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Written by: Rabbi Avrohom S. Moller It Isn’t Easy to Commit When the Torah discusses the mitzvah of tzedakah, charity, the possuk  says, “כי בגלל הדבר הזה”  –  “as a result of this matter (your generosity) Hashem will bless you in all of your endeavors.” Rashi quoting the Sifri notes the choice of the word “davar,” which literally means thing or matter, can also mean speech or word. Rashi, therefore,

Written by: Rabbi Mordechai Raizman Leadership at Its Best In this week’s Torah portion Eikev, G-d tells Moshe to relay the following message to the Jewish people. “What does G-d ask of you but to fear Him?” The Talmud analyzes this statement and makes the following observation. In using the term what, it implies that

Written by: Rabbi Avrohom S. Moller   נַחֲמוּ נַחֲמוּ עַמִּי יֹאמַר אֱלֹהֵיכֶם This week’s haftarah, the first of seven which comfort us after Tisha B’Av, opens with the sentence, “Be comforted, be comforted, oh my nation. Speak to the heart of Yerushalayim and call to her (encourage her) since she was punished doubly for her

Written by: Rabbi Mordechai Raizman Coming Together Our sages tell us that any generation where the Temple was not rebuilt in their time, it is as if it was destroyed in their time. The simple understanding of this statement is that if we haven’t experienced the ultimate redemption yet, it is because the baseless hatred

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 the journey from Egypt to Eretz Yisroel. It begins with Raamses in Egypt and ends with the encampment on the plains