By Zachary Fish In the heart of the עבודה of יום הכיפורים, at the height of the holiest day of the year, we come across one of the most...

By Aryeh Bienstock The Shulchan Aruch (OC 428:4) describes four rules that serve as the basis for deciding whether to read a double...

By Eric Lenefsky The first halacha born out of our parsha is that korbanot cannot come from stolen property. דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי...

By Josh Appel In 1928, G.K. Chesterton, the renowned author and philosopher, made a profound statement in an article for The London...

By Tuvia Goldstein In contrast to last week’s opening line of ויקחו לי תרומה, our פרשה begins with ויקחו אליך שמן זית זך. Instead of...

By Elie Shapiro This week’s parsha begins with וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּשִׂ֖ים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ These are the rules that you...

By Yoni Laub In The Office , there’s an episode where the employees of Dunder Mifflin find out that their new coworker, Martin, had...

By Yonatan Berner I heard a very nice idea from Rav Aryeh Lebowitz and wanted to share some thoughts on it. We find the episode of...

By Mordy Blau As Bnei Yisrael prepare to leave Mitzrayim, the Torah shifts our attention to something deeper – the legacy we’ll pass on...

By Zachary Fish I always find the exchanges between Moshe and Hashem in these Parshiyos so fascinating. They go back and forth—Moshe...

By Judah Graber   This week’s parsha offers many lessons: navigating struggle, balancing faith and society, and knowing how, when, and to...

By Yoni Laub The other day when I got to school, as I was getting out of the car, I remembered that it was “Anything but a Backpack Day”...

By Eric Lenefsky After many years of davening alongside her husband, Yitzchak, Rivka miraculously becomes pregnant. Yet, this pregnancy...

By Tuvia Goldstein רש"י פרשת וירא ישב - ישב כתיב, בקש לעמוד, אמר לו הקדוש ברוך הוא שב ואני אעמוד, ואתה סימן לבניך, שעתיד אני להתיצב בעדת...

By Eric Lenefsky When one thinks of the story of נח and the מבול, one generally associates it with destruction. Hashem is fed up with the...

By Zachary Fish A year.   It’s hard to believe. In some ways, it feels like just yesterday, with the pain still fresh; in others, it...

By Mordy Blau What is the remedy after receiving the tochecha? In the previous section of the tochecha in Bechukotai, the parsha...

By Zach Israeli   The specific spot in which things get placed is pretty important in life. In fact, presidential candidate Vice...

By Tuvia Goldstein Certain combinations, like Oreos and tomato sauce, were never meant to be (trust me on this one). Others, like...

By Josh Appel This week’s Parsha concludes with one of the most enigmatic laws in our corpus. We are told that if a corpse is found...