By Ian Schwartz In this weeks parsha Nitzavim we have an extremely unique description of the jewish people אַתֶּ֨ם נִצָּבִ֤ים הַיּוֹם֙ כֻּלְּכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם רָאשֵׁיכֶ֣ם שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֗ם זִקְנֵיכֶם֙ וְשֹׁ֣טְרֵיכֶ֔ם כֹּ֖ל אִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ טַפְּכֶ֣ם נְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם וְגֵ֣רְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּקֶ֣רֶב מַחֲנֶ֑יךָ מֵחֹטֵ֣ב עֵצֶ֔יךָ עַ֖ד שֹׁאֵ֥ב מֵימֶֽיךָ׃ This is an extremely novel way of describing the jewish people, firstly it mentions all members of society from the highes

By Eric Lenefsky Perhaps the most famous line in all of פרשת עקב is משה רבינו's question to בני ישראל, ועתה ישראל מה ה' אלקיך שואל מעמך?...

By Yoni Laub A few months ago, my sister sent me a meme that said something along the lines of: “Born too late to buy a house for 50k,...

By Judah Graber Years ago, I heard a shiur from Rav Yehuda Turetsky discussing what is so harmful about machlokes. After the entire...

By Mordy Blau   Since Judah reminded me about writing the Dvar Torah for this week, I thought it would be fitting to summarize Rav...

By Eric Lenefsky ויהי העם כמתאוננים רע באזני השם The nation was like complainers, wicked in the ears of God. In our parsha, Parshas...

By Tuvia Goldstein The גמרא in מגילה teaches the תקנה of עזרא that the תוכחה of ויקרא must be read before שבועות and the תוכחה of דברים...

By Seth Jacobs This Week's Parsha has probably the most famous Rashi in all of chumash. The Parsha starts off“וַיְדַבֵּר ה' אֶל־מֹשֶׁה...

By Ben Rothstein There seem to be several disparate sections of this parasha : ‎21:1-15 ‎​​ Restrictions on kohanim ’s mourning practices...

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...