Matos-Masei 5748
A thought for the week on Parshiyos Matos-Masei
The Problem With Labels
Parshas Naso 1988
Insights
Insights on Parshas Behaaloscha 1988
Whose Fault Is It?
A thought for the week on Parshas Korach
Do not be Happy with your Lot
We should never be satisfied with our spiritual attainments, but strive to improve them
Gratitude
Jacob gives an extra portion of his blessings not to his firstborn Reuben (as one should, according to halacha), but to Joseph.
Judging Character
In today's parsha we read how, after the brothers had sold Joseph into slavery, Judah married a Canaanite woman and had three sons, the first two of whom, Er and Onan, died because of their sins, and then shortly thereafter his wife died. The Sforno explains that...
How to get G-d to Listen
We should realize how powerful an influence for good we can have on other people’s lives, and on our own, when we pray with kavana.
How to be a Light Unto the Nations
Parshas Noach 1987
