Parshas Ki Sissa

Betzalel and what really happened at the Aigel … Ki Sisa – 5767

The half shekel and the secrets of the Aigel … Ki Sisa 5768

How bad the sin of the golden calf was … Ki Sisa 5769

Doing an avairah lishma and the dances were the worst part … Kisisa 5770

No malach hamaves, how could they kill Chur? Also, the point of the second luchos … KiSisa 5771

Rehashing the Aigel Hazahav … KiSissa 5772

“Zeh” and the Sattan darkening the world with Moshe’s death … KiSissa5773

Moshe’s mask … KiSissa5774

Yehoshua and Moshe argue what they heard in the camp … KiSissa5775

Seeing Hashem’s “Face” – KiSissa5776

Erasing Moshe from the sefer – KiSissa5777

Why would Moshe break the Luchos (what was the point?) – KiSisa5778

Lords of the Earrings – KiSissa5779

Brother Killers – How is this a good thing? – KiSissa5780

Ki Sissa 5781 – The Mysterious Betzalel
Ki Sissa 5782 – A Protective Hand
Ki Sissa 5783 – A Tent away from Home
Ki Sissa 5784 – The Gold – it burns!

Parshas Tetzaveh

Moshe’s neshama and the stones of the choshen … Tetzaveh – 5767

Moshe’s neshama, the Urim V’tumim, and the Tzitz Hakodesh … Tetzaveh 5768

Moshe missing, clothes, the Ner Maaravi (and Chanuka)… Tetzaveh 5769

Shemen zayis and “owning” ourselves … Tetzaveh 5770

“Kosis lamaor” and the Choshen and its letters… Tetzaveh 5771

Moshe’s holy neshama and the Aron/Menorah (Torah) … Tetzaveh 5772

The word Tetzaveh and why donations were needed … Tetzaveh5773

How to use the Urim V’Tumim … Tetzaveh5774

The holy Tzitz Hakodesh … Tetzaveh5775

The Me’il – Tetzaveh5776

The Mizbeiach Haketores- what is it doing here? – Tetzaveh5777

The Awesome Ephod – Tetzaveh5778

Can Rashi and Rambam argue on Tannaim? The Avnei Ephod and who was written on them – Tetzaveh5779

The Most Amazing Stones – Tetzaveh5780

Parshas Tetzaveh 5781: An ear, a thumb, and a big toe
Parshas Tetzaveh 5782: Covering up
Parshas Tetzaveh 5783: The Light from Within
Addendum to 5783
Tetzaveh 5784: Shouldering a Burden

Parshas Terumah

Great gematrios and the materials for the Mishkan … Terumah – 5767

Short divrei Torah… Trumah 5768

Must be done lishma … Terumah 5769

Mishkan and Mikdash and the point of it all … Trumah 5770

The Kruvim … Trumah 5771

Atzei Shittim and Techashim … Trumah 5772

The kedusha of the money … Trumah5773

Doing it lishma … Terumah5774

Tolaas Shani and the purpose of the Mishkan … Terumah5775

The Tachash/Unicorn … Terumah5776

The purpose of the Shulchan – actual:   Terumah5777   and other:    TerumahLIVE5777

The Paroches – the purpose of a separation –  Terumah5778

The Stones of Miluim – Terumah5779

Keruvim on Curtains! – Terumah5780

Terumah 5781: Holding up the World
Terumah 5782: The People’s House
Terumah 5783: Be a Square
Terumah 5784: Angel Baby Faces

Parshas Mishpatim

Short divrei Torah… Mishpatim – 5767

Lifnim mishuras hadin and magic … Mishpatim 5768

Eved ivri – why call him that? … Mishpatim 5769

Crazy hornets … Mishpatim 5770

The mishpatim of Hashem and how Torah affects Gamshmius, plus doctors … Mishpatim 5771

Another bit about “ivri” and everything really being chukim, plus Torah changing over the years… Mishpatim 5772

The malach that is with us as well as the Mai Hashiloach on slaves … Mishpatim5773

Naarei bnai yisroel bringing korbanos … Mishpatim5774

Why start with a Jewish slave? … Mishpatim5775

An eye for an eye – Mishpatim5776

Doggie Heaven (why we throw Traifos to them) – Mishpatim5777

Seeing G-d does not mean that they saw G-d – Mishpatim5778

The Malach who was supposed to join Klal Yisroel – Mishpatim5779

The stairway to Heaven – Mishpatim5780

Mishpatim 5781: A Book for the Ages
Mishpatim 5782: Blind as a Bat
Mishpatim 5783: She’s a Witch!
Mishpatim 5784: Staring and eating

Ben Ish Chai Halachos

Parshas Breishis: Hilchos Tzitzis – #1
Parshas Breishis: Hilchos Atifas Tallis – #2
Parshas Noach: The material used for Tziztis – #3
Parshas Noach: Linen and Four Corners – #4
Parshas Noach: How to make strings – #5
End of Noach: Strings and Parshas Lech Lecha: Wrapping the Tallis – #6
Parshas Lech Lecha: Borrowing and cutting strings (7)
Parshas Lech Lecha: Size and more (8)
Parshas Lech Lecha and Vayeira: Why we wear Tefillin (9)
Parshas Vayeira: Bracha on Tefillin and borrowing (10)
Parshas Vayeira: Tefillin – when and how (11)
Parshas Vayeira: Tefillin – parshios (12)
Parshas Vayeira and Chayei Sarah: Tefillin – how to put them on (13)
Parshas Chayei Sarah – where to put the tefillin (14)
Chayei Sarah: Nothing between the tefillin and you (15)
Parshas Chayei Sarah: Taking off the Tefillin (16)
Parshas Toldos: How to do netilas yadayim (17)
Netilas Yadayim – process (18)
Parshas Vayetze: Hakdama and bathroom issues (19)
Parshas Vayetze: Bathroom issues (20)
Vayetze: Touching hands before washing (21)
Vayishlach: Nighttime issues (22)
Vayishlach: Tikkun Chatzos (23)
Vayishlach and Vayeshev: Tikkun Chatzos and Elokai Neshama (24)
Elokai Neshama (25)
Birchos Hashachar (26)
100 Brachos and more! (27)
Brachos and Chanuka (28)
Kedushas Bais Heknesses (29)
Pesukei Dzimra (Vayigash – 30)
Pesukei Dzimra (Vayigash – 31)
Baruch Sheamara (Vayigash – 32)
Ashrei and more (Vayigash – 33)
Yishtabach and Kaddish (Vayigash – 34)
Kaddish (Vayechi – 35)
Kaddish (Vayechi – 36)

Parshas Yisro

Many small divrei torah … Yisro – 5767

What did Yisro hear? and other divrei Torah … Yisro 5768

Our derech eretz and theirs …. Yisro 5769

Gershom, our job to learn, and trying to be like Shammai on Shabbos … Yisro 5770

Yisro saw what he had to do, and why he’s happy now … Yisro 5771

The process of Torah Shebe’al peh … Yisro 5772

Yisro’s shock, Moshe’s judging abilities, and the mitzvha of Hagbalah … Yisro5773

Carried on eagles’ wings … Yisro5774

The story of Gershom, son of Moshe … Yisro5775

Why Yisro wanted judges … Yisro5776

The great shofar blast at Har Sinai – Yisro5777

Why can’t I have what he’s having? – Yisro5778

We are the “treasured” nation – Yisro5779

The Bris Party – fixing Kayin’s mistakes – Yisro5780

Yisro 5781 – We Don’t Want to Die
Yisro 5782 – Lightning, Thunder, and a Massive Shofar Blast
Yisro 5783 – Love Parents, Live Longer
Yisro 5784 – Seeing is Believing!

Parshas Beshalach

The Pelishtim and 50 miracles of krias Yam Suf … Beshalach 5767

Pelishtim, women singing and the mann … Beshalach 5768

The Yam and its power, and kishuf … Beshalach 5769

Dasan and Aviram … Beshalach 5770

The Pelishtim and Baal Tzafon … Beshalach 5771

Krias Yam Suf and all of the miracles … Beshalach – Yamsuf

What happened with the Bnai Efraim … Beshalach 5772

Beshalach5773

Crazy stuff about Baal Tzefon … Beshalach5774

Chamushim – armed or 1/5 of the Jews left … Beshalach5775

The bitter waters of Marah sweetened – Beshalach5777

Miryam starts a song – Beshalach5778

The 12 and 70 – the point of the city Eilim – Beshalach5779

The Wonders of the Manna – Beshalach5780

Beshalach 5781 – A Private Crossing for Two
Beshalach 5782 – Yehoshua Man of War
Beshalach 5783 – Raising your arms to the Sky
Beshalach 5784 – Good Quail to Eat

Parshas Bo

Short divrei Torah … Bo – 5767

Short divrei Torah … Bo 5768

Many divrei Torah … Bo 5769

More divrei Torah … Bo 5770

“Coming to Paroh” and Tefillin … Bo-Skokie – 5770

Locusts and darkness and Moshe’s only fear … Bo 5771

4/5 of them died (what does that mean?) … Bo 5772

Lots of divrei torah put together … Bo5773

Who killed the first born – Hashem or the malach? … Bo5774

430 years in Egypt (How could they have been there so long?) … Bo5775

The crazy Locusts (how bad could that be?) … Bo5776

Darkness surrounded them – Bo5777

The Dogs would not Bark – Bo5778

The gods of Egypt – Ra and ??? – Bo5779

A Holiday to Remember – Bo5780

Bo 5781: Facing Your Enemy
Bo 5782: Midnight Express
Bo 5783: Erev Rav and the Nation
Bo 5784: Death of the First Born

Parshas Vaera

All the makkos … Vaeira – 5767

The “Avos” and names of Hashem … Vaera 5768

They cried out and the staff turning into a snake … Vaera 5769

“I am Hashem” and the hail Vaera 5770

The difference between the Names of Hashem … Vaera1 5771 and Vaera2 5771

The sefarim they had and what happened to magic … Vaera 5772

The level of “koh” and hail again … Vaera5773

All about the Blood … Vaera5774

All about the Frogs … Vaera5775

All about the Lice … Vaera5776

The wild animals of Arov and the land they were on – Vaera5777

The “plague” to end all plagues – Vaera5778

Double Double Boil and Trouble – Vaera5779

Hail to the Chief Above! – Vaera5780

Vaera 5781 – Where did Moshe come from?
Vaera 5782 – Even an 80 year old can do it!
Vaera 5783 – Amram’s Long Life
Vaera 5784 – The Finger of Hashem

Parshas Shemos

Short divrei Torah … Shemos – 5767

Short divrei Torah … Shemos 5768

Moshe Rabbeinu being pulled out from the tumah of the world … Shemos 5769

The 49th level and feeling stuck; the staff/snake … Shemos 5770

Three midrashim about Moshe Rabbeinu and how to understand them … Shemos 5771

Moshe’s job to stay away from gashmiyus; Tzipporah’s only words in the Chumash … Shemos 5772

Lack of Hakaras Hatov by Paroh; Moshe being born three months early … Shemos5773

Taking his shoes off … Shemos5774

The burning bush … Shemos5775

Shifra and Puah … Shemos5776

How did Moshe get out of Egypt? And why did Paroh try to kill him? – Shemos5777

The Name that Kills – Shemos5778

Why would Moshe want a Snaky staff? – Shemos5779

Hiding in plain sight – Moshe’s little boat – Shemos5780

Shemos 5781 – Death an at Inn
Shemos 5781a – Divrei Torah in the Parsha
Shemos 5781b – A Geulah with Moshe and a Geulah without
Shemos 5782 – Talk Softly and Carry a Big Staff
Shemos 5783 – The Fight at the Well
Shemos5784: Walk like an Egyptian into the Palace