Torah Thoughts, Stories, and Inspiration on the weekly Parsha
In this week’s Parsha, Aharon, the Kohen Godel was charged to light the Menorah, The Torah says, “V’yas k’ein Aharon – Aharon did so.” Rashi says that this means that when Aharon lit the menorah, he didn’t deviate from Hashem’s command even one iota. Isn’t this obvious? Aharon got instructions from Hashem. Of course, Aharon wouldn’t change…
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As Shavous is approaching, I would like to share with you a special story about Torah learning that Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l (Rav Chaim on Chumash) would say over: The Chasam Sofer headed a prestigious yeshivah in the city of Pressburg. One day, a young man knocked at his door and said that he wanted to…
In this week’s Parsha, a census is taken of Klal Yisroel. The shevatim (tribes) are all counted. Each time a shevet is counted, the resulting number is rounded off to hundreds. For example, shevet Reuven has 46,500 people, shevet Shimon has 59,300 people, and shevet Yehudah has 74,600 people. However, there is one exception: There’s…
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In this week’s Parsha (26:3), The Torah promises that if the Jewish people en masse keep the Torah, they will be blessed with every conceivable blessing. They will be blessed with prosperity, security, and satiety. Immediately after the pasuk (26:6) says, Hashem promises, I’ll give you peace. There is a question here: You have every…
In this week’s Parsha (25:35), the pasuk says V’chi yamuch achicha – if your brother becomes impoverished – Umata yodo imach – and he is in close proximity to you– vehczaktah – you should give him strength. Literally, the pasuk means that if a person gets impoverished, poverty-stricken, or indigent you should give him a lift – you should take care…
Simchas Yom Tov – Genuine Happiness The Rambam in Hilchos Yom Tov states that a person and his family must be happy on Yom Tov, as it says, V’smachta b’chagecha – And you shall rejoice in your Festival… There is a special mandate to be happy on Yom Tov and do things that make us…
90% OF OUR PROBLOMS AREN’T REAL PROBLOMS In this weeks episode, R’ Fischel Schachter shares his personal story of his incredible Chol Hamoed boating trip that changed life forever. From his experience on the boat, the story of the guru we see that we must stop worrying and start living. We are in the hands…
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I’m A Champion!
In this week’s Parsha (9:7), Aharon the Kohen Gadol was supposed to perform the inaugural service at the Mizbeach (altar), but he couldn’t bring himself to do it. Moshe had to tell Aharon to go close to the Mizbeach. Why? Why did Moshe have to tell Aharon to go to the Mizbeach? What was going…
