Mazal Tov to our children Chaviva and Yehuda Rottenberg on the birth of a boy, brother to Esther. Mazal Tov to all the Great grandparents, especially Mrs. Idelle Rudman and Mrs. Sara Fishman. May we all be Zoche to see Nachas from the new addition to the family. Download as word The defining incident in…

Download as Word to see all One of the themes of the beginning of BaMidbar is the manner Klal Yisroel travelled through the desert. We discuss the division of the Shevatim, the way they camped, where the Mishkan was, who travelled with whom, and who carried which parts of the Mishkan. In this week’s Parsha,…

(On the advice of my Rebbe I have started organizing the writings the Sfas Emes on Tefilin, to publish it as a work on its own. This is a small part of what I have started. The ultimate work will be in Hebrew, like my other existing Sefarim on the Chagim. Obviously Tefillin shel Rosh…

Download as Word In the listing of the Korbanos of the Nesiim, the seventh Nasi is from Ephraim. Since the Nesiim began to bring their Korbanos on the first day of the week, this Korban is brought on Shabbos. In general, Korbanos are not brought on Shabbos. Only a Korban Tzibur can be brought on…

As we begin Sefer BaMidabar, I would like to share the introduction of the Netziv to the Sefer[1]. Each of the Chumashim has asides the colloquial name we use, which is usually the first one of the words of the Sefer, another more descriptive name. The Netziv in his introduction to each Sefer analyzes that…