Weekly Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 9

July 2, 2022; Tamuz 3, 5782

Parsha Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg ZT”L asks in Tochachos Mussar #45, that we find that Moshe Rabbeinu had always sought Hashem’s forgiveness of Klal Yisroel whenever they fell or stumbled. For example, regarding the sin of the Eigel, the golden calf, the Gemorah in Brachos 32a elaborates on the extent of Moshe’s many prayers and self-sacrifice on their behalf. Yet, by Korach we find the exact opposite. In BaMidbar 16:15 he asks Hashem not to pay any attention to their offerings. Why was this so? [Also, in 16:29-30, Moshe stipulates that Korach’s followers will meet a very tragic end which is not in concert with Moshe’s general method of dealing with sinners.]....

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 8

June 25, 2022; Sivan 26, 5782

Parsha The Meraglim, the spies, were exceptional people. Rashi (Bamidbar 3:3) explains that the word “Anashim” which the Torah used to describe the Meraglim – indicates that, at the time, they were highly moral people. So what went wrong? How could they have attempted to undermine the entire purpose of coming to Eretz Yisroel and have made such a cataclysmic error by speaking negatively against Eretz Yisrael?

We can perhaps gain insight from one of the descriptions that the Meraglim had given of the land that they were sent to spy out....

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Weekly Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 7

June 18, 2022; Sivan 19, 5782

Parsha And the wrath of Hashem flared against them and He departed.” (BaMidbar 12:9)



This pasuk describes how Hashem was ‘angry’ so to speak with Miriam and Aharon because they spoke negatively about Moshe Rabbeiniu. Yet the previous pasukim describe how Hashem had taken them to task for what they had said. It seems a bit out of order. Hashem should have become angry first, and then taken Miriam and Aharon to task...

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