DIVREI TORAH
Bereishis
Bereshis
Were you once totally united with another person?
That person could have been a spouse, a relative or...
Noach
You and your spouse may have grown up speaking different languages.
Those different languages may have...
Lech-Lecha
“And the people of S’dom were sinners and they were evil.”[1]
Yes, S’domites were evil. To Hashem. To...
Vayeira
Tears.
They’re powerful, aren’t they?
So powerful that they even heal broken relationships.
And that...
Chayei Sarah
It was the summer of 1944. It was the summer of death.
It was the summer in which 21-year-old Clara Jason...
Toldos
In our parsha, we read about Yaakov’s theft of the blessings.
We read that Yitzchok planned on endowing...
Vayetzei
It’s a gut-wrenching survey.
It’s the 2015 Scottish survey on careers that documents that 90% of us make...
Vayishlach
You know the children’s ditty: “sticks and stones will break my bones but name will never hurt me.”
You...
Vayeshev
Every year, we read the story about the special garment that a loving father made for his son: “Yaakov…....
Mikeitz
It was the longest 22 years.
It was 22 years – lasting from when a 17-year old Yosef was enslaved to...
Vayigash
Our parsha tells us that Yaakov’s family immigrated to Egypt during a terrible time, a time when “there...
Vayechi
It’s the same story of favoritism, isn’t it?
The same story of a younger child being favored over an...
Shemot
Shemos
We know so much about the bad things that the Egyptians did to us.
As our parsha notes, they “a.”[1]
We...
Va'eira
We’re accustomed to reading the “tzfardaya” featured in our parsha as frogs.
That reads well into the...
Bo
A maelstrom was descending on Egypt.
That maelstrom would strike Egyptian homes and would kill all Egyptian...
Beshalach
All that talk about today’s anxious, depressed children – it isn’t just talk.
It’s fact.
Study...
Yisro
Two very important obligations – the obligations about honoring parents and parents-in-law – are...
Mishpatim
“You shall not allow a witch to survive.”[1]
“Let no one among you be… a soothsayer, a diviner or a magician…”[2]
It’s...
Terumah
Do we feel needed?
When we packed school lunches for our children, we felt needed.
But our children are...
Tetzaveh
It’s hurtful when we’re disrespected by strangers.
But it’s heartbreaking when we’re disrespected by...
Ki Sisa
Our tefillos are powerful. So powerful that they can change destinies.
And that’s made obvious by this...
Vayakhel
It’s a heart-rending story about an eagle.
The eagle’s mother died while the eagle still lay unhatched...
Pekudei
Our parsha tells us about the great Betzalel, the man who built the Mishkan.
“And Betzalel the son of...
Vayikra
Vayikra
OHR TZVI ON THE PARSHA: KEDOSHIM – TO REACH EVERYWHERE, WE MUST REACH SOMEWHERE
Rabbi Yehoshua...
Our parsha discusses the animal sacrifices that were so central to the beis hamikdash.
Our parsha also...
Tzav
Shemini
Tazria
Metzora
Acharei Mos
Kedoshim
Emor
Behar
Bechukosai
Bamidbar
Bamidbar
Naso
Beha'aloscha
Shelach
Korach
Chukas
Balak
Pinchas
Matos
Masei
Devarim
Devarim
Va'eschanan
Eikev
Re'eh
Shoftim
Ki Seitzei
Ki Savo
Nitzavim
Vayelech
Ha'azinu
V'Zos HaBerachah
Yomim Tovim
Rosh Hashanah
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OHR TZVI ON THE PARSHA: ROSH HASHANA – PARENTS REALLY DO SACRIFICE FOR THEIR CHILDREN
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Yom Kippur
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OHR TZVI ON THE PARSHA: YOM KIPPUR – TRYING DOESN’T GUARANTEE SUCCESS BUT NOT TRYING...
Sukkos
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OHR TZVI ON THE PARSHA: SUKKOS – LIKE FROGS, WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING
Rabbi...
Pesach
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PESACH – IT’S NOT ABOUT MAROR
Rabbi Yehoshua Weber
Maror. Eating it at the seder...
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PESACH: BEING FREED BY THE PANDEMIC – EVEN AFTER THE PANDEMIC
Rabbi Yehoshua Weber
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Shavous
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SHAVUOS: WE’VE BEEN SO GOOD, THAT WE FORGOT HOW TO BECOME BETTER
Rabbi Yehoshua Weber
“Hashem...
Tisha B'Av
Chanukah
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OHR TZVI ON THE PARSHA: CHANUKAH – BY 8, I HAD GRADUATED FROM BUCHENWALD
Rabbi...
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OHR TZVI ON THE PARSHA: CHANUKAH – SHIELD CHILDREN FROM BAD OR INCULCATE THEM WITH...
Purim
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PURIM – IS IT REALLY ABOUT JAPANESE CARAMEL CHOCOLATE APPLES?
Rabbi Yehoshua Weber
Please...