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The 12-Steps stress that it is generally our egos that cause us to "act-out", whether stemming from a sense of "entitlement", or from the need to "control" things to go our way. When an addict is finally "beaten" and his life becomes unmanageable, he stands before two cho...

Rashi says that having tzora'as on the houses was sometimes really a bracha in the end, because the Jews found their treasures hidden by their enemies who had lived there before. This is a beautiful Moshul for us. Our struggle is the negah that we get, and we're forced to...

In Parshas Tazriah we learn the halachos of negoim (literal translation blemishes) through which one can become tameh if the Kohen determines (paskens) that it is a genuine nega. One of the halachos of negoim is, "ein adam roeh nigai atzmo" (one can not see [and determine...

Vayehi bayom hashmini... Shabbos is a time of cleansing, renewal and rejuvenation. A yid stops running around like a chicken without a head trying to bring in parnassa and has time to think, daven, learn and spend time with family. Shabbos should be a new beginning and t...

"Ka'asher assah hayom hazeh tzivah Hashem la'asos l'chaper aleichem . (8:34) Like He Did on This Day, so did Hashem command to do to atone on you." The way to do teshuva is by concentrating that TODAY should be clean! One Day At A Time! Ka'asher assah hayom hazeh - t...

Vayikr a Why the small Alef ? Without the Alef it reads: Vayikar . Happenstance. Coincidence. By chance. Insert an Alef . Insert Hashem - The Alufo Shel Olam (The Nobleman of The World).... Now it is: Vayikra !!! By invitation. By design. Premeditated according ...

The first Korban brought in the Parsha is an Olah. Usually the Olah was brought as a Nedava to show Hashem how much we appreciate all that he does for us. But, the question is, do we really appreciate all that He does? When we walk out in the street and we see trees growi...

Ki anan Hashem al hamishkan yomam v'eish tiyeh layla bo leinei chal beis Yisroel b'chol maaseihem. (40:38) This is the concluding sentence of Chumash Shemos. As the Ramban explains, here is the conclusion of Yetzias Mitzraim. We became a Nation on the level of our forefa...

In this week's Parsha the Torah sums up all of the donations that the Jews made to the Mishkan, both for the Keilim as well as the Bigdei Kehuna. The first question we must ask ourselves is, why is it so important to have an exact count of everything that was gathered? We...

Rashi at the begining of the sedra points out that Betzelel was named as such coz he clearly had ruach hakodesh (ie in the shadow of Hashem). How does rashi know? coz he even did stuff that Hashem told Moishe but Moishe didnt repeat to him. ie Moishe was 1st told about t...

A common theme in this week's Parsha is that bnei Yisroel did "as Hashem commanded them to do, so they did." Is it not obvious that they would do it right? And even if it was necessary to tell us, why say it over and over again? If it was right once, it could be assumed t...

Quote from: Artscroll's Chumash (38:8) When the call went out for contributions, the women came with their copper mirrors & piled them up... Moshe was reluctant to accept such gifts for the Mishkan because they had been used to incite lust. Hashem told him that he was...

Vaychabeir ess chameish hayerios achas el echas v'chameish yerios chibeir achas el echas. (36:10)Vaychabeir es hayrios achas el achas bakrasim vayhi hamishkan echod. (36:13)Here, on GYE's Wall of Honor, we strive to reach the 90 day mark. We do that by connecting One Day ...

The parsha of Chet Ha'Egel begins with the words "Vayar Ha'am - and the nation saw".All aveiros begin with 'looking'. Ayin roeh, Halev chomeid....

Rebbe Moshe Kobriner zy'a in Toras Avos writes: Rashi explains that Moshe Rabeinu had difficulty understanding what was meant until Hashem showed him a vision of a fiery coin. What was so hard for Moshe to understand that Hashem needed to show him a fiery vision? Moshe's ...

Rashi explains that any time Hashem brings a punishment on Klal Yisrael it includes partial punishment for the Chait Ha'aigel. Rebbe Chanoch Henoch of Alexander zy'a (Siach Sarfei Kodesh) explained it this way: Every time Hashem punishes klal yisrael He is telling them, l...

First I'd like to thank Hashem for helping me until this point. I am finding that posting these Divrei Torah and knowing that people are reading them, is helping me tremendously. If you do read them, I would appreciate comments and feedback - positive or negative (on my t...

I saw the following Ki Sisa thought in Nesivos Shalom: How could Klal Yisroel, after all the Nissim of Yetzias Mitzraim and the revelation at Har Sinai, take such a fall as to worship an Eigel HaZahav? With all the justifications given by the Mefarshim, it's clear that it...