Parshas Ki Savo

Bikkurim and Hagba … Ki Savo 5766

“Reishis” and the letter samech … Ki Savo – 5767

Making the fruit grow quickly, 70 languages, the curses and brachos on the mountains … Ki Savo 5768

Bikkurim and the only Kohein, why they wrote on top of stones … Ki Savo 5769

Bitachon and Simcha, feeling renewed, and Rosh Hashana… Kisavo 5770

Lavan vs. Yaakov, Arami Oveid Avi … Kisavo 5771

1/60, doing teshuvah, and some of the curses … KiSavo5772

Lavan and Yaakov, learning with and without a chavrusa, and each one of the 11 “curses” … KiSavo5773

The brachos will run to catch up with you … KiSavo5774

The Torah is written on the stones … KiSavo5775

The curse of not keeping the Torah and Hagba – KiSavo5776

Arami Oveid Avi! – KiSavo5777

When the other nations see us (And our tefillin) – KiSavo5778

The 40 year old who can understand anything and everything – KiSavo5779

Ki Savo 5780 – We want shefa now!!
Ki Savo 5781: I feel like I’m going Crazy
Ki Savo 5782: The Private Idol Industry
Ki Savo 5783: Today! And then Tomorrow!

Parshas Ki Seitzei

The beautiful woman at war, mirrors, the Gr”a in the Torah, and Amalek … Ki Seitzei

The yeitzer hara, war in the beginning and end of the parsha, when to send the mother away … Ki Seitzei 5768

Rav Shwab’s tow types of mitzvos and the Ben Sorer U’moreh … Ki Seitzei 5769

Amalek vs. the yeitzer hara, fighting the yeitzer hara … Ki Seitzei 5770

Not everything is permitted, Marriage vs. divorce … KiSeitzei 5771

Shiluach Hakan and Amalek … KiSeitzei5772

The real bechor, the word “get” and shiluach hakan again … KiSeitzei5773

Wearing women’s clothing … KiSeitzei5774

Hanging someone overnight … KiSeitzei5775

The Chalitza process – KiSeitzei5776

Lashon Hara! Remembering Miryam – Ki Seitzei 5777

Mamzerim – how did it get this bad? – KiSeitzei5778

Riding with Kilayim – how it works and what it means – KiSeitzei5779

Ki Seitzei 5780 – The Evils of War
Ki Seitzei 5781 – Honest Business
Ki Seitzei 5782 – A Clean Break
Ki Seitzei 5783 – ???, ???, ???? – what happened here?

Parshas Shoftim

Gates, witnesses, 17-11, making a King, too many horses … Shoftim – 5767

Pilegesh b’Givah, healing the nefesh, magic … Shoftim 5768

Matzeivos, Killing Canaanim, commanding the stars to be “served” … Shoftim 5769

Bribery, the sefer Torah of the King, being scared at war … Shoftim 5770

The power of the stars on the other nations, the worms of Eglah Arufah … Shoftim 5771

Making a King and being Tamim (doing magic vs. going to a navi) … Shoftim5772

Many short divrei Torah… Shoftim5773

When going to war, the kohein speaks to the people … Shoftim5774

Are we allowed to live in Mitzrayim? … Shoftim5775

Listening to stargazers and horoscopes – Shoftim5776

Fruit trees and what we can’t do – Shoftim5777

Worms: Finding a killer (and ghosts as well) – Shoftim5778

The King and the Torah – A Tale of Two Torahs – Shoftim5779

Shoftim 5780 – Do we Really Need Neviim Nowadays?
Shoftim 5781 – Star Programming
Shoftim 5782 – The Rabbis Know All!
Shoftim 5783: More Money, More Wives, More Problems

Parshas Re’eh

Seeing the brachos, hinting to the Torah, and more… Re’eh 5768

The Torah being given “today” and the Mishkan vs. the Bais Hamikdash … Reeh 5769

Signs that we will succeed, the Akeidah as a test, and Aveirah’s growth … Reeh 5770

Look at tzadikim to choose wisely, the simanim of fish, and building up chiddushim … Reeh 5771

Tzedaka … Reeh5772

The middos of the animals and more about tzedaka … Reeh5773

Eating blood … Reeh5774

The Maisis … Reeh5775

Where is the Bais Hamikdash – Reeh5776

How to give tzedaka and when and where – Reeh5777

The real signs and miracles of a Navi Sheker – Reeh5778

What makes an animal kosher? – Reeh5779

Wait – is a Giraffe kosher? – Reeh5779Addition

Reeh 5780 – Conjoined Twins and American Pigs
Reeh 5781 – The Neshama is Still There
Re’eh 5782 – The Lost City
Reeh 5783 – An Abominable Appetite

Parshas Eikev

“V’haya” and the word eikev, their clothes, and a portion in Torah … Eikev – 5767

Reward for mitzvos, to “afflict us”, and shiurim of the Torah … Eikev 5768

The word “eikev” and what G-d wants from us … Eikev 5769

No giving up, the intention behind the mitzvah, and Hashem’s guarantee … Eikev 5770

The second luchos and the second Aron … Eikev 5771

When was Moshe told to make this Aron Kodesh? … Eikev5772

Manna and Bread, the death of Aharon and breaking the Luchos, and writing a song … Eikev5773

The magical clothes of the Midbar … Eikev5774

How to have yiras Hashem – 100 brachos a day … Eikev5775

What’s so special about Eretz Yisroel? – Eikev5776

Longer days and longer years – Eikev5777

40 days of tefilla – Eikev5778

Civil War: the worst thing that could have happened – Eikev5779

Eikev 5780 – A New Luchos and a New Aron
Eikev 5781 – The Nations Among Us
Eikev 5782 – A Test we Must Pass!
Eikev 5783: The Problem with Dasan and Aviram