January 21, 2026 | 3 Sh'vat, 5786 | Torah Portion: Bo, Exodus 10:1-13:16 | Haftorah: Jeremiah 46:13-28
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The Pharaoh-Moshe Dialog Regarding Who Will Participate in the “Chag L’Hashem Machar”
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand's Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1366 I ...read more
Haftorah Commentary Parshas Bo
Yirmiyaha 46:13–28
Improving Our Core Essence
We are familiar with the unfortunate reality that, as a rule, people do not truly change. ...read more
Do Not Resist
"And you shall safeguard the matzos"(12:17)
The literal interpretation of the verse is that one should approach the preparation of the matzos ...read more
And We Were There
This week's parsha, Bo, which tells of the exodus from Mitzrayim {Egypt}, instructs us as to how the holiday of Pesach {Passover} should be ...read more
Mezuza
The silly family in the following story makes nine mistakes. Can you find them? Can you think of how the story is connected with the ...read more
The Nation of Brotherly Love
In this week's Torah portion, we read the final chapter leading up to the exodus from Egypt. The ninth plague was a pivotal moment in the ...read more
Break No Bones About It
One of the initial mitzvos of the Torah, the Korban Pesach, was given to the Jewish nation as a preface to redemption. It is filled with myriad ...read more
The Flip Side
We’re not allowed to eat chometz for the seven days of Pesach, but you can eat matzah. The technical difference between the two is really just ...read more
Hiding in Plain Sight
I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzchok, and Yaakov with [the name] Almighty SHA-DAI, but [with] My name Yud -Hey -Vuv-Hey I did not become known to ...read more
No Other Power
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Volume 40, No. 14
28 Tevet 5786
January 17, 2026
Sponsored by the Rutstein family in memory of Harav Yechiel Mordechai Gordon z”l ...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
