יום שלישי, ט״ו תמוז תשפ״וTuesday, June 30, 2026
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Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim is Associate Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Passaic Torah Institute, Passaic, NJ.
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Our ability to teach is only successful if done by example.
This is a recurring theme in this week’s parsha, in which there are many mistakes made based on perception.
People love their GPS; just type in the address and it tells you exactly how to get to where you want to go.
There is one day of the year on which the Satan has no power: Yom Kippur.
When we hear the words "Rosh Hashana is coming" it really means Hashem Himself is coming!
Who does not want to get close to Hashem? Yet, how do we do that?
Perhaps, just perhaps, we can relate to this: whenever we feel distant from Hashem, that is the Churban.
Life is what you make of it. And if our lives are defined by Torah, then these weeks of Sefira are all about making the most of it.
Eretz Yisroel's resting during the shmittah year proclaims Hashem as the Creator of the world just as Shabbos does, for the init of time - seven - is solely connected to the creation of the world.
All the commentaries ask why Hashem focuses on the Exodus as opposed to saying, “I am Hashem who created the entire world.”
The battle on Purim was our war with Amalek; we know that Haman was a descendent of Amalek and we are commanded to annihilate that entire nation.
The Satan waits for opportunities to undo kedusha, particularly on erev Shabbos, when the potential to bring the Shechina into the world is great.
Once a person receives it, he becomes personally attached to the one who gave it to him - so attached that now he will view that person's position as his own... and a person does not see his own faults!
Imagine Amram and Yocheved, the parents of Moshe Rabbeinu and Aharon Hakohen. We know who they were, but what do we know of their child-raising techniques? What was the central pillar of their home that helped foster these two spiritual giants?
I’m sure you’re familiar with the Rashi, but did you know there’s another explanation as to why the malachim ascended and then descended?
Kindness and hospitality came easily to Lot. As a nephew to Avraham, these qualities were part of his DNA; as a ben-bayis who was raised in Avraham's household bringing in guests was what came naturally.
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