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Category Archives: Parshah
Sweating The Small Stuff
Rashi comments that there is special importance in “Ekev”-mitzvos – those small mitzvos that people step on. Hashem’s blessing is tied specifically to their fulfillment. Why? The Sefer Chasiddim tells of a father who taught each of his daughters a … Continue reading
Finding Common Ground
“…And you shall love the Ger, for you were slaves in Egypt” We understand this to mean that it’s easy to love your neighbor, for he is so much like you. But a Ger is an outsider, someone different. What … Continue reading
It’s All For Us!
The Torah seems to say (Ekev 7:16) that we ought not to worship idols for they will be a pitfall to us. This seems strange. I would think that it is forbidden to worship idols regardless of whether or not … Continue reading
Still Burning?
The Torah points out that when Moshe descended Har Sinai it was still burning. What’s the significance in this? The commentators explain: The sin of the Egel was compounded by the fact that the Jews rebelled in full view of … Continue reading
The Biggest Doctor
The pasuk singles out Dasan V’aviram swallowed by the earth as demonstration of Hashem’s power. Korach and his family were also swallowed up, and in fact were the main figures in that drama. Why talk of Dasan and Aviram? We … Continue reading
Blessing For Food / Blessing For Torah
Biblically, the blessing on food is made after eating, and the blessing on the Torah before study. Why is the blessing on the Torah made before learning, while the blessing on eating made afterwards? One thought is that food is … Continue reading
Seeing All Sides
Moshe said “Hashem, you have begun to show (your servant) [me] your greatness and your strong hand, for who in Heaven or earth can do Your acts and feats? Let me go over and see the good land, the godly … Continue reading
Sh’ma For Your Health
Sh’ma, says the Gemarah, (including “kail melech ne’eman”\”Hashem e-lokeichem emes”) has 365 words, and is a segulah for our health. We are careful with Hashem’s 365 words; He is careful with our 365 body parts. Tosfos explains with a parable; … Continue reading
When Is Praying Something Else?
Moshe prayed Hashem again and again to enter Eretz Yisroel. Hashem had said No, and then said No again. Why did Moshe continue his attempt? The Medrash portrays two servants of the king who were misbehaving. The king became annoyed … Continue reading
Living Har Sinai
“Beware, and take much care for your soul that you not forget the things your eyes have seen and lest you forget them, all your life. Tell your children grandchildren [about] the day that you stood before Hashem at Chorev … Continue reading
Shades Of Belief
“Today we have seen that Hashem can talk with man, and he yet live” said the Jews to Moshe. So we infer that up until then they did not fully believe in Moshe. He would say to them “Such and … Continue reading
Showing Off
Moshe told the Jews: When traveling through Edom, we ought to pay our way, “for forty years Hashem has been with you and you have lacked nothing!” Rashi explains that if one has money, it is ungrateful to hide or … Continue reading
Dealing With The Public
Moshe expressed his difficulties with the Jews, calling them (as per Rashi) Difficult People (Rashi’s example; when two people came before a judge and one saw that he was losing the case, he would lie and delay, saying that he … Continue reading
Setting Judges
How exactly were judges were set up in the Jewish camp? We know there were “ministers of ten”, “ministers of fifty”, “ministers of hundreds” and “ministers of thousands”. Were the Jews divided by name into groups, each ten receiving a … Continue reading
Illusions
When Sichon, king of Emori, refused to allow the Jews to transverse his land, but rather marched out at the head of his troops, it seemed not a very encouraging sign, to say the least. However Hashem said to Moshe … Continue reading
The Path To Emunah
Moshe told the people, terrified by the spies’ report “You have seen how Hashem carried you the long way we have traveled in this desert just like a man carrying his small son. Regarding this you lack faith in Hashem, … Continue reading
Shabbos, The Badge
What is the badge of Shabbos? How is it a sign of honor? We explained that Shabbos means Hashem lends us His personal day of rest for us to rest in, sort of like loaning us His bed! Mordechai was … Continue reading
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