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Bamidbar: A True Household Leader
Rav Chaim Vital writes that the way in which a husband treats his wife is a reflection of all of his middot (character traits). Regardless of how he interacts with the outside world, the way a man conducts himself inside his home is the mark of his true essence. When doors are closed, when study…
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Matot-Masei: The Significance of the Kohen Gadol’s Mother
Towards the end of the parsha, Hashem commands Bnei Yisrael to build arei miklat, cities of refuge for accidental murderers. The murderers would live in the cities of refuge until the Kohen Gadol of the time passed away and they could then go free…
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Pinchas: Dreams in the Genes
The Ponovezher Rav, Rav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman, was a great visionary. He survived the devastation of the Holocaust…
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Balak: A Woman’s Dream
Streamer, gardener, learner, cedar… It is every Jewish woman’s dream. It is our desire to build true homes of Torah…
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Chukat: Holy Cow!
This week’s parsha contains the quintessential chok (lit. statute) of the Torah, a commandment that is completely beyond the realm of human understanding…
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Korach: Feeling Out of this World!
If we think about the way that Hashem set up reality; the world and its natural laws, we see that there is really no room for jealousy at all.
