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by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Rav Asher Weiss on the impact of our actions, 2) Rav Yehudah Aszod on why we must destroy idolatry, 3) Beis HaLevi on when we should and should not learn lessons from gentile practices, 4) Oneg Yom Tov on when you can do a mitzvah for financial benefit, 5) Divrei Shaul on why we may not listen to a prophet to commit idolatry. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Rav Ya’akov Ettlinger on when we receive reward for mitzvos, 2) Ben Ish Chai on how Hashem relates to us in punishment, 3) Rav Yosef Karo on when fearing Hashem is easy, 4) Rav Moshe Feinstein on what it means to accept the mitzvos, 5) Rav Tzvi Pesach Frank on how to teach our children. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Maharil Diskin on Moshe as a servant, 2) Rav Archik Bakst on who is really alive, 3) Rav Zalman Sorotzkin on how to permit something previously forbidden, 4) Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld on the connection between loving Hashem and teaching Torah, 5) Divrei Shaul on earning a gift every day. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Rav David Pardo on when to rebuke, 2) Rav Akiva Eiger on Moshe’s blessing to the Jews, 3) Netziv on what it means when Hashem does not answer our prayers, 4) Taz on the real concern and complaint of the people, 5) Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl on the underlying reason for the destruction of both Temples. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Rav Azriel Hildesheimer on the connection between vows and prophecy, 2) Maharam Schick on Hashem’s revenge, 3) Rav Eliyahu Dessler on Gad’s concern for their animals, 4) Divrei Shaul on the need for details of the desert journey, 5) Toras Gavriel on the families of the split tribe of Menashe. Subscribe to Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashah on your preferred podcast player.

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Beis HaLevi on the Torah’s seemingly wrong explanation for Pinchas’ reward, 2) Chafetz Chaim on why Moshe did not answer Benos Tzelofchad’s question, 3) Ketzos HaChoshen on why the Zekeinim were embarrassed, 4) Rav Zalman Sorotzkin on the proper motivation for leading, 5) Rav Menachem Genack on why the korbanos are discussed in Parashas Pinchas

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. In less than ten minutes: 1) Divrei Shaul on the limits of Bilam’s powers, 2) Maharal on whether Hashem fooled Bilam, 3) Rav Avraham Grodzinski on why Bilam’s donkey was killed, 4) Kesav Sofer on the importance of Yom Tov over Shabbos, 5) Rav Shmaryahu Shulman on the importance of a strong start in the morning

by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. 1) Chasam Sofer on the answer to the challenge of Parah Adumah, 2) Rav Yechezkel Abramski on Moshe’s sin, 3) Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein on why Moshe did not give a stirring speech, 4) Divrei Shaul on why death in a plague is better than of thirst, 5) Rav Tzvi Pesach Frank on the meaning of “rest in peace”

Five Quick Divrei Torah on Parashas Korach 5781 by Rabbi Gil Student of TorahMusings.com. 1) Maharam Schick on Korach taking truth, 2) Maharit Algazi on Moshe’s 3 commands, 3) Rav Moshe Feinstein on Moshe’s influence, not power, 4) Mabit on Korach’s offering, 5) Meshech Chochmah on the number 14,700

Five quick Divrei Torah on Parashas Shelach 5781. 1) Rav Ya’akov Yosef on two types of sins based on motivation, 2) HaKesav VeHakabbalah on the difference between Meraglim and Tarim, 3) Ksav Sofer on the people’s mistake in following the Meraglim, 4) Rav Soloveitchik on the significance of forgiveness for the converts, 5) Rav Itzeleh Volozhiner on the strength of the Canaanites