Transforming By Altering | Rabbi Yosef Siegel
By Rabbi Yosef Siegel There are two common acronyms that are used in the Orthodox world. They are FFB and BT. An FFB stands for “Frum From Birth” or a person who grew up...
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Of War and Peace | Parashat Devarim
In this weeks portion, we see Moshe offer peace to King Sihon after G-D commanded for Israel to make war and subjugate them. What was Moshe doing? Was he ignoring G-D’s command? We will...
Proofs for Oral Torah | Parsha Devarim
In this lecture “Proofs for Oral Torah | Parsha Dedavrim we discuss how Devarim acts as a bridge between the Written Torah and the “Oral Torah.” The Oral Torah includes the Talmud and the...
Devarim: Rabbi Abraham
By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: DEVARIM, Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Isaiah 1:1-27. THE BOTTOM LINE As always, we commence the reading of the book of DEVARIM (Deuteronomy), the last of the Five Books of Moses,...
The 5th Month – אב / Menachem Av Part I
The 5th Month – אב/Menachem Av Part I Part of an ongoing series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface by Betty Givin aka Elisheva Tavor We’ve come through the tragic and painful 17th Day...
Recalling the great journey | Devarim
The themes of DEVARIM part one are appropriate for this period. The Book of DEVARIM is the Torah’s “mouth”, summarizing all that has gone before in the “main body” of the Torah. DEVARIM...
Emunah in the Journey | Rav Cohen
Emunah in the Journey | Rav Cohen Faith (Emunah) is the ingredient to a successful journey of life. Rav Yaakov Cohen brings down an inspirational lesson from this week’s Parshat Matot-Massi.
Clarifying Common Misconceptions about The Noahide
Rod Bryant shares the common misconceptions about the Noahide that he has encountered in the last eight years of working with the righteous of the nations and the ribinical community.
The Consequences of Desire and Free Choice
On the face of it, the request of the Gadites and the Reubenites to settle east of the Jordan River appears quite decent and worthy. But Moses raised two arguments against them: 1. How...
Matot | Desire Is It Good or Evil
One could say that every individual should be judge of himself in order to overcome his cravings; thereby one can see the thread that ties together the subjects in Parashat Matot – those basic...
Matot Part Two
In Matot part two we examine the 21 century understanding of this portion. It is significant that the final war fought by the Children of Israel prior to their entry into the land was...
Be Zealous or Be Quiet!!!
Shiur Torah #108 ParaShat PinChas, Be Zealous or Be Quiet!!! If you’d like to invite R’ Yaron Reuven to give a lecture at your synagogue, home or office please call 917.468.2324 or email Yaron@BeEzratHaShem.org...
The Age Of The Universe | Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe
One of the most obvious perceived contradictions between Torah and science is the age of the universe. Is it billions of years old, like scientific data, or is it thousands of years, like Biblical...
