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This week, we read the story of Pinchas and his reward for standing up in the face of the immoral behavior of Klal Yisrael with the women of Moav. But the truth is that this whole story is just the second phase of a story which began last week. And it is to this part […]

In the midst of a Parsha that deals with a whole slew of important stories, we find a conversation that most of us have likely never stopped to consider all that much.   We are in the 40th and final year in the desert and Am Yisrael is now engaged in conversations and battles with the […]

Why did Korach rebel? And why did he rebel now? Yes, of course we see in the arguments of Korach that somehow he was frustrated with the leadership of Moshe & Aharon, but what bothered him so much? And why does it come out at this particular moment in time? Rabbi David Fohrman offers a […]

Parshas Behar begins as SO MANY parshios in the Torah do, except that it’s NOT EXACTLY the same. The introduction to so many halachos in the Torah begins: Vayidaber Hashem El Moshe Leimor.  Hashem spoke to Moshe as follows.   And yet, the introduction here to the laws of Shemitta is: (א)           וַיְדַבֵּר יְקֹוָק אֶל […]

Someone once saw R’ Aryeh Levin, often referred to as “the tzaddik of yerushalayim” in the street and asked him, “Rabbi, is it true what they say about you, that you are one of the lamed-vav tzaddikim, one of the 36 righteous people in the world?” R’ Aryeh responded, “Sometimes I am, but sometimes I’m not.“   […]

When the Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, came to Israel, a Jew came and asked him for a blessing before his departure. This Jew expressed the fear that after the Satmar Rebbe returned to America, there would be no one worthy to ask for a blessing.   The Satmar Rebbe told him ” If you […]