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Written by: Rabbi Mordechai Raizman Open Your Eyes This week’s Torah portion, Re’eh, starts with the phrase “Re’eh anochi nosayn lifnaychem hayom borcha uklalla – See what I have placed before you today, the blessings and curses.” Rav Moshe Feinstein, ZT”L, asks why is it that the word re’eh is written in a singular vein

Written by: Rabbi Avrohom S. Moller One of the challenges we encounter while we study Sefer Devarim is to understand the thread, the sequence of topics in any given parsha. In Parshas Eikev, the Torah instructs us to bless Hashem after we eat, the mitzvah of Birchas HaMazon. Immediately after that, the Torah admonishes us,

Written by: Rabbi Mordechai Raizman True Consolation In this week’s Haftorah, Hashem tells the prophet Yeshaya to deliver the following message to us.  Nachamu nachamu ami – Be consoled my nation. This is the comforting message we read after experiencing the mourning of Tisha B’Av and the loss of the Bais Hamikdosh. In analyzing this

Written by: Rabbi Mordechai Raizman From Exile to Redemption This coming  week is Tisha B’Av (the fast day remembering the destruction of the Temples) where we read from the Kinnos. The Kinnos is a compilation of writings that reflect on the many tragic times in our history during our long exile. There is one kinnah

Written by: Rabbi Avrohom S. Moller These Are the Stations of the Jewish People This week’s second parsha, Massei, begins with a listing of the 42 places that the Jewish people camped in during their journey from Egypt to Eretz Yisroel. It begins with Raamses in Egypt and ends with the encampment on the plains