Parshas Nasso – The Offering of the Tribal Leaders
Peace and difference.
Neirot
Parshas Nasso – The Priestly Blessing
The significance of the priestly blessing.
Shavuot – Torah-The Essence of Existence
Torah the infinite wisdom of Hashem is the essence of all existence.
Paying Tuition with Maaser Money
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan The cost of out-of-town mesivta is challenging. Can pay tuition with my maaser money? As explained in previous (issues 217-218) one cannot pay for obligations with maaser money, since tzedakah is supposed to be...
Parshas Bamidbar – Counting: Revealing Our Essential Identity
To view as a PDF, click here. In this week’s parsha G-d instructs that the Jewish people be counted. Rashi explains the purpose for the three different reckonings of the Jewish people found...
Parshas Bamidbar – Megaleh Amukos
By Rabbi David Sterne This week, we rejoin our sixteenth century sage, the Megaleh Amukot (R’ Nosson Nata Shapira) in a new book of the five books of Moses, in Bamidbar (“In the...
Parshas Bamidbar – Counting the Jewish People
An essay on quantity and quality
Parshas Bamidbar – Israel’s Desert Encampment
The Secret of Israel’s Desert Encampment
The Secret to Greatness
What the Sages of Israel taught Alexander the Great about greatness.
Pre-Order Discount
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan May a publisher offer a discounted price to those who pay in advance before the sefer is printed? The Alter Rebbe rules[1] that one who sells an object at...
