By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
Why does the Navi Yeshaya use the lashon of Nachamu twice? Rabbeinu Bachya explains the reason is because everything is midda kneged midda. The Jews sinned double and were punished double, therefore they receive double consolation. Rav Dovid Cohen, the Chevroner Rosh Yeshiva, explains it a little differently. Before we get to the explanation, we need to double our questions.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:

ɚ if Moshe had a share in Eretz Yisrael.
ɚ why the people thought Hashem hated them.
ɚ why Og was a frightening adversary.

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Parshas Mattos – Your Money or Your Child 
Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:

ɚ when self-defense is a legitimate argument.
ɚ why some people are willing to sacrifice their children for money
ɚ how we see that Targum does not translate some city names.

Parshas Masei – Marriage and Money 
This week he discusses:
ɚ why funerals in Egypt introduce the travels in the wilderness.
ɚ why we must know what happened in Eilim and Refidim.
ɚ why the daughters of Tzelafchad couldn’t marry out.

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:

ɚ why the Torah reports the survival of Korach’s sons in a strange place.

ɚ why Moshe feared that the people would be leaderless after he died.

ɚ how a Jewish leader should conduct himself during war time.

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Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:

ɚ why the whole story of Bilaam is not included in the Torah.
ɚ why the donkey’s mouth was created on the sixth day.
ɚ how that angel praised the donkey in contrast to Bilaam.

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Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian, and author. This week he discusses:

ɚ why it mattered that Moshe struck the rock rather than talk to it.
ɚ the three reasons Moshe was barred from entering Eretz Yisrael.
ɚ what Moshe found so desirable about Aharon’s manner of death.

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Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses:

ɚ how Korach’s rebellion gained such wide popularity.
ɚ why Moshe was told to empty the copper pans of their ashes.
ɚ how Moshe knew that the plague had already begun.

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Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman (yaakovyosefreinman@gmail.com) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author.

This week he discusses:
ɚ why it was acceptable for Yehoshua to send Meraglim.
ɚ how the story of the Meraglim is out of chronological order.
ɚ why the people thought Kaleiv was denigrating Moshe.

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By Moishe Chaimson
There are many stories of the Dor Hamidbar’s failures told to us in Chumash. The Misoninim, the Chet Heigel, etc why is the Meraglim the only one for which an entire generation is prevented from going into Eretz Yisroel and all must die out? For all the others it was sufficient that they got a potch or some sort of punishment and moved on?
Why is the Chet Hameraglim so deep that Chazal say that it happened on Tisha Bav and caused BeChiya LDoros for many more Tisha Bav’s?