Zman Kehilla LaKol

#502 - Parshat VaYeiRa - What's So Funny? 13.11.2024 11:15 ↓

Rav Hirsch explains why laughter plays such a central role in Yitzchak's birth and beyond.

#501 - Parshat Lech L'cha - B'cha Chotmin 06.11.2024 10:17 ↓

The Kotzker asserts something significant about the Brachot promised to Avraham.

#500 - Parshat Noach - Times of Crisis 30.10.2024 8:02 ↓

Rav Elyashiv explains why, according to the Midrash, Noach was punished for running late.

#498 - Sh'mini Atzeret-Simchat Torah - Yosef's Bracha 21.10.2024 10:36 ↓

Why was Yosef deserving of such a Bracha? What is the significance of the unique phrase used to describe Hashem in the Bracha?

#499 - Parshat B'Reishit - Koach Maasav 21.10.2024 10:26 ↓

A new read of an important Pasuk that supports the Jewish People's claim to Eretz Yisrael.

#497 - Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot - Korbanot & Nesachim 14.10.2024 14:40 ↓

Rav Moshe Tzvi Neriya describes an important mission of Am Yisrael embedded in a Pasuk in Kohelet.

#496 - Sukkot - The Protection of the Sukkah 14.10.2024 9:11 ↓

Is the Sukkah a proper symbol of protection?

#495 - Yom Kippur - The Converts of Yom Kippur 09.10.2024 12:00 ↓

Rav Mordechai HaKohen introduces us to a new group of people that we meet on Yom Kippur and beyond.

#494 - Parshat HaAzinu - Last Minute Rebuke 30.09.2024 11:46 ↓

Rav Avigdor Miller explains the interesting timing of Hashem's rebuke of Moshe.

#493 - Rosh HaShanah - How We Cry 30.09.2024 12:58 ↓

Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm describes different ways to cry and what that means on Rosh HaShanah.

#492 - Parshat Nitzavim-VaYeiLech - The Brit is For the Future 25.09.2024 10:19 ↓

The Shem M'Shmuel quotes the Alter Rebbe who explains the importance of a Brit and why it needed to be made at that point.

#491 - Parshat Ki TaVo - Entering the Land Before Entering the Land 18.09.2024 12:16 ↓

The Chatam Sofer explains an interesting pattern of the Jewish People somehow being in Eretz Yisrael before they enter to Eretz Yisrael.

#490 - Parshat Ki TeiTzei - Crying for a Month 11.09.2024 10:32 ↓

The Or HaChaim HaKadosh based on the Zohar finds a metaphor for the month of Elul in our Parsha.

#489 - Parshat Shoftim - The Location of the Egla Arufa 04.09.2024 11:49 ↓

Rav Ruderman asks why we learn about the Egla Arufa specifically in the middle of the Torah's discussion of war.

#488 - Parshat Re'eh - The Impurity of the Ra'ah 28.08.2024 11:19 ↓

Rav Meir Shapiro explains why a specific bird isn't Kosher.

#487 - Parshat Eikev - The Unchanging Torah 21.08.2024 6:44 ↓

Rav Hirsch emphasizes the importance of the second Luchot containing the same as the first.

#486 - Parshat VaEtChanan - Moshe's Final Argument 14.08.2024 12:23 ↓

The Baal HaTurim suggests an interesting idea as to what Moshe's final argument was to be granted entry into Eretz Yisrael.

#485 - Parshat Devarim - Gradual 07.08.2024 8:29 ↓

The Malbim suggests that Yeshayahu answers an important question in the Haftorah of Shabbat Chazon.

#484 - Parshat Matot-Masei - Elef LaMateh 31.07.2024 14:12 ↓

Rav Elyashiv extracts a powerful message from a Midrash on our Parsha.

#483 - Parshat Pinchas - Consoling the Moon 24.07.2024 11:53 ↓

Why does Hashem go out of His way to console the moon?

#482 - Parshat Balak - Bracha From Klala 17.07.2024 7:38 ↓

Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm explains the importance of a surprising line in our Tefillot.

#481 - Parshat Chukat - Dedication & Unity 10.07.2024 12:02 ↓

The Bnei Yisrael are attacked and a hostage is taken. Their response is telling.

#480 - Parshat Korach - Followers 03.07.2024 11:12 ↓

Rav Yaakov Moshe Charlop helps us understand a strange exchange between Aharon, Moshe, and Hashem.

#479 - Parshat Sh'lach - Koach HaSheker 26.06.2024 9:43 ↓

Why did the Jewish People want to kill Yehoshua and Kalev?

#478 - Parshat B'HaAlot'cha - Ra'ati, Ra'atam, Ra'atcha 19.06.2024 11:30 ↓

Moshe's words are edited. But what did he actually say?