Jan 26 | 13 Shevat | Torah Portion
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The Nazi Sympathizer in Georgia
Forgiving the Impossible
Triggered by Your Spouse
Dating and Emotional Intimacy
My Grandfather Survived the Killing Fields of Ukraine
Holocaust Survivor’s Falafel is Tribute to His Survival
Born in Berlin, 1943
How to Talk to a Neo-Nazi
Grow Like the Trees
The Chinese Bamboo and Tu B'Shvat
Right Where You're Supposed to Be: This Really Happened
Shevat: Gateway to Eternal Life
Kabbalistic Tu B'shvat Seder
Guardians of the Earth: A Tu B'Shvat Video
Tu B'Shvat: Three inspiring Messages
Honey, Dates and Olives, Oh My!: Yummy Recipes for Tu B'Shvat
Rabbi Zev Leff is Rav of Moshav Matisyahu, and a renowned lecturer and educator. He is the author of Shiurei Bina - Outlooks & Insights on the Weekly Torah Portion, and most recently, Shemoneh Esrei: The Depth and Beauty of Our Daily Tefillah, published by Targum Press. Visit his website online at www.rabbileff.net.
by Rabbi Zev Leff
The impact of our actions on others.
Understanding the role of rabbinic fences.
Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said in the name of Rabbi Yonasan: The name Betzalel indicates his...
"...Each according to his own blessing." (Genesis 49 28) The Sages tell us that Jacob wished to...
The Midrash (Yalkut Emor 651) comments on the verse, "You should take for you on the first day,"...
Understanding the function of verbal confession in the teshuva process.
Today you are all standing before the Lord your God.(Deut. 29:9) After the 98 curses that the...
The importance of building a strong foundation.
"When a man has a wayward, rebellious son, who does not obey his father and mother, they shall...
"When you go out to war against your enemy and you see horses and chariots, an army greater than...
"Grant truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, as you swore to our forefathers from ancient...
Why does the Torah give us this special commandment?
They sinned doubly, as it says, "Jerusalem has sinned a sin." And they were stricken doubly, as it...
"Who is the wise man that may understand this, and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has...
The children of God and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Elazar the Kohen, and to the...
When Moses entreated God to appoint a leader to succeed him, God answered, "Before you command Me...
God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them! You shall not curse the people, for it is blessed...
The Midrash (Kohelles Rabba 7:23) relates that King Solomon made a special effort to understand...
The Jewish definition of peace.
Living in a material world.
"When the Ark would travel, Moses would say, 'Arise God, and let Your foes be scattered, let...
"All the days of his abstinence, he is holy to God." (Numbers 6:8) "The Kohen shall make one as a...
Why was the Torah given to the Jewish nation in a desert?
"If you walk in My statutes..." (Leviticus 26:3) Walking in God's statutes, say the Sages, refers...
God relates to us the way we relate to Him.
Sforno explains that even though there are blemishes that actually increase the strength and value...
The Talmud (Sotah 14a) instructs us in the Mitzvah of imitating God in all His ways. Just as God...
When you arrive in the land of Canaan that I give you as a possession, I will place a tzora'as...
Why do we make a point to remember Miriam speaking badly about Moses?
"The sons of Aaron, Nadav and Avihu, each took his fire pan. They put fire in them and placed...
Insights into the nature of gratitude.
The power of a small aleph.
Following God's promise not to destroy the Jewish people, after the sin of the Golden Calf, Moses...
Now, if you would, please forgive their sin. If not, You can blot me out from the book that you...
The incredible opportunity to perform mitzvot.
Torah is the very lifeblood of the Jewish people.
Attuning our ears to hear the reverberations of Sinai.
"I declare that I will bring you out of the wretchedness of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites,...
Why was it important that Jewish people find favor in the eyes of the Egyptians?
"The Nile will swarm with frogs, and when they emerge, they will be in your palace, in your...
Egyptian slavery and man’s drive for meaning.
"...And they said, 'Perhaps Joseph will nurse hatred against us...' " (Genesis...
Transferring the holiness of Israel to Egyptian soil.
Rabbeinu Yona writes in Sha'arei Teshuva: When one receives God's chastisement and as a...
Understanding this enigmatic story.
"And Yaakov was very frightened and distressed." (Genesis 32:7) Rashi comments that Yaakov was...
The Jewish home creates the environment of Jewish values and morals, an inner sanctum of spirituality that serves as the foundation of Judaism.
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