Listen to this shiur · 9 min The parsha starts with parshas bikurim and then continues with bi’ur maasros. Both require a declaration. Bikkurim has the declaration of “arami oved avi” and bi’ur maasros has the declaration of “bi’arti hakodesh min habayis.” These are very different declarations. Bikkurim is a shevach to Hashem for saving … Read more
Listen to this shiur · 11 min A Paraphrased Shiur of Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky Parshas Nitzavim. At the very end of the parsha, as Hakadosh Baruch Hu delivers what is b'etzem the final tochacha — the last great mussar of Devarim — the Torah says: החיים והמות נתתי לפניך הברכה והקללה ובחרת בחיים למען תחיה … Read more
Listen to this shiur · 9 min A Paraphrased Shiur of Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky The parsha starts with Nedarim, and is introduced with the passuk: זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהֹוָה: Bamidbar 30:2 Rashi brings Chazal that “Zeh Hadavar” is meyuchad to Moshe. זה הדבר. משה נתנבא בכה אמר ה' (שמות יא, ד), והנביאים נתנבאו בכה … Read more