Parsha Hashavuah
Rabbi Ori Strum: Never Capped Out - Korach (2026/5786)
Just this past week I was driving to 2:30 Mincha at Tov Pizza, and there was a car in front of me with a sticker that caught my eyes. It read: DO YOU FOLLOW JES...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Korach - We Shall Return to You!
This past week I had the privilege to address the entire 4th and 5th graders at Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim — Talmudical Academy of Baltimore, as they celebrated t...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Shelach - Who is the Real You?
The Torah recounts how after the enumeration of the names of the spies who were to scout out the land, ויקרא משה — Moshe called הושע — Hoshea so...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Behaalosicha - Thinking of You
The Torah testifies that Moshe was ענו מאד — exceedingly humble, more than any person on the face of the earth. (במדבר יב ג) The Arizal reveals...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Naso: It's All in a Name
"…Who has sanctified us with holiness of Aharon and has commanded us to bless His people Israel באהבה — with love." Although the Torah clea...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Shavuos 5786: B'Ahava Rabbah!
We arrived at Mount Sinai on Rosh Chodesh Sivan and waited to receive the Torah the subsequent Shabbos. The students of the saintly Rebbe, Reb Menachem Mendel ...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - Parshas Bamidbar: Individuality Makes The Klal
Parshas Bamidbar commences with the tziva from Hashem to once again take a census of Bnei Yisroel. (Bamidbar 1:2) Hashem is very explicit that the census ...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Behar/Bechukosai - To Life!
BJL apologizes to Rabbi Teichman for not having posted this on Erev Shabbos...uIf you follow My laws and faithfully observe My commandments, I will grant your...
Watch & Read - Rabbi Ori Strum: Be Like an Ant: A Lag BaOmer Message (Video)
Baltimore, MD - May 5, 2026 - Every now and then we get those pesky little ants in our home that crawl in and around the kitchen, seemingly minding their own bu...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Emor: Reaching the Peak
We are amid counting the forty-nine days that bridge the holiday of Pesach and Shavuos. We start our count from the second day of Pesach when the עומר — a...
Watch: HaRav Michoel Sorotzkin - The Humility That Saved Torah- Feature about Rabi Akiva (Video)
From the tragedy of Sefiras HaOmer to the light of Lag BaOmer, this shiur uncovers the timeless lesson that Torah can only endure where humility and honor dwell...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Acharei Mos/Kedoshim: The Land of Our Soul
At the conclusion to the presentation of the laws pertaining to forbidden relationships in the portion of Acharei Mos, the Torah seemingly utilizes very graphic...
Rabbi Moshe Dov Heber - The Richest Person in the Room
From the outside, it looked like Shmuel had everything a child could possibly want. It wasn’t just that his family was well-off; it was that his life seemed ...
Rabbi Ori Strum: Man is an Entire World Tazria/Metzora (2026/5786)
A Jew is meant to wake up and begin his day like... PAUSE FOR A MOMENT.How would you complete that first sentence? I think most people would naturally conc...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Tazria/Metzora: Arise and Shine
The beloved Gadol Hador, Reb Moshe Feinstein, would emit a krechtz — deep sigh, at the onset of the month of Iyar. When asked what the problem was, he would s...
Beyond The Headlines A Weekly Glimpse Into The Israel You Won’t Read About In The News - Parashat Tazria-Metzora
Implications of a Matzah Shortage Many in Israel encountered a matzah shortage on Pesach. “There’s no matzah in the supermarket.” “Does anyone have ext...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Shemini: Hang On Tight!
How lovely are your footsteps בנעלים — in sandals, O daughter of nobles! This verse in the Song of Songs (7 2) extols the 'daughter' of...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - Shvii Shel Pesach
On the 7th day of Pesach, we commemorate the Greatest Nes done in the presence of man. 600,000 people witnessed the Splitting of the Sea and all of the other as...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - Nirtzah: Not Just The Closing Ceremonies
There are two major concepts which form the driving force of the Hagaddah and the Seder in general. First, is the Chiyuv Sipur Yitzias Mitraim, ...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - A Few Thoughts for Pesach 5786
As we bask in the afterglow of our Sedarim, where we retold the story of Yitzias Mitzrayim and we prepare for the last days of Pesach, where we mark Kriyas Yam ...
Rabbi Moshe Taragin: Pesach: The Night We Remember, The War We Are Living
The Torah assigns the night of Pesach a striking name: Leil shimurim. On the simplest level, it describes the condition on the night of Yetziat Mitzrayim itself...
Rabbi Moshe Taragin: We Are Living the Haggaddah
We are a nation of memory. We hold tightly to our past, marking the great turning points of our history. That past is not a relic of culture. It lives within us...
Rabbi Ori Strum: Another Way to View Struggles - Tzav (Shabbos HaGadol 2026/5786)
Life would be quite different with a Navi (prophet). Think about the numerous questions we deal with over the course of our lives. I'm not talking about qu...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Tzav/Shabbos Hagadol - Saving our Souls
Although we were introduced to the various offerings in the Mishkan as outlined in the portion of Vayikra, this week in Tzav many other details are added. In o...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - Parshas Tzav/Shabbos Hagadol - The Power of Shabbos
There is a long-standing tradition that the Shabbos before Pesach is referred to as Shabbos Hagodol – The Great Shabbos. Virtually every commentary rela...
Rabbi Ori Strum: Everything is Spiritual - Vayikra (2026/5786)
"Jewish physical matter is spiritual." This teaching from the Alter Rebbe (as quoted in HaYom Yom for 27 Teves) is one of the most fundamental principles of Yid...
From Egypt to Unity: The Spiritual Meaning of the Seder
The central goal of the Seder night is to strengthen our אמונה פשוטה, simple and pure faith, and to feel as though we ourselves are leaving מצרים...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - Parshas Vayikra- Yashrus
For many people, the commencement of Sefer Vayikra marks a distinct departure in the Torah from the telling of the history of the world and our becomi...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Vayikra: How Sweet It Is!
Once a year we confront our archenemy — Chometz, leaven bread, eradicating it from our homes. In the days when the Temple stood, there was a daily batt...
Beyond The Headlines A Weekly Glimpse Into The Israel You Won’t Read About In The News - Parashat Vayikra: Among the Ruins - Unity
Last week, in a single moment of terror, a missile fell near the home of the parents of the Peretz family in Beit Shemesh. The house that had been filled with m...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Vayakheil/Pekudei: Ha!
The Book of Shemos spans the most remarkable era in our history — from slavery to the exodus to the revelation at Sinai and the construction of an abode for t...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - Parshas Vayakheil/Pekudei:-Imitation is the Highest Form of Avoda
Sefer Shemos concludes with the much anticipated completion of the Mishkan. Several Parshiyos were devoted to the details of its construction, how to craf...