Rabbi Shlomo Rosenblatt gives a daily daf yomi shiur and has been a rebbi at Yeshiva Derech HaTorah for 15 years. His talmidim and alumni are the inspiration for his divrei Torah; there is no better way to stay connected than through Torah.
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Hashem gave us the Torah and we forged a connection with Him. The bond that existed after Har Sinai wasn't temporary, it was tamid, constant.
They considered themselves like grasshoppers, and did not believe they had the zechusim to conquer the land.
Ask any believing Jew these basic questions: Do you believe in Hashem? Do you believe everything that happens comes from His hands? Do you believe that all Hashem does is for our own good?
If there is a great Creator performing these awesome miracles then I, Yitro, must serve Him and devote my life to that service.
The women believed that Hashem would free the Jewish people and they showed their belief by having children.
Each Jew is on a journey and we each have our own rav, yeshiva, and mesorah showing us the way.
The true purpose of a mitzvah isn't to earn a point and get a prize.
The more we realize our obligation to Hashem, the greater the joy will be when we fulfill that obligation.
When Mashiach comes we will have a nechama, not just a consolation, but a brand-new vision of history.
To understand who Bilam was let us examine the interaction between Bilam and his donkey in this week's parsha.
We know that every word, every letter, and every crown in the Torah is vital.
If a person is constantly preoccupied with his physical desires and needs he can't be a spiritual person.
Some think that what a person wears classifies what type of person he or she is.
So why sing it? If the second shirah does not add any new ideas or even words, what was its purpose?
Each one of us has his own role and path - so there is no reason to be jealous of another person.
The purpose of the mabul was to recreate a world that had been infected with man's evil. After the flood, that changed and the world was no longer affected in the same way by man's actions.


