Parshas Balak

The reason for Parah Adumah, ,Miryam dying as a kaparah, the story of Og, Balak and Bilaam … Chukas-Balak 5756

Balak and Bilaam – who they were … Balak – 5767

Calling the parsha Balak, the “bird” of Balak, and “who will live from Shmuel” … Balak 5768

What does a kaparah mean? And what did Balak see that others didn’t see … Chukas-Balak 5769

Balak becoming King, and the curses/blessings of such a person… Balak 5770

Ignoring G-d’s signs (Donkeys talking) … Balak 5771

An ox licking up vegetables from the ground … Balak5772

Cursing instead of blessing, changing G-d’s mind, and a malach of Hashem that came to him … Balak5773

The magic they held in their “hands” … Balak5774

Baal Peor – what it all meant … Balak5775

The Donkey spoke – what was the point? – Balak5776

Magic has no affect on us!! – Balak5777

Bilaam’s vision of the future – Balak5778

Why would Bilaam want to bring Korbanos? Bilaam’s daas – Balak5779

Balak5780 – Who Can Live Through This??
Balak 5781 – The Land that Makes you Sin
Balak 5782 – Does G-d Really Change His Mind?

Parshas Chukas

A kaparah of the Parah Adumah and Miryam’s death, Og, and who were Balak and Bilaam … Chukas-Balak 5756

The real reason for the Parah Adumah, the reason for hitting the rock, and what happened in Edom … Chukas – 5767

What does a kaparah mean? And what did Balak see that others didn’t see … Chukas-Balak 5769

A chok, to act like you’re dead to the world to learn Torah, the miracle of the opposites, and the Nachash … Chukas 5770

Death by neshikah, and why we needed Mei Meirvah … Chukas 5771

The Netziv and Kedushas Levi on Mei Merivah … Chukas5772

To live for the Torah (and not to die), and using the word “morim” to describe the Jews … Chukas5773

Sending messages to Edom … Chukas5774

Why bring the staff to a water party? … Chukas5775

Isn’t a snake on a pole Avodah Zarah? – Chukas5776

You can’t get Amalek to change his spots… – Chukas5777

A river filled with blood and guts – Chukas5778

How anger can simply destroy you – Chukas5779

Chukas5780 – The Life of Sichon
Chukas 5781 – Spies that worked
Chukas 5782 – The life and times of Og
Chukas 5783: The Death of Miriam

Parshas Korach

Korach’s issues and his claims, where he came from, and why Yaakov wanted nothing to do with this … Korach – 5767

Moshe doesn’t daven for them here, and why Korach did what he did … Korach 5769

Why the Mezuzah? What will be with Korach in the future, and why Rebbe Akiva holds he’s gone forever … Korach 5770

Korach’s speech, what he could have been, his hypocrisy and his tikkun… Korach 5771

The differecnes between the two generations, and Korach’s denial of chesed to others … Korach5772

The depth of Korach, and a mashal to understand it all … Korach5773

Moshe fell on his face … Korach5774

The ground opened up… Korach5775

Aharon’s staff with flowers and almonds – Korach5776

Hashem wanted to destroy them in one moment – The G-d of all spirits – Korach5777

Dasan and Aviram – why they were so great and what took them down – Korach5778

How does Ketores stop a plague? – Korach5779

Korach 5780: To Die the Right Way
Korach 5781: This Staff is Forever
Korach 5782: Standing and Falling
Korach 5783: True Blindness

Parshas Shelach

Why Miryam had to die, where they traveled in Eretz Yisroel, and the grapevine … Shelach – 5767

The Rmaban, the shevatim help9ing them out thru gilgulim, and the Mapilim … Shelach 5768

Were they tzadikim or reshaim? … Shelach 5769

The yud for Yehoshua, bikurei Anavim, and using your yietzer hara for good … Shelach 5770

What the meraglim were thinking… Shelach 5771

The people weren’t ready for this, and the “tree” in Israel … Shelach5772

Davening for Yehoshua, 40 years for 40 days, and how they could mess up this badly … Shelach5773a and Shelach5773b

Kalev’s trip to Chevron … Shelach5774

The yud is added on to Yehoshua … Shelach5775

The Mekoshesh – Shelach5776a and Shelach5776b

GIANTS – are they really that big? – Shelach5777

The real Grapes of Wrath – Shelach5778

Why would you go in when G-d says no? – Shelach5779

Parshas Shelach 5780: The Real Kalev
Parshas Shelach 5781: Names of Power
Parshas Shelach 5782: Grapes to Go!
Parshas Shelach 5783: Tongues and Maggots

Parshas Behaaloscha

Small divrei Torah… Bha’aloscha6_15_06

Menorah. backwards Nun, Moshe’s problem wit hthe Jews, the Cushis Woman … Behaaloscha – 5767

How they could sin this badly and “Chinam” … Behaaloscha 5768

The future Chanuka and the 7 sifrei Torah … Behaaloscha 5769

Nachshon- his greatness and his fall, what the Jews thought, and the missing sefer … Behaaloscha 5770

Behaaloscha5772

Traveling throughout the land, the most humble of men and the trait of humility … Behaaloscha5773

The Manna – what it tasted like and why they complained about it … Behaaloscha5775 (mp4) and Behaaloscha5775 (mp3, missing last three minutes)

Isha Kushis – Behaaloscha5776

Eldad and Meidad – who in the world are they? – Behaaloscha5777

STOP COMPLAINING!!! – Behaaloscha5778

Why Yehoshua wanted them dead – Behaaloscha5779

Parshas Behaaloscha 5780: Looking back to go forward
Parshas Behaaloscha 5781: The Power of Five Words
Parshas Behaaloscha 5782: The Bald and The Beautiful
Parshas Behaaloscha 5783: You have to want it!