Parshat Shavua

Talking Parsha - Balak

Tuvia and Yitzi talk Parshat Balak: What's the deal with the story of Bila'am's donkey, and what are we supposed to learn from Bila'am?

The power of fear

Balak understood that fear is a powerful weapon.  It destroys men and nations and kills a nation’s courage to defend itself. Annex or not?

Some of the greatest blessings are wrapped up in a curse

Please God, answer all of our prayers - for the good.

Toras Avigdor for Chukat-Balak: The enigmatic well

What happened that made the Israelites in the desert sing a song of praise to a well - and to which well were they singing?

The hidden meaning of the Bilam story

In the Bilam story, the Israelites were rescued from a danger they knew nothing about by a deliverance they knew nothing about.

Spirituality Needs Strong Body

Spirituality Needs Body Builders (Hukat 2020)

Baruch Gordon considers why the Red Heifer is mentioned at the end of the 40 years in the desert, instead of in Leviticus.

A stiff-necked people

There have always been those who refuse to acknowledge the authority of God. Korach added His servant Moshe and the appointment of Aaron.

The opposite of love is not hate

The opposite of love is apathy which can be more painful than hatred.

Weekly Torah Study: Chukat

What makes the Red heifer so mysterious to us? Lecture from the Temple Institute.

Korach and company - and complaining again (Korach and Chukat)

The challenge to Moshe's authority is settled, so why are the Jews complaining again and what is really bothering them?

Why did Aaron die before Moshe? (for Korach and Chukat)

In Korach, Aaron's staff flowers, in Chukat he and Moshe both sin, so why is he punished first? Why didh't he also beg to enter the Land?

Kohelet, Tolstoy and the Red Heifer

The person in modern times who most deeply experienced and expressed what Kohelet felt was Tolstoy.

Lifting every voice: Leadership in a time of unrest

Korach and Chukat are about the leadership G-d wants. It’s not about striking the rock. It’s about speaking truth to power.

"Did you understand that?"

Intellectual commandments and auditory commandments - and the differences between them.

Korach: Inclusion and Selection

Torah from Israel's first Chief Rabbi, the iconic leader of Religious Zionism.

Shlach: When did an entire nation suffer from low self-esteem?

The great medieval commentator Ibn Ezra says that the entire nation of Israel carried with them through the wilderness a slave mentality.

Korach – He has a point

One can define Korach's camp as an ideological group, except that it was tainted by the faults that bring down many failed ideologies.

The King's legion

The King's legion was designated to spread Torah throughout the land.

How not to argue

Korach and his cohorts wanted power, not truth, not for the sake of heaven. Today Korachs are to be found when power silences other truths.

Joshua and Calev: Pillars of spiritual success

What is it that gave these very different men, Joshua and Calev, the strength to perceive what the others missed?

Each generation connects with God differently

The symbolism in the trumpets of Parashat Beha'alotcha (Diaspora).

Shlach: Garments of the soul

Thoughts on the parsha from Israel's first Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi, the iconic leader of Religious Zionism.

Must Israel be Utopia?

For much of Jewish history, the Jews were absent from the Land of Israel.  Because of this, it became an imagined place of perfection.

This is my native country - is it true?

Even the Patriarch Abraham's homeland was not Israel, so what was his connection with the land - and ours today?

Spies: Don't Go To Israel

For God's Sake Don't Go To Israel (Shlach 2020)

Baruch Gordon clarifies the spies' argument for not entering the Land of Israel and then turns it around.

Beha'alotcha - Thou Shalt Not Complain; Shlach - Check the land

Two divrei Torah for the two readings this week, one in the Diaspora and the other in Israel.

Is the lantern lit?

Teaching in the age of coronavirus. What is a teacher to do?  What would Aaron do? (For Beha'alotcha.)

What is going on?

In any critical situation, we need to ask: “What is happening? Of what story is this a part?" (For Shlach)

Manna and the land of Israel

Israel is a land where the miraculous and the natural are indistinguishable .That was true in the time of Joshua and even more in our days.

The unique prophecy of Moses

Torah from Israel's first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, Torah Luminary and iconic leader of Religious Zionism.

Does a Jew feel the pain of other Jews? the joy?

Remembering Hashem in tmes of trouble and rejoicing, remembering that we are one nation.

Will people be proud to be connected to you?

We have an opportunity now to set an example, to show how despite difficulty, we are acting responsibly, for ourselves and our societies.

Is Being a "Torah Jew" Enough?

Is Being a "Torah Jew" Enough?

Baruch Gordon relays the definition of Hilul HaShem in a national sense, and what it means with regards to living in the Diaspora.

Talk? Talk about difficult issues with your children!

Rabbi Shlomo Sobol on what Torah portions Tazria-Metzora, and 'redundant' language, are trying to teach us about talking with our children.

A Skin Disorder Only in Israel

A Skin Disorder...Only in Israel?! (Tazria-Metzora 2020)

Baruch Gordon explains why the fact that one can only get tzara'at - a biblical disease - in Israel is actually a good thing for Israelis!

Time To Build The Temple?

Is It Time To Rebuild The Temple?

Baruch Gordon explains the order in which Redemption must take place, and how we will know when the time has come to rebuild the Temple.

Increase Your Spiritual Power

The Secret to Long Life - Parshat Yitro

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The Shmuz announces new Parsha series podcast

Popular shiur class given by Rabbi Shafier, The Shmuz, launches new Parsha series.

Kindness is the cure

What exactly led to the downfall of the people of Sodom? Where did they go wrong? Rabbi Yitzchak Botton provides insight.

Sneak-peek: Video from weekly parsha e-newsletter

Recently launched parsha e-list reaches thousands. Check out a sneak-peek of the content, exclusively shared with Arutz Sheva readers!

Sneak-peek: Video from weekly parsha e-newsletter

Recently launched parsha e-list reaches thousands. Check out a sneak-peek of the content, exclusively shared with Arutz Sheva readers!

Sneak-Peek: Parsha Video

E-Newsletter Reveals Precisely How The Messiah Will Come

Recently launched parsha e-list reaches thousands. Check out a sneak-peek of the content, exclusively shared with Arutz Sheva readers!

Sneak-peek: Parsha video

Sneak-peek: Video from weekly parsha e-newsletter

Recently launched parsha e-list reaches thousands. Check out a sneak-peek of the content, exclusively shared with Arutz Sheva readers!

Sneak-Peek: New Parsha List

Sneak-Peek: New Weekly Parsha e-Newsletter

A new parsha e-list has reached thousands of readers less than a month and a half after its launch. Check out a sneak-peek of the content!

Thursday: New e-Newsletter!

This Thursday: Launch of New Nationalist Torah Email Newsletter

This Thursday, Bet El Institutions is launching an e-newsletter, offering weekly Torah insights in the spirit of the Rav Kook's teachings

Even pigs have positive qualities

Rabbi Aryeh Leibowitz from Yeshivat Sha'alvim on what we can learn from how Torah discusses pigs.

The Right Way to Do Teshuva: Parshat Re'eh

The weekly Torah portion, with Rabbi Daniel Glattstein of Kehal Torat Emet in New York.

Rabbi on Cities of Refuge, Jewish Joy

Rabbi Moshe Bamberger shares teachings on the Torah portion of the week.

Rabbi Assaf Rahmanov on Bilaam’s ‘Final Solution’

New York rabbi discusses recent Torah portions, including Bilaam’s plan to destroy the Jewish nation.

Parshat Hashavua with Rabbi Ilan Meirov

Rabbi Ilan Meirov talks about this week’s Torah portion and how it relates to the questions of our generation.

Free Will vs. Causality

Shofetim 5770

Usishkin's Eulogy for Rav Kook

Re'eh 5770

Parshat Re’eh: True Kindness

Balak: When G-d Says No