by admin | Jun 20, 2017 | Weekly Email
A Passage without a Clear Meaning Rebbe Yaacov of Husiatyn begins his commentary on the Torah portion of Korach with the following: When we study the story of the dispute with Korach and his followers, we stand full of wonder and without any understanding....
by admin | Jun 20, 2017 | Weekly Email
What should I Write about This Time? At the end of almost every Shabbat, I sit down in front of the keyboard and ask myself, “What should I write about today?” I find that I stare at the computer screen for long periods of time, sometimes even two or three...
by admin | Jun 20, 2017 | Weekly Email
Datan and Aviram accused Moshe of some very serious faults, such as not keeping his promise to bring the people to a land of milk and honey. An even worse accusation was that he took on himself to become “a ruler over us.” [Bamidbar 16:13]. From Moshe’s reply, we can...
by admin | Jun 15, 2017 | Hesder
When describing the sin of the spies, the Torah uses a somewhat unusual term: “Vayotziu dibat ha’aretz” (Numbers 13:32). While this is usually translated as “they spoke evil about the land” or “they slandered the land,” the exact meaning of the word “diba” is...
by admin | Jun 14, 2017 | American
Rabbi Moshe Lichtman is a respected author and scholar living in Beit Shemesh who has written extensively about the centrality of the Land of Israel. Each week we plan to include a selection from his Sefer “Eretz Yisrael in the Torah.” SLANDERING THE LAND We all know...
