Parsha Hashavuah
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...
Light Snow and Freezing Rain Expected Monday Into Tuesday
Baltimore, MD - Mar. 2, 2026 - Much of the forecast area is expected to experience some winter weather on Monday and Tuesday. A light band of precipitation is...
Rabbi Moshe Taragin: Parshas Ki Tisa - Fear and the Choice of Courage
Moshe’s delay in returning from the mountain unsettled the young nation. Had he been lost in the fire atop Sinai during the revelation? How could we survive w...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Tetzaveh - Gut, Klug und Frum!
It is taught in the schools of the Vilna Gaon and Rav Tzadok, that there are three nations that encompass all the other nations of the world. Esav, the 'g...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - Parshas Tetzaveh Of the People
In introducing us to the majesty of the Kohen Gadol and his special garments, our parsha makes a distinct point of telling us that this position was unique...
Janet S Sunness, MD on Parshas Tetzaveh: The Kohein Gadol and Us - L'Zeicher Nishmas my Mother Whose Yahrtzeit is 8 Adar
In memory of my beloved mother, whose yahrtzeit is 8 Adar. May her neshama have an aliyah The parshiyos we are reading now and in the coming few weeks ar...
Rabbi Reuven Taragin: Megillat Esther: Models of Leadership
How to Lead When Hashem Is Silent Throughout Tanach, Hashem uses prophecy to guide Jewish leaders. Hashem’s clear guidance meant that leadership genera...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Terumah: Permanent Resident
They shall make a Sanctuary for Me — so that I may dwell among them. (שמות כה ח) The Torah goes on to detail the many details of this abode for the Sh...
From Rebelling to Defending
Naftuli Moster had grown up chassidish but had left the fold, and for years he made it his mission to challenge the world he came from. He believed he had been...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - Parshas Mishpatim: Hashem's Love
One of the Torah’s fundamental principles, cited in Parshas Mishpatim, is the concept of eyen tachas eyen, shayn tachas sheyn – that the Torah ascribes puni...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Mishpatim - The Table is Set
In the Torah's first foray in presenting the details of its intricate system of law, in this case the gamut of civil law, it uses an expression rarely used...
Rabbi Moshe Taragin: Parshas Mishpatim - The Long Search for Moral Society
After the thunder and lightning at Har Sinai, Moshe Rabbeinu began the longer, more demanding task of transmitting the full breadth of Torah and the will of Has...
Achdut: Importance and Impact
Machloket (Infighting) Sefer Bamidbar tells of the rebellion led by Korach, Datan, and Aviram against Moshe and Aharon. They claimed that Moshe and Aharon had ...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Yisro: Today, Tomorrow, Eternity…
And the L-rd said to Moshe, “Go to the people, וקדשתם היום ומחר ̶̶ and prepare them today and tomorrow, וכבסו שמלותם &n...
Today, Tuesday of Parshas B'Shalach, a Segulah for Parnasa to Recite Parshas Hamon
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 27, 2026- Tuesday of Parshas Beshalach, is a special day. Seforim tell us that it is extremely prudent to utilize this day to pray for parn...
Rabbi Ori Strum: A DeLIGHTful Hasghacha Story and a Powerful Vort: Location, Location, Location!
Some 4,399 days ago (12 years!) I was sitting in the Bais Midrash of Yeshivas Mercaz HaTorah, when my friend, Ben, approached me and asked if I had a Dvar Torah...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Bo: Living in Reality
The Lord said to Moshe: "Come to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, in order that I may place, אותותי אלה — these ...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - Parshas Bo: Author's Intent
Every word, every letter in the Torah is used for a specific reason and purpose. We are reminded of this concept often through the teachings of Chazal whe...
The Fundamental Centrality of Eretz Yisrael
Our Avot Avraham Avinu demonstrated his commitment to Hashem in many ways over several decades. He was thrown into a fiery furnace for his faith, and he brough...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Vaeira: Leading the Way
Behold, the Children of Israel have not listened to me, so how will Pharoah listen to me? And I have sealed lips! (שמות ו יב) Although this expression o...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - Parshas VaEira: The Blind Leading the See-ers
With a jam packed Parsha, sometimes it’s easy to overlook some seemingly strange narrative. Take this one exchange between Moshe and Pahroh. Mitzrayim is unde...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Shemos: Never Go with the Flow
The daughter of Pharoah, elsewhere known by her name בִּתיה — Bisya, plays a pivotal role in the story of Moshe. Not only does she save him from the wat...
Watch - Rabbi Ori Strum: Ravens Fan Refuses to Put on a Steelers Hat A True Story with a Powerful Message (Video)
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 9, 2026 - In this video, I share an encounter with a Baltimore Ravens fan who refused to ever put on a Pittsburgh Steelers hat. That m...
Rabbi Binymain Zedner: Parshas Shemos: Seeing With the Heart — Awakening the Inner Spark of Kedushah
In this week’s parashah, the Torah tells us that Moshe Rabbeinu saw a Mitzri striking a Jew. The pasuk says, “Vayifen koh va-koh” — he looked to the rig...
Watch: Horav Michoel Sorotzkin – The Hidden Secrets of Parshas Va'Yechi (Video)
An overview of the passing and burial of Yaakov Avinu, beginning with his concern that lice from the Ten Plagues might affect his body, despite the teaching of ...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Vayechi: You are My Light
This week we read of the death of Yaakov and his burial in the Cave of Machpelah in Chevron. Although the Torah does not cite the exact date of his death, trad...
Rabbi Dovid Fink - Parshas Vayechi - Who Will We Be Tomorrow?
Parshas Vayechi represents the culmination of creation, the end of Sefer Breishis. The world and its teva are in place, Avraham Avienu forms his Bris with...
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Vayigash: Staying in Touch
The Rambam at the conclusion of his detailing the laws of Chanukah — after asserting how the lighting of the Menorah is an 'especially beloved' comm...