February 2, 2026 | 15 Sh'vat, 5786 - Tu BiShvat | Torah Portion: Yisro, Exodus 18:1-20:23 | Haftorah: Isaiah 6:1-7:6, 9:5-6
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And Never Stop Singing
And Moshe stretched out his hand over the sea, and HASHEM led the sea with the strong east wind all night, and He made the sea into dry land and ...read more
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Lend Me Your Ears[1]
If you will hear the voice of Hashem your G-d and do what is just in His eyes, give ear to His commandments…[2]
“Hearing”/shmia and “giving ...read more
Haftorah Commentary Parshas Beshalach
Shoftim 4:4- 5:31
Unprecedented Miracles for Perfect Faith
We often worry about the spiritual decline of most of our nation. Under such ...read more
Nothing’s More Natural Than Nature
This week we read the parsha of B'shalach. "Va'y'hee b'shalach Paroah es ha'am {And it was when Paroah sent the nation}[13:17]." Although the ...read more
A Cry from the Heart
Fear is not a rational thing. Even when the mind knows perfectly well that there is absolutely no danger, sinister shadows strike fear into the ...read more
Yield Right of Way
In this week's portion, the Egyptians did not walk they ran right into trouble. Despite ten plagues which proved that Hashem had absolute ...read more
Only Holy
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Volume 40, No. 16
13 Shevat 5786
January 31, 2026
Sponsored by Hyam and Naomi Singer in memory of his grandfather Chaim ben Chanoch ...read more
Of Seas and Soul Mates
The Gemora makes a rather ominous statement that making a zivug is as difficult as splitting the sea (Sotah 2a). Hearing this, most minds ...read more
Hashem’s Hineni: A Reward for Avraham’s Heneini
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand's Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1367 An ...read more
But it’s not Midnight!
This week, Moshe comes before Pharaoh to warn him of the coming Tenth and Final Plague: So says G-d: at roughly midnight, I will go though ...read more
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Chapter 1, Mishna 5(a): Charity Begins at Home
Yossi ben (son of) Yochanan of Jerusalem said: Let your house be open wide, let the poor be members of your household, and do not chatter ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 4: Purpose of Rabbis
Yossi ben (son of) Yo'ezer of Ts'raidah and Yossi ben Yochanan of Jerusalem received [the transmission] from them. Yossi ben Yo'ezer used to ...read more
Chapter 5, Law 9 – Clothing for the Soul
The dress of the Torah scholar should be respectable (lit., 'nice') and clean. There must not be found on his clothes a stain, grease or the ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 3: Living the Impossible
Antignos of Socho received [the transmission] from Shimon the Righteous. He used to say: Do not be as servants who serve the Master to receive ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 2: Patterns of the Universe
Shimon the Righteous was of the last survivors of the Men of the Great Assembly. He used to say, the world is based upon three things: on Torah, ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 1(c): The Age of Wisdom
Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it Joshua. Joshua transmitted it to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets ...read more
Chapter 5, Law 7(d) – Truth versus Peace
(End of Law 7, earlier parts quoted in previous classes):
He [the Torah scholar] should not speak dishonestly (lit., 'change his words'), nor ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 1(b) : The First Commandment: Know Yourself
Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it Joshua. Joshua transmitted it to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets ...read more
Chapter 5, Law 7(c) – Understanding Man, Part II
(Middle of Law 7; beginning quoted in class 7(a))
If [the Torah scholar] sees his words will benefit [others] and be heard, he should say ...read more
Chapter 1, Mishna 1(a): Who Gave the Rabbis the Right…
Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it Joshua. Joshua transmitted it to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets ...read more
