Parshas Vayeira
Print PDF By: Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum לושי ועשי עוגות…ויקח חמאה וחלב ובן הבקר (פרק יח פסוק ו-ח) When the מלאכים came to visit אברהם he hastily prepared a lavish meal in their honor. While heprepared the meat, he instructed שרה to ready the bread. Strangely, though, when he served the food,the bread is omitted. The […]
Avrohom Avinu: Paragon of Chessed
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier The Medrash states for 2,448 years the world existed due to the חסד, selfless dedication to all of אברהם אבינו, our patriarch Abraham, who was the paragon of kindness and taught the world by example. Due to this dynamic, when he was commanded by Hashem to circumcise himself, he […]
Parshas Lech Lecha
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum בט נא השמימה וספר הכוכבים אם תוכל לספור…כה יהיה זרעך (פרק טו פסוק ה) Hashem tells Avraham to look up at the stars and attempt to count them. He then tells him, just as you cannot count the stars, so will be your children, unable to be counted. R’ […]
Avrohom Avinu’s Legacy
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier, Rosh Kollel Every day in תפלת שחרית we quote the פסוק from נחמיה: “ומצאת את לבבו נאמן לפניך, And You (Hashem) found his (Avrohom Avinu’s) heart faithful to You.” HaRav Yeruchem Levovitz defines this trait of אברהם אבינו, our patriarch Avrohom as a “בר סמכא”, a person that one […]
Parshas Noach
By Rabbi Shloime Lindenbaum Print PDF אלה תולדות נח נח איש צדיק (פרק ו פסוק ט) ויחל נח איש האדמה (פרק ט פסוק כ) Our Parsha begins with referring to Noach as a איש צדיק – a righteous man, and towards the enddescribes him as being a איש האדמה – a man of the earth. […]
Animal Rights
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier, Rosh Kollel In בראשית א’:כט-ל, Genesis Chapter 1:29-30, it states: Hashem said, “I have given you (humankind) all herbage yielding fruit… And to every beast… and bird… and all that moves on the earth… every green herb for food.” The Ramban teaches, “Hashem did not permit Adam and his […]
Sukkos: A Time of Rejoicing and Awe
PRINT PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier One of the most abrupt changes in the spirit of the Jewish calendar is the change of mood from solemnity upon ending Yom Kippur to joy when entering the Succos Festival. Succos, according to the Torah, is the time of one’s greatest rejoicing. Every day is spent in a […]
Parshas Vayelech
Print PDF Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum למען ספות הרוה את הצמאה (פרק כט פסוק יח) The Torah condemns a person who feels confident ignoring Hashem’s directives and following their own desires and whims. The פסוק ends off with an interesting phrase which the Ramban explains to mean, literally, “this will add the satisfied one with the […]
Our Father, Our King
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier In the weekday שמונה עשרה, we beseech Hashem: סלח לנו אבינו כי חטאנו מחל לנו מלכנו כי פשענו כי מוחל וסולח אתה, “Forgive us, our Father for we have erred, pardon us (it means not to even harbor resentment) our King for (though) we have willfully sinned – for […]
Parshas Nitzavim
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum אתם נצבים היום כלכם (פרק כט פסוק ט) Before creating a ברית, a covenant, between Hashem and כלל ישראל, that we will always be His nation and that he will reward us and punish us accordingly, Moshe tells us “You are all standing here today”. The שפת אמת points […]