Judaism

The Almighty doesn’t limit us to what yeshiva, seminary or school we graduated. He doesn’t only know us by what we wear on our head, how we voted, what nusach we daven, or if we eat gebrokts or kitniyos. Hashem is complex, His Torah is multifaceted and has seventy faces, and our personalities and practices are made up of many parts.

If one made early Shabbos and postponed beginning the meal until after nightfall, he would be obligated to recite Shema prior to eating.

Since the computer desk and eating table are different items, one of you should set a price on either one, separately, and the other can buy or sell at that price.

Which Way? ‘All One’s Turns Shall Be To The Right’ (Yoma 15b)

In BHA”B season, the age-old argument on whether to open or close the shul’s windows tends to rear its ugly head. The fact that such disputes occur in shuls is not coincidental.

These three years are meant to atone for Adam's sin – the sin of impatience.

The Kapishnitzer Rebbe promised her that her son would return to the fold very soon.

Question: Why do some people eat matzah on Pesach Sheni? Harry Koenig

Logically, they knew that people in their situation are exempt. But as they witnessed all the other Jews performing such a great mitzvah, it deeply bothered them that they couldn’t join them.

All the high ideals in the world count for little until they are turned into habits of action that become habits of the heart.

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We must also stop on this very special day and say is that all? Is that all Hashem wants from us, to return home and that’s it?

Should one take sides in a family fight? If yes, under what circumstances?

The semantic range of “dod” later expanded to include lover or companion, as the word seems to mean throughout Song of Songs.

Living at the height of European Romanticism and on the cusp of Nietzsche’s writings – which both contributed to a new much more pronounced interest in the individual – Netziv surely intuited the need to address the legitimate aspects of trends making inroads upon his students.

My inability to lift myself from lying on the grass with his children happened before I began phone calls for him to put feet on a stepladder and change a ceiling light bulb.

Nearly every page of the Torah bursts with passionate descriptions about the beauty of the land.

A person who doesn’t uphold his verbal commitments is termed untrustworthy – ‘mechusar amana’ – and the Sages are not pleased with him.

Removing Mezuzos When The Lease Is Up ‘For Therein Was A Residence For The High Priest’ (Yoma 10a)

The computations of the sofrim were not restricted to gematria alone. There are myriads of number-related secrets in the Torah.

In order to nullify one’s acceptance of Shabbos we must weigh all of the affects it will have and determine whether it is beneficial for him.

This is greatness. Not to be content with an individual solution that is beneficial only to yourself, but rather to change the accepted way things are done so that all may benefit from your experience.

If the Rebbe did everything he could, why didn’t Moshiach come? And if he didn’t succeed in bringing Moshiach, how can we?

While someone who is born Jewish is undoubtedly according to Jewish law deemed as Jewish, there is still the underlying prerequisite that ones actions also and perhaps equally, define a person’s Judaism.

Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai was a great teacher because five of his students became giants in their own right. The mishnah is telling us how he did it: with focused praise.

Question: Why do some people eat matzah on Pesach Sheni? Harry Koenig

One who wishes to avoid lashon hara and its consequences will constantly seek to find the good in others.

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Some people insist that Hebrew and Lashon HaKodesh are two different languages. Is the assertion correct and is the motivation behind making this assertion commendable?

And so it was that the rabbi thanked the bestial terrorist for his sick act of atrocity, for it was precisely that act which became the extraordinary link to the doctors' saving the rabbi's life.