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Toldot Nov 1, 2013

"Vayigdal Haish, and the man grew up and grew more and more, until he became very big" (Breisheet 26:13). At first glance, this is…

Chayei Sarah Oct 25, 2013

“And Yitzchak brought her to the tent of his mother; and he took Rivka, and she was for him a wife, and he loved her; and Yitzchak was consoled…

Vayeira Oct 18, 2013

It is a truism that two people can look at the same thing, yet see something quite different. One person might see a beautiful piece of art, whereas…

Noach Oct 4, 2013

"In the midst of the day, b'etzem, Noach came, and Cham and Yefet, the children of Noach, and the wife of Noach, and three wives of his…

V'zot HaBracha Sep 25, 2013

“And Moshe was one hundred and twenty years when he died” (Devarim 34:7). It is a beautiful, if somewhat unrealistic, custom to offer…

Nitzavim Sep 1, 2013

“Lest there be a man or a women or a family or tribe...when they hear this curse, they will bless themselves, saying peace will be to me, and I will…

Ki Tavo Aug 23, 2013

The central aspect of the Pesach seder is the mitzvah of sippur yetziat mitzraim, retelling and reliving the Exodus experience. The Rabbis chose, as…

Shoftim Aug 9, 2013

Almost always, wrongdoing requires that people work together to perpetrate such. As has been accepted in the legal systems of Western countries, it…

Re'eh Aug 2, 2013

This week's d'var Torah is dedicated in honour of David Polisuk by Richard Polisuk and family: Mazel Tov, David, on your Tefillah award and your…

Eikev Jul 26, 2013

Effort vs. result. The relative value of these two concepts is a fundamental dispute between our western worldview and Jewish teachings. The secular…

Va'etchanan Jul 19, 2013

Life is so unfair. While we believe that ultimately (and ultimately can take an eternity!) justice must and will prevail—to believe otherwise…

Mattot Jul 5, 2013

“And Elazar the priest said: This is the law of the Torah, which the Lord commanded Moshe” (Bamidbar 31:21). The Torah goes on to…

Pinchas Jun 28, 2013

"And Moshe did as G-d had commanded and he took Joshua and stood him before Elazar Hakohen and before the people" (27:22). Moshe's role as leader is…

Balak Jun 21, 2013

This week's d'var Torah is sponsored by Golda Brown in honour of the yahrzeit of her son, Moshe Chanoch Brown…

Korach Jun 7, 2013

The survival of the Jewish people in the desert was a direct result and only possible because of Divine intervention: the splitting of the sea; water…

Shelach Lecha May 31, 2013

Sefer Bamidbar describes not only the physical locale of the Jewish people, but their spiritual state. Wandering in the desert, they could not be…

Behaalotecha May 24, 2013

"It was in the second year, on the 20th day of the second month, that the cloud [of glory] rose from the Tabernacle of Testimony" (Bamidbar 10:…

Bechukotai May 3, 2013

“These are the commandments that G-d has commanded Moshe to the children of Israel on Mount Sinai (Vayikra 27:34).” Though it is the Book…

Kedoshim Apr 19, 2013

One of the most powerful ways to express hatred is to refuse to speak to someone, or to just plain ignore that person. We Jews are very good at…

Shemini Apr 5, 2013

"And it was on the eighth day" (Vayikra 9:1). While this verse is the beginning of a new parsha, the Torah clearly links it to the…

Yitro Feb 1, 2013

The aseret hadibrot present two very different reasons why we are to keep Shabbat. In parshat Yitro, it is “because in six days, G-d made the…

Shemot Jan 4, 2013

“And Moshe was tending to the sheep of his father-in-law, Yitro, the priest of Midian... and an angel of G-d appeared to Moshe” (Shemot 3…

Vayechi Dec 28, 2012

The story of Yosef begins, “and Jacob dwelled (vayeshev) in the land of his fathers, in the land of Canaan”. As the story of Joseph reaches its…

Vayeshev Dec 9, 2012

"And Yehuda saw her [his daughter-in-law Tamar], and he thought she was a harlot, because her face was covered" (38:15). Presumably, covering one's…