Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Re’eh, We are Commanded to be...
In this weeks reading from Parsahat Re’eh (Devarim / Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17), Moshe says רְאֵה אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן לִפְנֵיכֶם הַיּוֹם בְּרָכָה וּקְלָלָה: meaning “See, I am...
Tehillim / Psalms 73, Part 2, Suffering for the Sake of...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 73:1-28, the psalm opens saying, א מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף אַךְ טוֹב לְיִשְֹרָאֵל אֱלֹהִים לְבָרֵי לֵבָב: A...
Tehillim / Psalms 73, Part 1, Suffering for the Sake of...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 73:1-28, the psalm opens saying, א מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף אַךְ טוֹב לְיִשְֹרָאֵל אֱלֹהִים לְבָרֵי לֵבָב: A psalm...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Ekev, Extending Grace to 1000 Generations
In this weeks reading from Parsahat Ekev (Devarim / Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25), the Lord states the commandments that He had given are to be kept,...
Tehillim / Psalms 72, Part 2, The Hand of God that...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 72:1-20, the psalm opens saying, א לִשְׁלֹמֹה | אֱלֹהִים מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ לְמֶלֶךְ תֵּן וְצִדְקָתְךָ לְבֶן-מֶלֶךְ: ...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Va’etchanan, Diminishing the Word of God
In this weeks reading from Parsahat Va’etchanan (Devarim / Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11), Moshe asks the Lord if he can to go into the Promised Land...
Tehillim / Psalms 72, Part 1, The Hand of God that...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 71:1-24, the psalm opens saying, א לִשְׁלֹמֹה | אֱלֹהִים מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ לְמֶלֶךְ תֵּן וְצִדְקָתְךָ לְבֶן-מֶלֶךְ: A Psalm...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Devarim, Truth and Preception
This weeks reading is from Parsahat Devarim (Devarim / Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22), Moshe writes the Torah retelling the story of what happened that led the...
Tehillim / Psalms 71, Part 2, We have a lot to...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 71:1-24, the psalm opens saying, א בְּךָ-יְהֹוָה חָסִיתִי אַל-אֵבוֹשָׁה לְעוֹלָם: ב בְּצִדְקָתְךָ תַּצִּילֵנִי וּתְפַלְּטֵנִי הַטֵּה-אֵלַי אָזְנְךָ...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parshiot Mattot and Massei, Do we need...
This weeks reading is a double portion, Parshiot Mattot and Massei (Bamidbar / Numbers 30:2-36:13). In Parashat Mattot, the Lord commands the men of...
Tehillim / Psalms 71, Part 1, We have a lot to...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 71:1-24, the psalm opens saying, א בְּךָ-יְהֹוָה חָסִיתִי אַל-אֵבוֹשָׁה לְעוֹלָם: ב בְּצִדְקָתְךָ תַּצִּילֵנִי וּתְפַלְּטֵנִי הַטֵּה-אֵלַי אָזְנְךָ...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Pinchas, Sitting, Watching, and Doing Nothing
In this weeks reading from Parashat Pinchas (Bamidbar / Numbers 25:10-30:1) the Lord speaks to Moshe saying that Pinchas, the son of Eleazar, has...
Tehillim / Psalms 70, Part 2, Those who seek instruction from...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 70:1-6, the psalm opens saying, א לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד לְהַזְכִּיר: For the choir director. A Psalm...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Balak, The Sin of going through...
In this weeks reading from Parashat Balak (Bamidbar / Numbers 22:2-25:9) Balak king of Moab saw what the children of Israel had done to...
Tehillim / Psalms 70, Part 1, Those who seek instruction from...
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 70:1-6, the psalm opens saying, א לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד לְהַזְכִּיר: For the choir director. A Psalm of...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Chukat, The One who was lifted...
In this weeks reading from Parsahat Chukat (Bamidbar / Numbers 19:1-22:1) the Lord speaks to Moshe about the “red heifer” regarding ritual purity. The...
Tehillim / Psalms 69, Part 2, The Prophetic Word
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 69:1-36, the psalm opens א לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל-שׁוֹשַׁנִּים לְדָוִד: For the choir director; according to...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Korach, A different opinion and thus...
This weeks reading from Parsahat Korach (Bamidbar / Numbers 16:1-18:32) describes Korach, Datan, and Aviram rising up and assembled themselves against Moshe and Aaron...
Tehillim / Psalms 69, Part 1, The Prophetic Word
In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 69:1-36, the psalm opens א לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל-שׁוֹשַׁנִּים לְדָוִד: For the choir director; according to shoshannim. A...
Bits of Torah Truths, Parashat Shelach Lecha, Am I allowed to...
This weeks reading is from Parsahat Shelach Lecha (Bamidbar / Numbers 13:1-15:41) the Lord commands Moshe to send men to spy out the land...
