Yom Kippur and $100,000 Worth of Empathy - Sep 18, 2026 - Derashah for Yizkor on Yom Kippur 5787. The pain of abandonment, our halachic duty of empathy, and the prescription of the baalei mussar for achieving it.

Ahavat Hashem, Ahavat Yisrael: 100 Ways to Fall in Love - Sep 15, 2026 - Shabbat Shuvah Derashah 5787. Using the mitzvah of 100 berachot to build a narrative that Hashem and other people are on my side and trying to help me, to enable love for them and to avoid falling into the trap of nirganut in which we see others' actions and speech in negative ways.

Rosh Hashanah: A Day of Divine Vulnerability? - Sep 8, 2026 - Derashah for Rosh Hashanah 5787. The teruah cry of the shofar as a blend of our cry and Hashem's cry. How should this shape our Rosh Hashanah davening?

Based on Rav Klonymus Kalman Shapira, and SY Agnon's 1947 Petichah leKaddish for members of the Jewish Underground killed by the British (which is based on Rav Simcha Bunim of Peshischa).

The Kabbalist’s Teshuvah: A Unique Partnership with Hashem - Sep 5, 2026 - The Ari z”l’s tefillah for Hashem to accept a third party’s teshuvah, and how that developed into a tefillah for Hashem to “help” someone do teshuvah. How does this fit with free will? What is the basis for asking Hashem to help with someone else’s teshuvah?

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 190: 22:6-8 - Shaul moves from jealousy to fear - Sep 4, 2026 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shemuel, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF. Dovid moves into Yehudah, leading to Shaul's fear of him - and the destruction of Nov. To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

Becoming a Gavra Rabbah - Sep 3, 2026 - Derashah for Parshiyot Netzavim-Vayelech 5786. The Ostrovtzer's explanation of a גברא רבה as someone who looks out for others. The Netziv on the role of each individual in Klal Yisrael.

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 189: 22:5 - Why does Hashem want Dovid in Yehudah? - Sep 3, 2026 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shemuel, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF. The prophet Gad tells Dovid to move from Moav to Yehudah. Why? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

Early American Rabbis - Brave and Bold: Rabbi Avraham Yudelovitch, Part 2 - Sep 2, 2026 - Concluding an "America 250" series on the Torah of early American rabbis. Thoughts on derashah content, a sample derashah, and a teshuvah on above-ground burial (mausoleum) by the remarkably prolific Rav Avraham Aharon Yudelevitch. Part 2 of 2.

Megillah 15a-b - Sep 1, 2026 - Derashot on the fifth perek of Megillat Esther.

Practical Medical Halachah Whatsapp #73 - Davening for the Terminally or Chronically Ill - Sep 1, 2026 - A weekly 5-10 minute Medical Halachah Whatsapp. This installment: How should one daven for people when doctors say they are unable to heal them? Note: Please consult your doctor for medical advice, and your halachic authority for halachic advice. To sign up for the whatsapp go to http://tiny.cc/wamedical