Parsha Hashavuah
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Vayeishev: I Have a Dream
Yosef dreamt a dream which he told to his brothers, and they hated him even more. He said to them, "Hear, if you please, this dream which I dreamt: Behold —...
Watch: Rabbi Ori Strum on Parshas Vayishlach: Yaakov Avinu Took Care of His Animals...We Should Too! (Video) [Join the New Parsha Shiur]
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Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Vayishlach - Hope Springs Eternal
In Yaakov's prayer to G-d to save him from 'the hands of Esav', he prefaces it by expressing how little he deserves G-d's benevolence since ...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - Parshas Vayishlach: For All the Right Reasons
Vateizei Dina. And Dina went out. Today, the mere words conjure up thoughts of negativity and of the recklessness of Dina in venturing out of the pr...
Rabbi Dovid Jaffee: It’s Okay To Be Bored! Rabbi Kalish’s Message to the Baltimore Community
Baltimore, MD - Dec. 1, 2025 - Rabbi Daniel Kalish came to Baltimore on Sunday night to give words of chizuk. He shared a revolutionary concept in self-acceptan...
Rabbi Moshe Taragin: Parshas Vayetze - Unlistened Truths
Ya’akov spent much of his life navigating accusations that shadowed his character and his intentions. From his earliest years, he was labeled a deceiver, even...
Rabbi Reuven Taragin: Essentials of Judaism - Chinuch HaBonim: Where Judaism Began
Avraham — Our Father The first Jew, Avraham, was named for his role as a father. His original name, “Avram,” means “mighty father.” Later, Hashem cha...
Blessing in Disguise
In Bereishis (27:6) the posuk tells us that Yitzchak asked Eisav to go find an animal so he could give Eisav a bracha. This story leads to...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Chayei Sarah - It Takes Two to Tango
The G-d of heaven—who took me from my father’s house and from my native land, who promised me on oath, saying, ‘I will assign this land to your offspring...
Beyond the Headlines A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news - Mamdani’s Shocking Victory in New York — What Does It Mean? / In Memory of Lt. Hadar Goldin / Words of Comfort
Mamdani’s Shocking Victory in New York — What Does It Mean? 1. During the week of November 2024, when the US held its presidential election, I met a s...
Our Moadim
Our Moadim Relationship with Shabbat Our last piece studied the significance of Shabbat, the holy day that signifies our relationship with Hashem and occurs ...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Vayeira: Be My Guest!
Avraham Avinu, the exemplar of the attribute of חסד — kindness in the world, is pointedly portrayed engaged in the act of הכנסת אורחים — welco...
Tying The Right Way
In last week’s Parsha the king of Sedom offered Avraham a reward for conquering the four kings and freeing the captives. Avraham refused it. He used an intere...
Rabbi Dovid Fink -Lech Lecha For Our Benefit
In the first Pasuk of this week’s Parsha, we have an unusual pair of Rashi’s. First, on the words “Lech Licha”, Rashi immediately tells us that th...
Watch & Read - Rabbi Ori Strum: Parshas Lech Lecha - A Jew from Maryland
Sometimes you hear a story, and you move on with your life. But sometimes you hear a story, and it makes your life move. It moves you. It speaks to you. It touc...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Lech Lecha - Bringing it Home
After G-d promises Avraham to give him 'this land to inherit', Avraham questions, במה אדע — 'Whereby shall I know to inherit it?' ...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - Parshas Noach: The Generation Gap
In the first Pasuk of Parshas Noach, there is a Rashi which calls out for deeper analysis and explanation. The famous Rashi, “B’Dorosav”, quotes conflicti...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Noach - The Laws of Nature
Of every clean animal take unto you seven pairs, איש ואשתו — husband and wife. Of every animal that is not clean, take two, איש ואשתו — husb...
The Gift and the Duty
The world was engulfed by a torrential flood. Humanity vanished beneath the waters, and creation was reshaped. Never before had such an apocalyptic force swept ...
Mishpacha Magazine - Rabbi Yonah Sklare: Stages of Grief
What a holy Jew I was privileged to know — and continue to feel connected to in Olam Haneshamos. Yehi zichro baruch As the Yamim Noraim conclude, I...
One of Rabbi Moshe Hauer's, ZTVL, Last Posts: Vayeilech 5786 - Unfinished Business?
“Mi yichyeh u’mi yamut, mi b’kitzo u’mi lo b’kitzo. Who will live and who will die? Who will die at the predestined time and who before that time?” ...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Breishis: Free All the Hostages!
Two years ago, when numerous hostages were shockingly taken to Gaza on Shemini Atzeres/Simchas Torah, a great Mashpia, Rav Natali Reich, a Slonimer Chosid who f...
Rabbi Dovid Fink -Succos/Simchas Torah
The YomTov of Succos represents multiple ideas within the Torah and the Mepharshim. The Torah tells us that the Chag recalls how we lived in these makeshi...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Succos 5786: We Are Going Home
David finds himself surrounded by King Saul and those allied to him who have slandered him. Although, by the hand of fate King Saul is suddenly diverted to deal...
Beyond The Headlines A Weekly Glimpse Into The Israel You Won’t Read About In The News - Sukkos Reflections: The Time Is Now
A Week of Liberation Each year, just before Sukkot, I am reminded of some of the first words of Torah I ever heard. I was fifteen, and was attending an educati...
Rabbi Reuven Taragin: The Sukkah as Hashem's Protection: Reflecting Two Years Later
October 7 and Sukkot Two years ago, our perception of Simchat Torah changed forever. The Hamas invasion on Simchat Torah undermined our simchah then and will c...
Watch Rabbi Binymain Zedner Deliver A Crash Course on the Daled Minim (Video)
Baltimore, MD - Oct. 3, 2025 - Rabbi Binymain Zedner delivered this crash course on the daled Minim at TA ...
Rabbi Moshe Dov Heber - Kittel, Kittel… and an Esrog
It was Erev Yom Kippur, and Rabbi Tzvi Schabes* received an unexpected phone call. “I’m going to charge you six months’ rent,” said the voice on t...
Some Thoughts on Yomim Noraim Seats
Nothing quite says "Yomim Noraim is here!" more than the Shul’s very first reminder announcing "Yomim Noraim Seats," which usually occurs a couple weeks befor...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Vayelech-Shuva: The Road to Zion
The world is in turmoil. A war is waging in Ukraine. Cities are enraged over perceived injustices. Violence seems to be the only response to disagreement. Our l...
Rabbi Ori Strum: Parshas Vayelech - He Just Went
Someone once approached the Tchebiner Rav zt”l – HaRav Dov Berish Weidenfeld (1881-1965) – and told him that he has older children who have not found thei...
Rabbi Dovid Fink -Shabbos Shuva: The Goal of the Gift
After learning in Yeshiva full time for five years after High School, I was fortunate to be able to learn half days, several days a week when I was first marrie...
Rabbi Reuven Taragin: Sefer Yonah and the Belief in Teshuvah
Yonah at Minchah The Levush explains that we read Sefer Yonah during Minchah of Yom Kippur because it vividly demonstrates the incredible power of teshuvah.[1]...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman - Yom Hazikaron: A Day of Remembering
Rosh Hashana, the first of Tishrei, commemorates the first 'birthday' in history — that of Adam. There is one other birthday famously celebrated in...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Nitzavim - You Too Can Become a Stam Yid!
You are standing today, כולכם — all of you, before your G-d — your heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your officers, — כל איש ישראל...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - Nitzavim: Time to Choose
Towards the end of Parshas Nitzavim, there are twenty Psukim within which the Torah refers to the Brachos and Klalos, which were just delivered on Har Grizim an...
Rabbi Dovid Jaffee: Why Don’t our Kabbalos (resolutions) Seem to Work? A New Perspective
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 18, 2025 - As Rosh Hashanah approaches, many of us try to think of various kabbalos (resolutions) to make for the coming year. We ar...