Rabbi Fridman's Weekly Dvar Torahs

Ma’amar Bereishit: The Role of Language in Human Divine Partnership

Between Noach and Avraham: The Imperative to Initiate

The Meaning of Chosenness

Copy of The Meaning of the Fear of Heaven

I am a Stranger and a Dweller Amongst You:  The Rav’s Confrontation Revisited and Expanded

Emet L’Yaakov, Chesed L’Avraham: A Developmental Perspective

The Gratitude of Leah

Prayer, Diplomacy, and War: The Halakhic Hierarchy in Response to Challenge

Reflections on Fraternal Hatred :את אחי אנכי מבקש

Fortress of Generations: Reading Ma’oz Tzur

VaYigash 5783: Yehuda’s Finest Hour

VaYechi Yaakov: The Source of  Yaakov’s Vitality in Egypt

VaEira: And Moshe was Eighty Years Old: On Age and Redemption

Conversations with Our Children-Bo

The Meaning of Marah- Beshalach

 Yitro: To Listen, and then, to Speak

Partners in the Covenant: The Meaning of Na’aseh V’Nishmah

 V’Asu Aron Atzei Shitim: Yaakov’s Indelible Contribution to the Aron

Tetzaveh: The Parsha of Aharon HaKohen

Moshe’s Finest Hour Ki Tisa

Kol Beit Yisrael: On the Familial Character of the Jewish Nation

Vayikra 5783 Of Torah Study and Relationships

Tzav: A Dual Transformation

The Unique Halakhic Persona of the Metzora: Of Death and Life Reborn

Acharei -Mot Kedoshim: Of Forests and Trees 

Emor: The Dignity of the Kohen- Unblemished

Bechukotai: A Holistic Model of Bittachon

Nasso 5783-The Origins of the Sotah

Beha'alotcha 5783: Moshe, Aharon, and the Jewish Ethic of Leadership

Shelach 5783: The Sources of Courage

Aharon's Finest Hour: Korach 5783

Balak 5783- Why Read Parashat Balak

Pinchas 5783: The Double Edged Sword of Zealotry

Mattot Masei: In the Presence of the Almighty

Devarim 5783: The Meaning of Mishneh Torah

Va’Etchanan: Prayer and Divine Grace

Copy of Eikev: Avodah She’Ba’Lev

In Service of Man and God Alike: The Halakhic Ethos of Tzedakah

Elul 5783 Confronting Spiritual Anxiety

Ki Tavo: Sustaining the Torah

A Radical Covenant: Parashat Nitzavim

Bereishit 5781: After the Sin: Hashem's Role in Teshuva

Between Noach and Avraham: The Imperative to Initiate

לך לך תשע׳ח- The Meaning of Chosenness

VaYera: The Transformative Capacity of a Minyan

I am a Stranger and a Dweller Amongst You  Parshat Chaye Sarah

Emet L’Yaakov: An Evolutionary Perspective Parshat Toldot

פרשת ויצא תשע׳ח- ג׳ טיפוסי תפילה     Parshat Vayetze

VaYichlach: ועתה הייתי לשני מחנות   Parshat VaYishlach

Fortress of Generations  Parshat VaYeshev

The Blessings of Ephraim and Menashe: Miketz 5781

Yehuda’s Finest Hour VaYigash 5781

VaYechi 5781- The Sweetness of a Second Chance

The Meaning of the Fear of Heaven Shemot 5781

The Birth of a Jewish Leadership Ethic in the Sands of Egypt   Vaera 5781

Bridging the Generations: Moshe, Pharaoh, and a Philosophy of Religious Inclusion  Bo 5781

Beshalach 5781: An Obligation to Jewish History

Yitro: To Listen, and then, to Speak  

The Altar and the Law Mishpatim

Shekalim and Terumah: Two Modalities of Divine Service

Tetzaveh-The Pursuit of Tamid 

Moshe's Finest Hour Ki Tisa

Kol Beit Yisrael: VaYakhel Pekudei HaChodesh 5781

Vayikra 5781 Of Torah Study and Relationships

Tazria- Metzora-Yom HaAtzmaut 5781

Kedoshim: Of Forests and Trees

Emor: The Dignity of the Kohen- Unblemished

The Ultimate Source for Inspiration: Bechukotai 5781

The Almighty's Conscripts 5781 

Nasso 5781-The Origins of the Sotah

Beha'alotcha 5781: Moshe, Aharon, and the Jewish Ethic of Leadership

Shelach 5781: The Sources of Courage

Aharon's Finest Hour: Korach 5781

Chukat 5781: The Waters of Miriam

Balak 5781- Why Read Parashat Balak?

Pinchas 5781: The Double Edged Sword of Zealotry

Mattot Masei: In the Presence of the Almighty

Devarim 5781: The Meaning of Mishneh Torah

ואתחנן תשפ׳א- שכחת מעמד הר סיני   

Eikev: Avodah She’Ba’Lev

In Service of Man and God Alike: The Halakhic Ethos of Tzedakah 8/5/21

Ki Tavo: Sustaining the Torah

A Radical Covenant: Parashat Nitzavim

Auto-Replication: An analysis of the Final Two Mitzvot in the Torah

Ha'azinu: Breaking the Cycle

Shabbat Bereshit

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Shabbat Noach

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Shabbat Lech Lecha

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Shabbat Vayera

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Shabbat Chaye Sarah

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Shabbat Toldot

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Shabbat VaYetze

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Shabbat VaYishlach

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Shabbat VaYeshev

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Shabbat Miketz

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Shabbat VaYigash

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Shabbat VaYechi

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Shabbat Shemot

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Shabbat Va'Era

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Shabbat Bo

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Shabbat Mishpatim

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Shabbat Terumah

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Shabbat Tetzaveh

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Shabbat Ki Tisa

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Shabbat Pekudei

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Shabbat VaYikra-Zachor

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Shabbat Tzav-: A Message of Gratitude for a Wonderful Congregation

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Shabbat Shemini-Parah

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Shabbat Tazria-HaChodesh Special Dvar Torah by Tova Warburg Sinensky, Yoetzet Halacha

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Shabbat Metzorah-HaGadol

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Shabbat Acharei Mot

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Shabbat Kedoshim

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Shabbat Emor

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Shabbat Bechukotai

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Shabbat Beha'alotcha

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Shabbat Shelach

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Shabbat Korach

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Shabbat Chukat

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Shabbat Pinchas

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Shabbat Shoftim

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Shabbat Ki Tetzei

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