by Rabbi Shaps | Jul 29, 2021 | Rabbi Zischa Shaps, Va'eschanan, Weekly Parsha
You would think that if everyone followed the laws of the Torah, Hashem would be pleased and all would be good. Yet, the Talmud in Bava Metzia 30b teaches that Rabbi Yochanan said “Jerusalem was destroyed because people judged based on Torah Law”. The Gemara...
by Rabbi Shaps | Jan 21, 2021 | Rabbi Zischa Shaps, Weekly Parsha
D’var Torah by Rabbi Zischa Shaps What defines someone as “Great”? In the Torah world we refer to a leader as a Gadol. Someone who is great. Theword Gadol has a number of meanings. We use it to mean large or big. We use it tomean great and we also use it to refer to...
by Rabbi Shaps | Dec 24, 2020 | Rabbi Zischa Shaps, Weekly Parsha
D’var Torah by Rabbi Zischa Shaps Why is this happening to me? Have you ever asked yourself this question? Parsha Vayeishev tells the story of Yosef and how he was sold into slavery by hisbrothers. If we only read this week’s Parsha and don’t continue, we would...
by Rabbi Shaps | Nov 23, 2020 | Rabbi Zischa Shaps, Weekly Parsha
D’var Torah by Rabbi Zischa Shaps Last weekend, we lost 2 Giants in the Jewish world, Rabbi Dovid Feinstein andRabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. This week’s Torah reading begins with the passing of another giant, Avraham’s wifeSarah. The majority of the Parsha...
by Rabbi Shaps | Oct 27, 2020 | Rabbi Zischa Shaps, Weekly Parsha
D’var Torah by Rabbi Zischa Shaps Our refrigerator is covered with pictures, cute sayings and a few select comic strips. One ofthem is a Dilbert comic where “the boss” is insisting that Tina has children despite herclearly letting him know she does not. Finally she...
