Parshat Balak: What Is Israel’s Purpose In The World? (alephbeta)
This week, we ask an incredibly broad question: What is the purpose of the nation of Israel in this world? To answer this, Rabbi Fohrman…
July 1, 2020 · 1 min read
Standing at the Gates of the Promised Land in the Second Exodus at the culmination of the Ages
This Blog is compiled from Parashat and Haftorat Balak: Parahah from TORAH: NUMBERS 22:2-25 Haftorah from PROPHETS: MICAH 5:6-6:8 In Jewish synagogue services the Torah…
June 29, 2020 · 11 min read
Parashat Korach
By Rabbi Chaim richman, The Temple Institute Parashat Korach Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 Haftarah Korach 1 Samuel 11:14 – 12:22 DISCLAIMER – the authors and promoters of…
June 19, 2020 · 4 min read
Parashat Korach (Korach) – Weekly Parashah
Texts: Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 || 1 Samuel 11:14 – 12:22 (Haftarah) NOTE: Kol HaTor, in its commentaries on the weekly Parashot, endeavours to search for and…
June 18, 2020 · 12 min read
What is going on?
Shelach Lecha 5780; By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks; aish.com Parashat Shelach Numbers 13,1-15,41 Haftarah Shelach Joshua 2,1-24 DISCLAIMER – the authors and promoters of the articles…
June 12, 2020 · 12 min read
Parshat Shelach: How Can I Trust God When I Don’t See Him? (Aleph Beta)
This week, we read about the tragic sin of the spies. It’s a very frustrating story. Every time we read it, just as the spies…
June 10, 2020 · 1 min read
Parshat Shelach – Meir Elkabas about the Holy Land
Meir Elkabas discusses this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Shelach. Reb Meir explains the holiness of the Land of Israel, and how a Jew should strive…
June 10, 2020 · 1 min read
Linking the sin of the spies to today’s media – Parshat Shelach (Chaim Kramer)
Chaim Kramer discusses the weekly Torah portion, Parshat Shelach, and explains how lashon hara, negative talk, slander against other people and the spies complaints and…
June 10, 2020 · 1 min read
Time for introspection – How long will we shun HaShem’s Purpose?
With fear and doubts commonly experienced by all in these uncertain and certainly threatening times, we have to ask ourselves: “Is HaShem against us or…
June 5, 2020 · 12 min read
God is not above the Law
By Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz; www.yiboneh.com DISCLAIMER – the authors and promoters of the articles and videos that we place here are mostly not connected in…
May 31, 2020 · 3 min read
Leading a Nation of Individuals
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks from aish.com DISCLAIMER – the authors and promoters of the articles and videos that we place here are mostly not…
May 22, 2020 · 13 min read
Parshat Bamidbar: You’re In! You Count!
In this Parshah, we are commanded to take a census, to count the Jewish people. In an exploration of the language used, Reb Meir shows…
May 21, 2020 · 4 min read