by Steve Brizel
Moshe's Prayer to Enter the Land of Israel
R Avraham Gordimer suggests that the denial of Moshe's prayer to enter the Land of Israel is an illustration of the binding and irrevocable nature of Torah for all generations: linkKi Solid BanimR Ephraim Buchwald reminds us that Tanach provides with many role models to remind us that despite that how far we seemingly stray as a people and individuals, there is hope for all of us: linkClick here for moreShma Yisrael
R Yitzchak Etshalom sets forth three lessons that are introduced by the Parsha of Shma Yisrael: linkR Sir Jonathan Sacks reminds us that when a Jew hears God, he or she apprehends His Will: linkRav Soloveitchik ZL and R Asher Weiss discusses the mitzvah of Talmud Torah: linkR Daniel Z. Feldman explicates many halachic and hashkafic aspects of the mitzvah of Krias Shma: link 1 (audio), link 2 (audio)R Michoel Zylberman discusses the halachos of Birkas Krias Shma: link (audio)R Baruch Simon explores many Halachos involved in Hilcos Mzuzah: link 1 (audio), link 2 (audio)R Joshua Flug discusses the mitzvah of writing a Sefer Torah: link (audio)
The Luchos Acharonos
R Mordechai Sabato discusses many differences between the Luchos Rishonos and Luchos Acharonos: linkR Yitzchak Blau explores the relationship between Torah SheBaal Peh and both sets of the Aseres HaDibros: linkR Yissocher Frand explains why honoring one's parents was repeated again as an independent mitzvah to the generation that was on the verge of entering the Land of Israel: linkR Mordechai Willig reviews many halachos related to Kibud Av VaEm: link (audio)R Beinish Ginsberg discusses Zacor vShamor Bdibur Echad: link (audio)
Fear of God
R Dovid Horwitz discusses the mitzvah of the fear of God: link
Transmitting the Sinai Experience to the Next Generation and Maintaining One's Enthusiasm
R Ally Ehrman and R Beinish Ginsberg discuss how to transmit the Sinai Experiennce to the next generation and to maintain enthusiasm in one's observance: link 1 (audio), link 2 (audio)
The Prohibition Against Intermarriage
R Herschel Shachter discusses the differences between a “mishpachah” and an “am” and numerous halachic ramifications encompassed in the prohibition against intermarriage: link
The Cities of Refuge
R Avraham Gordimer suggests why the Parsha of the cities of refuge is in our parsha: link
Nachmu Nachmu
The Nesivos Shalom, as elucidated by R Yitzchak Adlerstein, suggests why the Haftarah includes a double dose of consolation: linkR Berel Wein explains why the Luchos Acharonos and the seven Haftaros of Consolation are a means of helping us prepare for the Yamim Noraim: linkR Shlomoh Riskin exhorts us to remember that the Torah commands attitudes as well as actions: link
Last year's roundup: link
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by Steve Brizel
