I have just posted the latest shiur from my Hilchot Shabbat classes. It is on grinding (tochen). I have rewritten it substantially since last year (the shiur has now more than doubled in size). Click here for the pdf.It is also posted on my other blogsite: www.hilchotshabbat.blogspot.com Enjoy. PS If you click on the adverts… Read more

Support Torah in Israel – please click on the adverts! to download a pdf printable version of this d’var Torah click here Exile and Presence According to the tradition there is a gap of 14 years between the end of last week’s Torah reading, when Ya’akov leaves his parents’ home, and the beginning of this… Read more

For the pdf link click here Emunah and Bitachon From the very beginning humans were expected to expend effort to attain their goals. When G-d created Adam and Eve and placed them in the Garden of Eden, He commanded them to “work it and to guard it” (Genesis 2; 15). Even though everything was provided… Read more

Click here to download this file as pdf When G-d tells Avraham that He is about to destroy Sodom and Gemorrah, Avraham pleads and bargains with G-d to save those cities and their inhabitants. During the negotiations, Avraham shows his humility by describing himself as “mere earth and ashes” (Genesis 18; 27). Rabbi Yonasan Eibschitz… Read more

Here is the beginning of the parsha shiur for Lech Lecha. You can click on the link for a pdf version, or look at www.parshatshavua.blogspot.com for all the parsha shiurim. Click here to download in pdf format “G-d said to Avram, ‘Go for yourself from your land, from your relatives, and from your father’s house… Read more