October 5, 2025 | 13 Tishrei, 5786 | Torah Portion: Sukkos, Special Readings | Haftorah: Special Readings
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Shmuel II 22:1–51
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This week’s Haftarah records Dovid Hamelech’s life-song that he composed at the ...read more
No Threats, Just Decisions
This Shabbos, which falls a few days before Yom Kippur, we read the parsha of Ha'azinu. Moshe, before his death, summons heavens and earth to ...read more
Say It With Chumros
The forty days from the beginning of Elul through Yom Kippur correspond with the forty days during which Moshe beseeched Hashem to forgive Bnei ...read more
Birchos HaTorah
The Story
Aryeh was having a difficult morning. The smoke detector went off in his home just after he woke up. He ran outside with his whole ...read more
The Ultimate Contact
The Ultimate Contact Never give up hope. No matter how bleak your plight may seem, do not allow yourself to surrender to despair. This is what ...read more
Calculated Double Speak
Ha'azinu is the last song of the Torah. It details some wonderful attributes that paint a glorious picture of the relationship of G-d and His ...read more
The Equation of Life
EVERY GENERATION HAS its own tests. I would have liked to believe that having actual prophets of God to tell us what God was thinking and ...read more
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Reaching For the Sky[1]
Listen carefully, O Heavens and I will speak. May the earth hear the words of my mouth.[2]
Did the earth get distracted? Why else instruct the ...read more
Hester Panim and Teshuva: Haazinu
Hester Panim and Teshuva
In Devorim, verse 32:20, Hashem again refers to the ’hiding of the countenance’ that we call Hester Panim.
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Doing the Thirteen Attributes
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Volume 39, No. 49
10 Tishrei 5786
October 2, 2025
Sponsored by Rochelle Dimont and family on the yahrzeit of husband and father Rabbi ...read more
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Chapter 1, Mishna 1(c): The Age of Wisdom
Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it Joshua. Joshua transmitted it to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets ...read more
Chapter 5, Law 7(d) – Truth versus Peace
(End of Law 7, earlier parts quoted in previous classes):
He [the Torah scholar] should not speak dishonestly (lit., 'change his words'), nor ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 1(b) : The First Commandment: Know Yourself
Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it Joshua. Joshua transmitted it to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets ...read more
Chapter 5, Law 7(c) – Understanding Man, Part II
(Middle of Law 7; beginning quoted in class 7(a))
If [the Torah scholar] sees his words will benefit [others] and be heard, he should say ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 1(a): Who Gave the Rabbis the Right…
Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it Joshua. Joshua transmitted it to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets ...read more
Chapter 5, Law 7(b) – Understanding Man, Part I
(Middle of Law 7, beginning quoted in previous class)
If [the Torah scholar] sees his words will benefit [others] and be heard, he should say ...read more
Conclusion: To Understand Man
Rabbi Chananya ben (son of) Akashya said: The Holy One, blessed be He, wanted to give Israel merit; therefore He gave them Torah and mitzvos ...read more
Chapter 5, Law 7(a) – Dual Standards
The Torah scholar should not scream and cry out when he speaks -- as animals. He should not raise his voice excessively. Rather, his speech ...read more
Chapter 5, Law 6 – More Private Matters
Torah scholars accustom themselves with great modesty. They will not degrade themselves nor uncover their heads or bodies.
Even when the ...read more
Chapter 6, Mishna 10(c): Being Possessed With G-d – Part 3
The Holy One, blessed be He, acquired five possessions in His world. They are: (a) the Torah, (b) heaven and earth, (c) Abraham, (d) Israel, and ...read more
