By Zachary Fish What does the story of Rut have to do with Shavuot? On the holiday that commemorates one of the most monumental events in...

By Zach Israeli A few weeks back, my Iranian classmate Hossein and I were schmoozing about the current state of affairs in Iran. He...

By Aryeh Bienstock This week’s parsha contains the famous Brachos and Klalos; the blessings that Hashem promises to bestow on Bnei...

By Tuvia Goldstein Similar to פרשת משפטים, our פרשה reads like a list of מצוות. The פרשה moves quickly from topic to topic, teaching...

By Josh Appel Many of us are familiar with the concept of קידוש ה׳ – the sanctifying of God’s name – and know that it appears in this...

Mordy Blau As we observe college campuses today, we witness camp-ins and building takeovers from Columbia to Harvard to UCLA to...

By Meir Jacobs Among the many blood-related מצוות in פרק י”ז is that of כיסוי הדם, covering the blood of a slaughtered חיה or עוף. There...

By Ian Schwartz As we enter Shabbat Hagadol and prepare ourselves for the light of Pesach, it feels as though we have just experienced...

By Yoni Laub If a Kohen finds that someone has tzaraas on their body, the Kohen declares him Tamei. So intuitively, if a person would...

By Eric Lenefsky If one looks through the מדרשים and מפשרים he will find a number of reasons why נדב and אביהוא, the two sons of אהרן,...

By Seth Jacobs In Parashat Tzav, we are commanded concerning the אֵ֗שׁ תָּמִ֛יד upon the מִּזְבֵּ֤חַ: והָאֵ֨שׁ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֤חַ...

By Aryeh Bienstock The Medresh in Mishlei states based on a Pasuk in Megillat Ester that Purim will be the only holiday to exist in the...

By Judah Graber This year, before we embark on the Avodah of Purim, we are privileged to begin Sefer Vayikra. I would like to share a...

By Mordy Blau As I sit down to write this Dvar Torah, I struggle with the following question: How could I inspire such an amazing chevra?...

By Zachary Israeli I’m not exactly sure where I heard the story. Quite frankly, I’m not exactly sure that I heard the story. It very well...

By Zachary Fish After one of the most catastrophic sins in the history of the world, the Cheit HaEgel, Hashem mercifully forgives Bnei...

By Tuvia Goldstein The גמרא in יומא (12b) records a מחלוקת between רבי and ר' אלעזר ברבי שמעון about the אבנט worn by the Kohen Gadol....

By Josh Appel Parshas Terumah introduces us to what the Ramban considers the ultimate goal of Sefer Shemos: the Mishkan. At the heart of...

By Yonatan Berner Our Parsha begins with an unusual transition: וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּשִׂ֖ים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם Rashi is...

By Meir Jacobs At the beginning of פרשת יתרו, Yisro suggests to Moshe that כָּל-הַדָּבָר הַגָּדֹל יָבִיאוּ אֵלֶיךָ, וְכָל-הַדָּבָר...