Judaism

Now we are faced with a different challenge. How do we fit our newfound Shabbos, filled with reinvigorated ruchniyus and marked by a greater focus on family, into this recently changed and mostly positive reality?

If so, why was Noah commanded not to murder (and, likely, other old commandments) as well? Apparently, there was something not yet completely intuitive, and that was the sanctity of life.  

Detached Or Unrelated ‘He Made an Asheirah Tree Into a Ladder…’ (Eruvin 78b)

My first day at the high school was an eye-opener. As I walked into the large entrance room, I suddenly heard a door open. I heard a teacher scream at a student and physically throw him out of the class. What a welcoming!

Question: Since G-d knows the future, isn’t our choice very limited? If so, how can man be faulted for any missteps he makes? Zvi Kirschner

By us learning Torah, the world will see that there is a Hashem and that He is righteous.

I can post a sign about the sefer, said Moshe, but I’m hesitant about the money. It's a big city with a wide variety of people; I don't want to start getting phone calls from strange people asking me about an envelope of money.

There are many stories about his devotion to his students, his deep concern for everyone, his endless good deeds, and his fascinating educational approach.

The snake’s incitement and the aesthetic enticement of the fruit led to Chava’s and then to Adam’s self-control failure.

Life is a series of tests. Yet, every day we ask Hashem in the morning, “Al tivi’einu lo lidei nisayon – Do not lead us to a test.” What kind of a request is this? Isn’t that avoiding the purpose of life?

The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an abscess on his knee or in his soul. -Rona Barrett

Kayin, a prophet, sank to the lowest level and committed murder.

Even those never arrested lived lives of constant fear and privation, deprived of basic necessities, often losing close relatives to arrest, exile, and summary execution.

Kayin does not deny personal responsibility. He does not say, “It was not me,” or “It was not my fault.” He denies moral responsibility.

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Color your own Parsha comic.

Is following sports a waste of time or harmless pleasure?

Avraham had a yeshiva background his whole life, and has a soft spot for others in need. The 5 other young men he has working on his farm, are boys that couldn’t find themselves in regular yeshiva settings and were headed for the streets to try their luck and see what would come up.

The etrog and its "smell of the perfection of obedience to Gd’s command it symbolizes"

The entire time we were all on the rock, we were in darkness, since we were trying to conserve the cellphone lights. Besides, there was nothing to see except the night sky, which was easier to see in the dark.

While this story carries a painful and penetrating message, you might ask, “Rabbi Weiss, what are you advocating? That we shouldn’t dance on Simchas Torah?” Of course not!

The most important time of life is the present moment since the past is gone and, as for the future -- who knows what it will bring?

Question: May one eat etrog jelly on Simchat Torah? A Reader Miami, FL

What’s the point of asking his children to stay just one more day after which they will leave anyway?

Although every set of three leaves on a hadas usually grows from one base, R’ Acha opted for a less beautiful hadas in deference to his teacher.

Do Hotels Need Eruvin? ‘A Separate Contribution From Each Company’ (Eruvin 72b)

Dr. Michael Satlow suggests that “kiddushin” is actually a loanword from the Greek legal term “ekdosis,” which refers to a bride's father handing over his daughter to her husband.

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Is it appropriate for a man to wear cologne?