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There are dire repercussions for ignoring the Talmudic prohibition of talking in shul.

Fast forward to 1977. Larry had already begun to become observant while in graduate school. When his PhD research flopped that year, Larry decided to pack his bags and headed to Eretz Yisrael to work on a kibbutz.

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To create the Torah lives we want, we ALL need life coaches: rabbis and teachers who are willing to address our failings. More important, we must be willing to accept their admonishment with an open heart and appreciation,

Avraham’s message to Eliezer was: You are my CEO. I trust you with my possessions and my material wealth, with the blessings of this world – but not with my spiritual future or the spiritual future of my progeny. That is why he made Eliezer take the oath.

The real question is not why Lot returned to Sodom, but why Avraham endangered his entire historic mission to save him. The answer: Avraham did not only go to war to save Lot; he also went to SAVE his mission which Lot’s capture placed in jeopardy.

The lender who sued must hold half of what he collected on trust for the other lender.

Question: My husband and I are frequent Shabbos guests at our children’s homes nearby. Where should I light Shabbos candles – in my home or theirs? Name Withheld

The authority to incarcerate a person and deny freedom in certain situations is part of halacha le Moshe Mi’Sinai, the Oral Law conveyed by God to Moshe and by Moshe to the people of Israel.

I told her not to do anything or say anything and I immediately called Rabbi Gerlitzky, the Lubavitcher Rebbe's shaliach in Tel Aviv and a dear friend of the family. I told him the story.

If Hashem wants a person to have something, he will have it, and no one in the world can take away what is coming to to him.

The owner searched every which way he could but he could not understand why the company’s finances suddenly took a dive.

Sarah Imeinu was a strong, emotionally stable woman. She had unshakable bitachon, having lived through many trials and travails.

Adalah doesn’t hide its agenda. It's openly and proudly against Israel. No, it’s the New Israel Fund that’s doing the hiding. Buried deep in the NIF brochure was a passing reference to Adalah as one of the NIF-supported “human rights organizations”

What I believe we can take from this thought is the understanding that there is a dual universe, a spiritual-metaphysical universe that mirrors the physical one that we live in.

But I borrowed the phone, so your liability is to me, responded Avi. Who cares what went on between me and Yitzi?

I’m not ignoring my beloved mom. I simply stopped mourning my loss, as her life is now instilled in our children, whom we will raise in the way she would have loved – with manners, respect, and a healthy Jewish identity.

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Abraham and Holocaust survivors shared the commitment to first building the future and only then allowing themselves to remember the past. That is what Abraham did in this week’s parsha.

Avraham and Sarah ended up in the land of Canaan. Canaan? The most debased and decadent society! Yet, there Avraham and Sarah build their destiny and shape world history. Canaan actually held the key to Avraham and Sarah's redemption.

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I enjoyed watching the Yankees this year with their young players like Judge and Gary Sanchez.

The Reich, which considered Eretz Yisrael a suitable dumping ground for ridding itself of Jewish refugees and “misfits,” sought to bolster the weak German economy by reaping a financial windfall through a payoff from Zionist leaders.

It is both disconcerting and reassuring to sit in a bulletproof bus. The double glass, which is impossible to really clean, doesn’t lend itself to photography, so I thought I’d relax on the journey.

The key would seem to be that with the Russian efforts against ISIS in Iraq and Syria came the embedding of a vast Russian military presence.

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For those with eyes to see, there were hints during the 1976 campaign of the troubles to come.

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A tribute to the great Rav and longtime columnist for the Jewish Press. May his memory be a blessing and may we learn from his prescient teachings.

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