Rabbi Zechariah Saltman
Rabbi Zechariah Saltman is a Lakewood-based writer and BMG graduate. He shares short, inspirational messages from the parsha through Uplifted by the Parsha, created in memory of his father.
Shiurim
- Acharei Mos: Hashem just wants your love
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Why is it more dear to Hashem when we don't understand a Mitzvah but do it anyway?
- Yom Kippur/Parshas Vayeilech: Hashem is Helping You Earn his Forgiveness
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How can we rid ourselves of the anxious mindset of our fate om Yom Kippur?
- Vayetzei: Daven out of desperation
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How come Yaakov didn't daven Maariv until he ran away from home?
- Chayei Sarah: Face your challenge
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How did Avraham pass the test of Akeidas Yitzchak if he didn't actually kill Yitzchak?
- Yisro: Make the Torah your own
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Why does the Torah mention Yisro's past if the Torah never lists a baal Teshuvah or a Ger's past?
- Chayei Sarah: You Have the Power to Believe in Hashem
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Why doesn't the Torah ever mention Eliezer's name?
- Bereishis: The World was Created for You
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Why did Hashem create the animals before Adam was born if the whole point of the animals was for Adam?
- Sh'mos: My son a breathing miracle
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What I learned from my son's stay in the Nicu.
- Matos/The Three Weeks: You Possess the Power to Connect with Hashem
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How can a human create a new forbidden act?
- Vayeshev: You are not your struggles
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Why is Yosef the only child mentioned when the Torah says these are the offspring of Yaakov?
- Succos: A Spark of Belief
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Why is a Sukkah with more sun than shade a good Sukkah?
- Chukas: Recognize Your Greatness
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Why does the Torah describe the Mitzvah of Para Adumah as the law of the Torah and not just the law of Tuemah and Tahara?
- Mikeitz:It's all from Hashem
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Why did Hashem use the Sar Hamashken to save Yosef?
- Vayikra: Keep Hashem by your Side
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What's the theme of Sefer Vayikra?
- Lech Lecha: Growing from the roots upwards
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Why was it so hard for Avraham to leave his homeland?
- Lech Lecha: Don't Give Up on a Rocky Start
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Why doesn't the Torah just start from Avraham as opposed to begin with people on a lower madreiga?
- Toldos: Inspire Others
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Why was Yaakov born with a twin?
- Bo: Becoming Hashem's Chosen People
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Why was Yetzias Mitrayim considerd a full geula if we went through other enslavements afterwards?
- I lost my father but gained Perspective
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How do you comfort someone who expieranced loss?
- Noach: Holding onto Hope
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Why didn't Hashem just create new people after the Mabul?
- Pinchus: Hashem only wants the Best for you
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How come Hashem make everyone except for Pinchus forget the Halacha that a zealot could kill people engaging in something forbidden.
- In memory of my mother in law
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My mother in-law possesed a higher level of Emunah.
- Pinchas: Develop your Love for Hashem
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Why wasn't the plauge Hashem brought on klal yisroel not enough to stop them from sinning but Pinchus's act did?
- Yom Kippur: Remaining Pure
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Why is Succos after Yom Kippur?
- Beshalach: The point of Emunah
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Why didn't Klal Yisroel lose their level of Emunah if they would go back to Mitrayim when they faced a war?
- Beha'aloscha: Get Involved with Your Spirituality
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Why was part of the lighting of the Menorah cleaning it and preparing it to be lit in the evening?
- Pesach: Your Geula is Almost Here
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Why do we sing the order of the seder from the begining when we start a new part of the Seder? Isn't that out of order?
- Vayakhel: Hashem wants your connection
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Why did Hashem tell Moshe to tell the Yidden about the Building of the Mishkan again after the Cheit Ha'gel?
- Channukah: The Real Miracle of Chanukkah
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Why do we light for 8 nights if the oil would have lasted for the first night?
- Bereishis: The Meaning of Life
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Why didn't Hashem create the world in one instant?
- Chizuk from the Parsha in connection to the War
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Why did Hashem let the Yidden send out spies if he himsef didnt want them to?
- How to Stay Inspired During Elul
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How can we hold onto our inspiration?
- Shemini Atzeres: Forever Connected
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What are the days of Shemeni Atzeres/Simchas Torah all about?
- Vayera: Pushing past your past
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Why doesn't the Torah list Avraham's first test of going into Nimrod's fire?
- Mishpatim: The light of the Torah
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The Torah's laws guide us through this Galus.
- Vaera: Emuna is a relationship with Hashem
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Why didn't Hashem make the Makkos instead of helping the Yidden overthrow the Mitzrim?
- Tetzaveh: Hashem is within you
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Why didn't Hashem make the Ner Maaravi last forever as opposed to one day?
- Vayishlach: Your Journey is your destination
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Why does the Torah say that Yaakov left from his home to go to Lavan but not when he went from Lavan back home?
- Rosh Hashanah: Our Merciful King
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How is Rosh Hashana a Holiday and the Yom Hadin?
- Re'ee: Unconditional Love
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Why does the Torah say see the words of the brachos etc.. you cant see words?
- Elul: Make Hashem your beloved
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What does it mean to make Hashem your beloved?
- Post Purim: The message from Purim
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What does it mean that we accepted Hashem with Love?
- Behar: Show Hashem your love
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Why does not keeping Shemita stop the Geula?
- Vayera: Your Level of Emunah Doesn't Define You
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Why did Hashem say that despite Sarah's reaction he was still going to give them a baby?
- Ki Teitzei/Elul: You are a Warrior
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How can we stay strong and fight the Yetzer Hara if we have to keep battling him over and over again?
- Vayechi: Pain without suffering
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How is Vayechi the best way to end off Sefer Bereshis? It's yet another Parsha about Yaakov's suffering?
- Terumah: Elevate your day
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Why does taking off Terumah affect the remaining food?
- Emor: You are Hashem's Child
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How do we keep growing as an Eved Hashem?
- Vayikra: The potentiol to connect
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Why doesn't the Torah say the criteria for bringing a Karban Cha'tas?
- Struggling to Sit through the Rosh Hashanah Davening?
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Here's a way to get into the Rosh Hashanah davening
- Vayigash: The key to good relationships
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Why does the Medrash say that Yehuda was trying to appease Yosef by telling how Yaakov would miss Yosef? How would that calm down Yosef?