Kollel Connections - Skokie Community Kollel

August 17, 2016

Devarim – Tisha B’Av

אלה הדברים אשר דבר משה These are the words that Moshe spoke The Ramban in his introduction to Sefer Devarim explains that before Moshe transmitted the Torah to the Jewish ...

August 17, 2016

Matot-Masei

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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”ויאמרו אם מצאנו חן בעיניך יתן הארץ הזאת לעבדיך לאחזה אל תעברנו את הירדן “ They said if we have found favor in your eyes give this land to your ...

July 29, 2016

Parshas Pinchas 5776

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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לכן הנני נותן לו את בריתי שלום והיתה לו ולזרעו אחריו ברית כהונת עולם”- Therefore I will give to him My covenant And it will be for him and his ...

July 14, 2016

Chukas 5776

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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“יען לא האמנתם בי להקדישני לעיני בני ישראל Because you did not believe in me to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel” There are many explanations ...

June 23, 2016

Beha’aloscha 5776

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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The three great leaders of Klal Yisrael, Moshe, Aharon and Miriam did not take part in the offerings to inaugurate the Mishkan. Each one may have had feelings of being ...

June 17, 2016

Naso 5776

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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“A man or woman who sets himself apart by making a nazirite vow to abstain for the sake of the Lord. He shall abstain from new wine and aged wine… ...

June 10, 2016

Bamidbar / Shavuos 5776

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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Mishkan-Har Sinai Each sefer of the Chumash is unique, and the Ramban explains the unique quality of Sefer Bamidbar. The Torah elucidated the laws of the offerings in Vayikra, it ...

June 3, 2016

Bechukosai 5776

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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“If you walk in My statutes…I will bring the rain in its time…” In regards to the punishments for disobeying Hashem, the Torah defines seven levels. But in regards to ...

May 26, 2016

Behar 5776

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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“Speak to the Bnei Yisrael and say to them,’When you come to the Land which I am giving you and the land will rest a Shabbos for Hashem…’” (25:2-3) ...

May 19, 2016

Emor 5776

Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky

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“And you will count the day after Shabbos…” The Medrash says that “The mitzvah of the Omer should not be light in your eyes, for the Jews merited Eretz Yisrael ...