Torah Portion

Parshat Vaetchanan By: Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron                                                                   בס”ד לשכנו תדרשו Inviting the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land And I … Read more

Parshat Matot-Massei By: Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”ד לשכנו תדרשו Inviting the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land Go and Conquer the Land In this third and last section of our “three-weeks”, study of the borders of the Land of Israel, we would like to discuss these borders from the point-of-view of … Read more

Parshat Matot-Massei By: Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”ד לשכנו תדרשו Inviting the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land These Are the Borders of the Land Last week, we discussed two categories out of the five categories enlisted by the Rambam in regard to the borders of the Land of Israel. The first … Read more

Parshat Pinchas By: Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”ד לשכנו תדרשו Inviting the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land And This Land Shall Be a Portion to You Before Hashem In the past we have discussed the halachic significance of the eastern side of the Jordan that was given to the tribes of … Read more

Parshat Balak By: Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”ד לשכנו תדרשו Inviting the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land Therefore I Give Him My Covenant of Peace From Hashem’s blessing of peace to Pinehas upon his strides towards purity in the beginning of this parsha we see that there is a direct connection … Read more

Parshat Chukat By: Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”ד לשכנו תדרשו Inviting the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land They Crouch and Lie Like a Lion and Lioness, Wo Shall Raise Them? Those Who Bless them Shall Be Blessed, and Those Who Curse Them Shall Cursed! The story of Balak and Bilam in … Read more

Parshat Korach By: Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”ד לשכנו תדרשו Inviting the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land Tithes In various places our Sages homiletically examine a word in the Torah by using its letters in various orders and permutations. It seems that, in regard to the episode of Korah, the letters … Read more

Parshat Shelach By: Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”ד לשכנו תדרשו Inviting the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land And You Shall See It There is a common verb root used both in the beginning of this parsha, in regard to sending the spies to the Land of Israel, and at the end … Read more

Parshat Naso By: Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”ד לשכנו תדרשו Inviting the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land And the Man Moshe Was Very Humble Our Sages teach that one of the primary requirements for the acquisition of Torah is humility. This they learn, in part, from the verse “from the desert … Read more

Parshat Bamidbar By: Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron בס”ד לשכנו תדרשו Inviting the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land And Hashem Shall Grant You Peace “…My eyes are fixed on You until You favor me, and hear my prayer, and provide me with sons and daughters who will also be fruitful and multiply, … Read more