nachash -The Urim Vtumim as the 13th path, the kollel -Flipping the frown upside down in Sefer Yetzira -Do we say Lo Bashamayim Hi about the Urim Vtumim? -Parallels between the Urim...

Topics: -Why is adar a time of Mazal? I thought we are above Mazal -Hashem’s handicapped Kisei Hakavod as a tool against Amalek -The 7 Stars in Shamayim Paralleling the Purim Actors -Charvona and the Undecided Voter, then and by Mashiach -Betzalel flipping Moshe’s order for the Mishkan and Keilim -Haman’s attack on Bnei Yisrael’s Looking Different -Should I worry about my externals and what type o...

Topics: -The Segulah of The Baal Shem Tove against Witches -Why only witches and not wizards? A great vort to offend your wife -The fallen angels, the mountain of darkness, and Bilam -The best sin to prepare for a career in sorcery -The Kishuf at the Yam Suf -The inability of Kishuf and Shedim to operate in live water -R Tzadok Hakohen on mitzrayim and sorcery -The wonders of technology as a proxy...

Topics: -Moshe being involved in the bones of Yosef -Isn’t Bnei Yisrael Also doing Mitzva taking spoils? -Whats in the heart when doing mitzvos -The backwardness of “Extravagant” Frumkeit -Achus enabling us to do all mitzvos -Admit You are an Israeli - or else! -Moshe, Yosef, and the sense of smell -Moshe the Kohen’s involvement with a dead body -Not letting sevaros get in the way of mitzvos

Topics: -Why of all Mitzvos was this practiced in mitzrayim? -The unique hope in Kiddush Levana - R Chaim Shmuelevitz and the holocaust survivor -The value of the life of one with altzeimers or special needs -Why don’t women say Kiddush Levana? -The shelah’s shitta that women caused the moons problems -Why do we say Shalom Aleichem three times? -Why say it specifically Motzaei Shabbos? -Why repeat...

Topics: -Names as mission statements for life -Why do we remember our names at the end of Shemoneh Esrei -Rav Dessler on why we won’t recognize ourselves in Gan Eden -The Goal of Eisav’s Malach, to make us forget our Names -The merit of not changing our names in Mitzrayim -The danger of changing one’s name when sick -Stories about Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld’s Crazy Gematriyos -The deeper meaning i...

-Why don’t we bless to be “like Avraham” anymore? -The Pitfall in placing too many expectations upon our children -The first brothers in the Torah who didn’t fight -Focusing on the Positivity of Efraim and not the Negativity of Menashe -Blessing our Children to be Leshem Shamayim whatever their path -Why is this bracha davka given on Shabbos? -The only way to give a no strings attached bracha to a...

Topics ​ Why did Yosef Expose his Bris Milah to his brothers? ​ How was it proof that it was him and not a circumcised Mitzri? ​ The story of Nasan of Tzutzisa and Chana the Eshes Ish ​ The trick for success your Yetzer Hara doesn’t want you to know ​ Yehoshua and Rachav paralleling Yosef and Eshes Potifar ​ The Zona of the 7 beds and Eshes Potifar ​ Being saved from wild animals in merit of the b...

Topics: ​ Why do all pesukim in Vayeshev start with the letter Vav other than 8? ​ The fight against the greeks and their nature only view ​ The danger in connecting to the wrong people - Misyavnim and Inquisition Spain ​ The power of Peretz and connection of Rus to Vayeshev ​ The theme of the missing 11, and this parsha’s twins fixing Yaakov and Eisav ​ The fight between Eisav and Yaakov over the...

Topics: ​Why did Leah not marry Eisav and bring him back in Teshuva? ​R Aharon Kotler on Personal Growth vs Affecting Others ​The danger of frumkeit to crush empathy and emotion ​Woman is like Shabbos for a Man ​Why a woman is like a tail ​The difference in Dina and Leah marrying Eisav in Neshamos ​Yaakov Avinu suspecting Leah and her children of connection to Eisav ​Would Eisav have done Teshuva...

Topics: ​ The “Malachim” Guarding Yaakov as his own Father’s Soul ​ The “ladder” of parents coming from Gan Eden to help their Children ​ The depths of a relationship that shares the same root of Neshama ​ Which Neshama comes to us as our extra neshama on Shabbos? ​ The Holiness we feel when our parent finishes purification in shamayim ​ ”Will you say Kaddish when I die?” Stories from the other si...