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Or Torah Lights10 Tests in Each of Our Lives - Parshat Vayera
Life lessons from Avraham Avinu's 10 Tests that we can take with us for our own 10 tests. Netivot Shalom on Tests
Or Torah LightsTo the Land I Will Show You - Parshat Lech Lecha with the Netivot Shalom
From Vayomer Hashem el Avram to Vayera Hashem El Avraham - Avraham Avinu reaches a higher degree of connection to Hashem by arriving in Eretz Yisrael. As the…
Or Torah LightsKriyat Shema - The Second Chapter
Dvar Halakha at Or Torah on 16 Menachem Av 5786 Why do we learn Halakha daily, and why specifically during bein hashemashot ? Divrei Halakha and Hashkafa…
Or Torah LightsFinding Light When the House Goes Dark
A Shiur for NILI Yarchei Kallah on Torat Chaim: Bringing Torah to Life's Greatest Challenges" at Congregation Or Torah on 5 Av 5786
Or Torah LightsDo We Wear Shabbat Clothes on Shabbat Chazon? And what if there is a Simcha During the 9 Days?
משנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה שו״ע או״ח תקנ״א:א Dvar Halakha 1 Av 5786
Or Torah LightsA Study in Darkness - Learning about the 3 Weeks as a Halakhic Obligation
Why does the mishna in Masechet Taanit tell us the five reasons for each of Shiva Asar bTammuz and Tisha Bav ? The halakhic lesson of Rav YD Soloveitchik, and…
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Seeing the Miracles From the Window of an Airforce Jet and at a Special Seder - On Yom Haatzmaut 5786
Drasha at Congregation Or Torah on Leil Yom Haatzmaut, 5 Iyar 5786 - April 21, 2026 Click here for Rav Rimon's New Verses for Dayenu…
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The End of Haman A Shiur for Purim 5786
The Four Kingdoms and the Seven Nations - and the role of Haman at the end... (Based on Pachad Yitzchak Purim 2)
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May We Celebrate Purim This Year?
The joy of Purim challenged by missile attacks on our brothers and sisters in Medinat Yisrael - may we celebrate Purim?
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Al HaNisim Bazman Hazeh - Chanuka Shiur 5786
l'ilui nishmat Chava Bracha bat Ben Zion Halevi z"l
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Brito Shel Avraham Avinu and the Legacy of Rav Moshe Hauer ztl
OU Daily Tehilim Chizuk Call of 12 Marcheshvan 5786 l'ilui nishmat Harav Moshe Yisrael ben Harav Binyamin zt'l
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What Only Those in the Sea Can See - On Yom Haatzmaut 5785
Drashat Leil Yom Haatzmaut 5785 at Or Torah
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Tefilot & Nigunim To Remember - OT Yom Hashoa Commemoration 5785
Or Torah commemorates Yom Hashoa, remembering the six million, HY'D.
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Matza and the Machine - On Technology and Torah
What is the nature of the mitzva of ushmartem et ha'matzot? What happened when a matza baking machine was invented? What meaning does this all have for us…
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May the Name of the God of Yaakov Protect Us on Chanuka
The Chayalim of David Hamelech, the Chashmonaim, and of Tzahal all look to an earlier warrior who fought to defend Am Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael: Yaakov Avinu…
Or Torah LightsSetting the Table and the Tefila for Pesach 5784
How the Torah guides us to set up our table for Pesach - literal and spiritual- to enjoy it as a time of simcha, despite the difficulties of the moment…
Or Torah LightsMission Day 1 - Sowing with Tears in Tel Aviv
Our tefila that Hashem bring back those in captivity -- and the abiding faith despite the anxiety
Or Torah LightsMission Day 1 - Harvesting with Joy in the Fields Outside Rishon
How farming in Eretz Yisrael can be holy work
Or Torah LightsMission First Night - This Forgotten Day in Jewish History
3 Adar is an important, if overlooked day for our moment.
Or Torah LightsP Mishpatim - We Will Do, We Will Hear--and We Will Win
שמות פרק כד, ז (ז) וַיִּקַּח סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית וַיִּקְרָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְקֹוָק נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע:
Or Torah Lightsפ משפטים תשפד - נעשה ונשמע וננצח
שמות פרק כד, ז (ז) וַיִּקַּח סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית וַיִּקְרָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְקֹוָק נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע:
Or Torah LightsP Yitro - Telling Our Story Through Hard Times
שמות פרק יח, ח-ט (ח) וַיְסַפֵּר מֹשֶׁה לְחֹתְנוֹ אֵת כָּל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְקֹוָק לְפַרְעֹה וּלְמִצְרַיִם עַל אוֹדֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵת כָּל הַתְּלָאָה אֲשֶׁר…
Or Torah LightsJumping Into a Sea of Challenge - Magen David Adom at Or Torah
Joel Gorenstein and Dr. Shafir Botner share reflections about their work in Eretz Yisrael, and descrive the ongoing, lifesaving efforts of Magen David Adom…
Or Torah LightsP Beshalach - The Tefila in the Shirat Hayam
תִּפֹּל עֲלֵיהֶם אֵימָתָה וָפַחַד בִּגְדֹל זְרוֹעֲךָ יִדְּמוּ כָּאָבֶן עַד יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ יְקֹוָק עַד יַעֲבֹר עַם זוּ קָנִיתָ תְּבִאֵמוֹ וְתִטָּעֵמוֹ בְּהַר…
Or Torah Lightsהתפלה בשירת הים - פ בשלח תשפד
תִּפֹּל עֲלֵיהֶם אֵימָתָה וָפַחַד בִּגְדֹל זְרוֹעֲךָ יִדְּמוּ כָּאָבֶן עַד יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ יְקֹוָק עַד יַעֲבֹר עַם זוּ קָנִיתָ:
Or Torah LightsThe Red Poppies on Tu Bishvat 5784
A new meaning to the flowers now covering areas of Southern Israel
Or Torah LightsArmies of Hashem - Parshat Bo
Who are the legions of Hashem here: שמות פרק יב, מא (מא) וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיְהִי בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה יָצְאוּ כָּל…
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Parshat Vaera - Why So Many Plagues?
If the goal is rescue, why does Hashem bring so many plagues?
Or Torah LightsParshat Shemot - When Moshe Grew Up
Does everyone grow up? When Moshe went out to his brothers with eyes and a heart of greatness
Or Torah Lightsויגדל משה - דברי חיזוק לפרשת שמות
וכי אין הכל גדלין? כשמשה רבינו יצא אל אחיו בעינים ובלב של גדולה