By Rav Reuven Tradburks Parshat Noach describes: the destruction of the world through the Flood, Noah and his family, the story of the Tower of Babel and the introduction of Avraham’s family. The first 2 parshiot in our Torah, Breishit and Noach, are essentially parallel creation stories,...
By Rav Reuven Tradburks The last Parsha of the Torah covers less than a day – the first Parsha in the Torah spans 1000 years. Parshat Breishit covers creation, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Cain’s murder of his brother Abel, and the generations concluding...
By Rav Reuven Tradburks Haazinu is the second last Parsha in the Torah. It is one chapter of 52 verses, making it one of the shortest in the Torah. All but 8 verses consist of the song of Haazinu. The song is written in the Torah in...
By Rav Reuven Tradburks Vayeilech is the shortest Parsha in the Torah. The entire parsha is one chapter of just 30 verses. 1st aliya (Devarim 31:1-3) Moshe goes. And speaks to the entire people. I am 120 years old. I will not bring you into the land;...
By Rav Reuven Tradburks The Torah Reading of Rosh Hashana is read with a unique nusach, a stirring melody. During the year we have a number of different musical trop used for public reading: there is one trop or tune during the year for Torah reading,...
By Rav Reuven Tradburks Our Parsha begins the conclusion of our Torah. The book of Devarim consists of Moshe’s long speech at the end of his life. His speech is crafted beautifully, a magnum opus of past, present and future. He began with a review of...
By Rav Reuven Tradburks Parshat Re’eh begins a section filled with Mitzvot. In the next 3 parshiot there are 170 Mitzvot, ¼ of all the mitzvoth of the Torah. In the flow of Moshe’s speech, he is switching from a discussion of how we got to...
By Rav Reuven Tradburks 1st aliya (Devarim 7:12-8:10) On the heels of you keeping the mitzvoth, G-d will keep His covenant with you. And love you. You will enjoy success: economic, health, military. Should you fear the nations in the land, wondering how you will prevail...
By Rav Reuven Tradburks 1st aliya (3:23-4:4) I beseeched G-d to allow me to enter the land. He refused: ascend the mountain, gaze at the land that you will not enter. Charge Yehoshua, for he will lead the people. Now, Ysrael Shema, listen to the commandments...
