Shunning and Seeking Shaatnez - Aug 20, 2026 - Derashah for Parshat Ki Tetze 5786. The Rokeiach's insight on the mitzvah of shaatnez, preserving the boundary between Hashem and the mundane - and the breakdown of that boundary in the Mishkan/Beit HaMikdash and for the eishet chayil.

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 181: 21:7 - Achimelech's Bread, Part 2 - Aug 20, 2026 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shemuel, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF. More detail on the bread Achimelech gives to Dovid. To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

Early American Rabbis - Brave and Bold: Rabbi Avraham Yudelovitch - Aug 19, 2026 - Part of an "America 250" series on the Torah of early American rabbis. The remarkably prolific Rav Avraham Aharon Yudelevitch, and the great controversy surrounding chalitzah via shaliach in an agunah situation. Part 1 of 2.

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 180: 21:5-7 - What bread did Achimelech give to Dovid? - Aug 18, 2026 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shemuel, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF. What sort of "holy" bread did Achimelech give to Dovid at the Mishkan in Nov? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 179: 21:2-4 - Give Me Five? - Aug 16, 2026 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shemuel, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF. Why does Dovid ask Achimelech for five loaves of bread? And why is this significant? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 178: 21:2 - Why isn't Dovid afraid to go to the Mishkan? - Aug 14, 2026 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shemuel, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF. Dovid flees to the Mishkan - but why isn't he afraid of getting caught in such a public place? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

Shoftim v'Shotim in Elul - Aug 13, 2026 - Derashah for Parshat Shoftim 5786. Why do Pirkei Avot and the Rambam call a shofeit a shoteh if he is hasty and careless? The shoteh lives in a fantasy world; the good shofeit seeks outside opinion. Our mission in Elul is to be shoftim, not shotim.

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 177: 20:41-21:1 - Yehonatan's Losses - Aug 13, 2026 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shemuel, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF. Dovid and Yehonatan part ways - which will lead to Yehonatan's death by Shaul's side. To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

Early American Rabbis - Rabbis on the Titanic - Aug 12, 2026 - Part of an "America 250" series on the Torah of early American rabbis. Different ways that rabbis in the first part of the 20th century spoke about the sinking of the Titanic, and especially the passing of Ida and Isidor Straus. Inspired and informed by Rabbi Hyim Shafner's Tradition 58:3 article on Rav Gedaliah Silverstone.

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 176: 20:34-40 - Yehonatan Concedes and Warns Dovid - Aug 11, 2026 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shemuel, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF. Yehonatan finally acceps that his father wants to kill Dovid, and warns Dovid to flee - but then he breaks from the plan. To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel