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

KiSeitzei5780: The Evils of War
Ki Seitzei 5781: Honest Business
Ki Seitzei 5782: A Clean Break

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!

Trei Asar (second time around)

Perek 1 – The Zonah and Hoshea
Perakim 2 and 3 – Consolation, another woman
Perakim 4 and 5 – Bnei Yisroel was really bad
Perakim 6 and 7 – Bad things getting worse
Perakim 8 and 9 – Yisroel and Yehuda
Perakim 10, 11, and 12 – Yeravam was bad for the Jews
Perakim 12,13, 14 – Ending on a high note
Yoel 1,2 – The Locusts
Yoel 3, 4 – Message for the Future
Amos 1,2 – The ten tribes
Amos 3,4,5 – Not Listening
Amos 5,6,7 – More to do!
Amos 7,8,9 – A Great Ending
Ovadiah – Edom’s Downfall
Yonah perek 1
Yonah 2,3,4
Micha 1, 2
Micha 3,4,5
Micha 6,7
Nachum – 1,2,3
Chavakuk 1, 2
Chavakuk 2, 3
Tzefania 1,2,3
Chaggai 1, 2
Zecharya 1,2
Zecharya 3,4
Zecharya 5,6
Zecharya 7, 8
Zecharya 9,10
Zecharya 11,12
Zecharya 13,14
Malachi 1, 2
Malachi 2,3
Last part of Malachi

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

Reeh5780 – Conjoined Twins and American Pigs
Reeh 5781 – The Neshama is Still There!
Reeh 5782 – The Lost City

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

Parshas Vaeschanan

515 and the word “Rav” … Vaeschanan – 5767

How Moshe wanted to get in, and our wisdom by learning Torah … Vaeschanan 5768

“Ba’eis hahi” and watching your health … Vaeschanan 5770

The cities of refuge … Vaeschanan 5771

Moshe’s tefilla and not being able to hear Hashem telling them the Aseres Hadibros … Vaeschanan5772

Adding and taking away mitzvos and using all your money for Hashem, plus the famous Rebbe Akiva drasha … Vaeschanan5773

It’s too much for you Moshe! … Vaeschanan5774

What’s the “laimor”? … Vaeschanan5775

Keeping yourself healthy – Vaeschanan5776

Are you allowed to daven to the Angels? – Vaeschanan5777

Real Facetime with Hashem – Vaeschanan5778

Are you allowed to forget the Torah? – Vaeschanan5779

Vaeschanan 5780 – Don’t Become Old in Your Avodah!
Vaeschanan 5781 – The Never Ending Voice
Vaeschanan 5782 – Why Hashem Loves Us

Tisha B’av 5782

The Chassidus of Dovid Hamelech – NineDays5779

Tisha B’av 5780 – Finding the Best in Others
Tisha B’av 5781 – Hod, the Tikkun for Anger
Tisha B’av 5782 – Just out of reach…

Parshas Devarim

Ramazim within the first pasuk, “Larov” without a vav, and the age of 13 – Devarim 5756

Mussar as a remez, the names of the places they went, going to the North … Devarim – 5767

The seder of the sefarim, to “all” of the Jews, and the mountains … Devarim 5768

Sefer Devarim and why it’s different … Devarim 5769

The Aigel  was last, you can’t or you won’t, and the extra vav in Yehoshua’s name… Devarim 5770

Og Melech Habashan … Devarim 5771

Teaching them the methods, preparing them for the land, Mussar being given with hints … Devarim5772

Moshe’s worry in writing this sefer … Devarim5773

Why did Moshe die before entering the land… Devarim5774

Continuing last year and turning to the North away from Edom … Devarim5775

The land of Di Zahav – Devarim5776

Og vs. Moshe (or The Hulk vs. Antmen) – who wins the kedusha battle? – Devarim5777

What even Moshe Rabbeinu could not handle – Devarim5778

A revisionist history of the Meraglim – Devarim5779

Devarim 5780 – The Day the Sun Stood Still
Devarim 5781: The Responsibility of Leadership
Devarim 5782: The Small Defeat the Large

Parshas Mattos Masai

Short Divrei Torah – Mattos Massai – 5767

Short divrei Torah – Matos 5768

Short divrei Torah – Massei 5768

The heads of mattos and the war against Midyan – Matos-Masei 5769

The purpose of making nedarim and the power of our words – Matos-Masei 5770

The thousands that went to war and Moshe’s anger – Mattos 5771

Why we need the Masaos here – Massai 5771

Kedushas Levi on nedarim and Gad before Reuven – Matos-Masai5772

These two parshios are together and watching your mouth – MattosMassai5773

The death of Bilaam … Matos5774

Traveling through the desert … Masai5774

Moshe died after fighting Midyan … MattosMasai5775

The sheep of Gad and Reuven – MattosMassai5776

Pinchas goes to war – why him?? – MattosMasai5777

42 and 6 – Krias Shema and the cities of refuge – Masai5778

Divding up the land is never easy – MattosMasai5779

Mattos 5780 – Spoils of War
Mattos 5781 – The Righteous Anger
Masai 5782 – Rosh Chodesh Av – A Time to Cry

Parshas Pinchas

Kavah and Kubah, the 24,000 and the neshamos of Pinchas … Pinchas – 5767

Pinchas and his decision to be a Kanai … Pinchas 5768

A kohein that kills and the definition of mesiras nefesh … Pinchas 5769

Pinchas being rewarded, and what it means to become Eliyahu … Pinchas 5770

Tzlafchad and getting to the 50th level … Pinchas 5771

Eliyahu Hanavi and Pinchas … Pinchas5772

It’s a “din” that Pinchas should get his reward in this world … Pinchas5773

Appointing a new leader over the Jews … Pinchas5774

The broken vav in the word Shalom … Pinchas5775

What does Elokei Haruchos mean? – Pinchas5776

The 70 Bulls of the Nations – Pinchas5777

A special place in Gehinom for the sons of Korach – Pinchas5778

Who was Kozbi and Tzur? – Pinchas5779

Pinchas 5780: Family Matters
Pinchas 5781: Do we really know Zimri?
Pinchas 5781 – Addition: Zimri’s death
Pinchas 5782: The Amazing Life of Serach bas Asher