Brachos on TefillinShel Yad: the Bracha is the act of putting on (which takes an instant.)Shel Rosh: the Bracha is about wearing them because every second there is a new Mitzvah.It is harder to control the heart, and therefore the obligation is to control the actions of the heart, but not heart itself; while with…

Page 59- 60, 62. The Kapital ‘Tefila LiMoshe reveals Moshe’s prayer: first to lift up Malchus by praising it and then it can be enriched. 1) to fill its emptiness, 2) to reveal its source in the essence.

Gid HaNasheh (Yeshivah 5781/ 2020), Class One.The Sefer HaChinuch’s take on the Mitzvah of Gid HaNasheh, it reminds us that (even when it appears to be the case) that we are never forgotten and will eventually be redeemed. Gid HaNasheh (Yeshivah 5781/ 2020), Class Two.The Rabbeinu Bechayey’s take on Gid HaNasheh, that we should live…

End of Vayishlach: 43 Pesukim dedicated to Aisav, his family, and their future: Edom, Seiir, (Yeshiva 5781/ 2020).The Torah tells Torah’s version of history that ends with Moshiach (and is not an endless cycle, though it so often appears so). The history in the Chumash reflects this and it is in this spirit that so…

Toldos 26, 2. Yitzchak’s piety and removal from the world; Yeshiva (5781/ 2020).Yitzchak’s story is squeezed into Parshas Toldos between the stories of Avraham and Yaakov.    Yitzchak’s role was different than his father’s or his son’s – Firstly he had the most difficult of tasks, to secure the teachings of Avrohom Avinu beyond his…

Chayey Sara 25. 1 Kiturah, (Yeshiva 5721/ 2020).Who is Kiturah and why get married at so late an age, after having several children already.Argument if she is Hagar or someone else.

Bris Mila (Yeshiva 5781/ 2020), Class One.1) RaMbaMJust how important is the Bris Mila, it separates us from others and thirteen Brisos were written in regards to it2) MidrashThe Bris corrects an inexactitude in the “perfect body” G-d made, the controversy regarding this is self-evident. Bris Mila (Yeshiva 5781/ 2020), Class Two.The Rambam (More NIvuchim…

Parshas Bereishis, (Yeshiva 5781/ 2020), Insights into the first marriage – what can we learn from Adam and Chava?1) Created last and thought of first.2) First AND last, we can be close to G-d or lower than the lowest animal3) Our body is the lowest and our Soul the highest, so we can bridge the…