Parashas Balak, Issue #852 – By Pinchas Winston Bilaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.” (Bamidbar 23:1) THE TALMUD SAYS something that could easily be taken for granted, but shouldn’t be. It has so much to say about how Hashgochah Pratis works,…
Parashas Chukas, Issue #851 – By Pinchas Winston The entire congregation of the Children of Israel arrived at the desert of Tzin in the first month, and the people settled in Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there. (Bamidbar 20:1) IT IS AMAZING how much we “fight” our parents as children, and then…
Parashas Korach, Issue #850 – By Pinchas Winston They assembled against Moshe and Aharon, and said to them, “You take too much upon yourselves, for the entire congregation are all holy, and God is in their midst. So why do you raise yourselves above God’s assembly?” (Bamidbar 16:2) WHO IS A happy person, the…
Parashas Shlach, Issue #849 – By Pinchas Winston All the Children of Israel complained against Moshe and Aharon, and the entire congregation said, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this desert.” (Bamidbar 14:2) YEARS AGO WHEN I gave a talk to a large…
Parashas BeHa’alosecha, Issue #838 – By Pinchas Winston Speak to Aharon and tell him: “When you light the lamps, the seven lamps must cast their light toward the face of the Menorah.” (Bamidbar 8:2) THE LAST PART of the previous parsha was consumed with the gifts presented by the leaders of each tribe as…
