Dvar Torah
The Shmuz on the Parsha: Parshas Ba’Halosecha- Why We Hate the Jews
“When the Holy Ark would travel, Moshe would say, `Arise HASHEM, and let Your foes be scattered. Let those that hate You flee from before You.’” […]
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Shmuz on The Parsha: Parshas Nasso- Listening to Your Messages
“Speak to the Jewish Nation and say to them, ‘If a man or woman makes a vow to separate as a nazir to Hashem.” – Bamidbar 6:2 The Connection between […]
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The Shmuz on the Parsha: Parshas Bechukosai- The Power of a Tzibbur
“If you go in my ways and follow my statutes…Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, […]
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The Shmuz on the Parsha: Parshas Emor- Sefiras Ha’Omer- Why We Count, What We Count
“And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the rest day, from the day when you bring the Omer of the waving […]
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The Shmuz on the Parsha: Parshas Acharei Mos- Systems of Human Perfection
“And a man from the house of Israel, and from the converts who live with you, who shall consume any blood, I shall place My […]
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The Shmuz on the Parsha: Parshas Tazria/Metzorah- It’s Not Fair!
“And you shall take a bundle of hyssops and dip it in the blood in the basin, and you shall touch it to the lintel […]
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The Shmuz on the Parsha: Parshas Shemini- Food for the Soul
“ Tell Bnei Yisroel, “These are the creatures you should eat.” Vayikrah 11:2” When the Torah introduces the animals that we may and may […]
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The Shmuz on the Parsha: Parshas Tzav- HASHEM and Man: Master and Servant
“The Kohain shall don a garment of linen, and he shall don linen breeches on his skin, and he shall remove the ashes.” — Vayikra 6:3 […]
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The Shmuz on the Parsha: Parshas Vayikrah- VaYikrah- With a Small Aleph
“And HASHEM called to Moshe, and HASHEM spoke to him from the Ohel Moed, saying. . .” — VaYikrah 1:1 Sefer VaYikrah opens with the […]
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The Shmuz on the Parsha: Parshas Vayakhel/Pekudei- Columbus Discovered America – HASHEM Invented It
“And they brought the Mishkan to Moshe, the tent and all of the vessels” — Shemos 39:33 It wasn’t Moshe’s action. It was a miracle. […]
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