Parshas Matos-Masei
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ואת בלעם בן בעור הרגו בחרב(פרק לא פסוק ח) Hashem commands the Jews to wage war against the מדינים as revenge for them intentionally causing the Jews to sin. The Jews killed all the males of מדין, and the פסוק adds that they killed בלעם by the sword. Rashi […]
Sensitivity
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In Chapter 37:12, במדבר לא:ב, Hashem instructs Moshe Rabbeinu, “נקום נקמת בני ישראל מאת המדינים, take vengeance for the Children of Israel against the Midianites…”The Ramban explains that though Moshe Rabbeinu had appointed his disciple, Yehoshua, but until the Jewish people had actually crossed the Jordan River, he, Moshe, […]
Parshas Pinchas
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum 6 הנני נותן לו את בריתי שלום (פרק כה פסוק יב) Hashem promises His covenant of peace as renumeration for Pinchas’s zealousness in avenging His honor. The מדרש comments that it was proper and befitting for Pinchas to receive a reward for his good deed. Why did this action […]
True Dedication
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In במדבר כז:טז we find a unique פסוק, verse; in fact only once in the whole Torah is it mentioned “וידבר משה אל ה’ לאמר” And Moshe spoke with sharpness, demand to Hashem, asking for a reply. The word וידבר is used to connote demand, authority, position of power […]
Parshas Balak
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum קח את כל ראשי העם והוקע אותם לה’ נגד השמש וישב חרון אף ה’ (פרק כה פסוק ד) After the Jews sinned with the Moabite women and the idol Peor, Hashem told Moshe that he should gather all the leaders to judge the sinners and have them hanged. The […]
Consistent Focus
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier בלעם, Bilaam, we are taught was gifted by Hashem with the extraordinary perception of the makeup of the spiritual world, of the upper spheres, a prophet on the same level as משה רבינו, Moshe, our leader. The פסוק says that no prophet will arise akin to Moshe Rabeinu amongst […]
Parshas Chukas
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum על גבול ארץ אדום לאמר (פרק כ פסוק כג) Klal Yisroel continue their journey through the desert, and they send a request to Edom (descendants of Eisav) to pass through their land. They phrase their question as a message from “your brother, Israel”. Immediately after their request is denied, […]
We Are a True Manifestation of Hashem
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In the פרשיות of חקת, בלק, פנחס we learn of the grave importance of revering and respecting others, no matter their stature or the effort and time needed to do so.In פרשת חקת we learn of the passing of מרים הנביאה, Miriam the prophetess. Despite her stature both as […]
Parshas Korach
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum כי כל העדה כלם קדושים (פרק טז פסוק ג) Our Parsha begins with the legendary argument between Moshe and Korach. Korach claims that Moshe took too much honor for himself and that he isn’t driven by truth but rather by selfishness. Specifically, Korach argues that all Jews are holy […]
Falsehood, the Source of all Mistakes
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In תהלים פ״ה:יא-יב, Psalms 85:11-12, it states: ״חסד ואמת נפגשו, צדק ושלום נשקו: אמת מארץ תצמח וצדק משמים נשקץ.״ “When loving-kindness and truth have met together (then) righteousness and peace have kissed each other: Truth must spring from earth and righteousness still looks down from Heaven.”Rashi explains that to […]
