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11/10/2024

Baruch Dayan HaEmes! A Migdal Torah Talmid.

A Migdal Torah Talmid! 😢

The IDF has announced that Master Sgt. (res.) Guy Shabtay, 39, from Jerusalem, has died from injuries sustained during combat in southern Lebanon two weeks ago. Shabtay, a member of the Alon Brigade’s 8207th Battalion, was severely injured on October 26 during a firefight with Hezbollah terrorists...

11/18/2022

Schmooze I gave this week in Yeshiva Ohr Somayach - Yerushalayim.

Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and ...

08/23/2017

YMT IY"H will be having dovening for Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur at the former YMT building.
Please note: there will NOT be dovening for the Shabbos after Rosh HaShana.
There are costs to cover. Each family should send in at least $50 - more if possible as we need to cover costs.
Please send checks - AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - to:
Yeshiva Migdal Torah
2945 W Farwell Ave
Chicago IL 60645
Thanks much,

04/16/2017

Who do you recognize?

08/06/2015

Understanding the Avodah and Appreciating the Gift of Elul http://conta.cc/1gMWeaj

02/04/2014

Special Shiur in Eretz Yisrael http://conta.cc/1eRwHUG

07/23/2012

Zealot, Vigilante or Avenger for Peace? (Parshas Pinchas 2012)

"Zealot" (Webster): "A fanatical partisan" / "an excessively zealous person; a fanatic" Vigilnante: "a person who takes the law into his own hands avenging a crime" Nothing really very complimentary!

Yet The Almighty calls Pinchas an "Avenger" who's zealousness restored tranquility to the Jewish People, saving them from calamity! In gratitude Hashem gifted Pinchas "Brisi Shalom" a covenant of everlasting peace and... the Priesthood of Kehuna forever!

QUESTIONS:

~ What determines when a Zealot is a fanatic or a persuer of peace? A vigilante or an avenger?
~ If Moshe and his Sanhedrin didn't know what to do with Zimri, how was Pinchas so sure?
~ Wasn't Pinchas' great grandfather Levi chastised by Yaakov for avenging Dina in Shechem?
~ Why was there no need for a (anointing) process to inaugurate the new Kohen: Pinchas?
~ Finally, how is it that Pinchas' descendants (380 of whom were Kohanim Gedolim!) can proclaim the barcha "you have sanctified us with the Kedusha - holiness of 'Aharon' " when in fact Pinchas' holiness was independant of Ahron's Kedusha - as it was only a gift now from Hashem, after Ahron was already established as a Kohen?


Please click on the link below for a truly fascinating & eye opening Hashkafa Shiur given by Rabbi Avrohom M. Alter

03/13/2012

You Get What You Give (& More) ~ Achieving The Impossible!

What defies all mathematical equations, transcends all theorems of logic? The world of Torah Scholarship and the realm of spiritual accomplishment! It matters not what talents we have, what training or skills we acquired, what previous knowledge we posses, or even our raw brain power! The equation is simple... Effort achieves Results - the more effort, the greater the result!

Please click on the link below for a most enlightening Hashkafah Shiur
given by Rabbi Avrohom M. Alter