*Vaetchanan**"The Ripple Effect of Society's Morality on Individuals"*The Gemara ( Makkot 9 b )explains that there was a widespread prevalence of murderers in Gilad, the region situated on the east…
* Beware of your dreams, they may come true…* In the four Torah readings that describe his life, Yosef was overwhelmed with emotion and bursts into tears. There are eight instances…
“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.”(Benjamin Franklin)When Yaakov meets Pharaoh an interesting conversation ensues: Pharaoh asks Yaakov how old he is Yaakov replies that “The…
There are many suggestions made by the Commentators to answer the age-old question of what sin Moshe and Aaron committed at Mei Meriva when striking the rock to get water…
Parashas Emor opens with אמור אל הכוהנים… ואמרת אליהם. 'Speak to the Cohanim, the sons of Aaron, and say to them' Rashi notes that the repetition אמור ואמרת 'speak and…
A Sukkot Allegory – excerpt from the book “With All Your Might”A Sukkot Allegory – excerpt from the book “With All Your Might”Reb Yisrael and his sons erected their Sukkah adjacent to the kitchen…
THE POWER IS IN THE PREPARATION In Parshat Emor, the Torah presents a section on Sukkot. That section, includes the halachot of the “arba minim” – the Four Species” — i.e.,…
THE POWER OF PREPARATION“The first day of counting one’s sins”THE POWER OF PREPARATION In Parshat Emor, the Torah presents a section on Sukkot. Thatsection, includes the halachot of the “arba minim”…
Ki Tavo -Faith in the FutureThe Mishnah in the third portion of Masechet Bikurim describes the process of how the farmer brought his first fruits, the bikurim, to the Bet Hamikdash (The Temple). The Mishnah illustrates an incredible spectacle,…
Parshas Hazinu Forget Not!Never forget …always remember.. “Zechor yemot olam binu shenot dod vador she’al avicha veyagedcha zkeinecha veyomeru lach” (32:7). We read in Parshat Haazinu, the words of Moshe…
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