D'rachim B'Parsha With Rabbi Mordechai Appel

was given to Man, who falls, rises, struggles, chooses, and through that very struggle can reach the kisei hakavod itself.

“When you are in it, you don’t feel it.”

This act proclaims our ability to take even the chametz within us, and bring it close in the service of Hashem.

explosion of one of the space shuttles upon re-entering

‘Zusha, why weren’t you Zusha?’

Rav Shlomo Zalman ZT"L had never ever wronged his wife

Mishkan changed from before the cheit ha’eigel to after

“One needs to have a zechus to be able to give to a proper tzedakah.”

the egg yolk still dripping from his glasses,

Should they sing? Could they even sing?

one needs to become a foodie,

easy to walk in someone else’s shoes

Had I known how to sign, I would still be a shamash

“When a room suddenly goes dark, it is usually because someone is about to light a candle. But if a person panics, he never waits long enough to see it.”

Hearing that Tatty is staying by the other brother can genuinely hurt

people speak like “truck drivers,” a Yid is better than that

“Business is business and Moses is Moses,”

“I too have given a thirsty man water, even food — yet I haven’t seen man fall from the sky.”

learned Bavli and Yerushalmi backwards and forwards by the age of six

the shehakol takes on a new meaning,

out of fear is because I love myself

the “assailant” was none other than himself.

A missed call, a delayed train, a red light, a canceled flight

we show off, it provokes Eisav’s jealousy.

The kitchen still runs, the system still functions.

relate to HaShem on a quid-pro-quo basis