Q & A: The Lunar Leap Year (Part II)

Question: Why is there an extra month in the Jewish calendar every few years? And who decides whether a particular year should be a leap year or not? Name Withheld Toronto, Ontario

Want To Be Happy? Be Grateful

The act of lighting the menorah is an expression of gratitude.

Holy Priests Vs. Unholy Priests

Rabbi Hirsch ties “komer” to the emotional manipulation commonly employed by idolatrous priests.

Heroic Driving

In overcoming our impatience on the road, we perform a truly heroic act.

Think. Feel. Grow: Parshat Mikeitz: Yosef, Chanukah, and the Battle for True Beauty

Parshas Mikeitz always falls out around Chanukah, and Chazal explain that this is not coincidental. In explanation of this phenomenon, the commentaries discuss how Yosef is connected to Chanukah, and how he symbolizes our victory over the Greeks.

Take The First Step

The Zohar tells us that Moshe Rabbeinu visits Bisya every day in Gan Eden to inquire after her well being.

Transforming Homes Into Holy Sanctuaries

The heart is the repository of one’s feelings and emotions. If we act toward our spouses with feeling, not only with a sense of duty and quid pro quo, we create a sanctuary.

Why Was The Kohen Gadol’s Seal Necessary?

In order to prove that the oil was undefiled, wouldn’t it have been sufficient if its seal remained unbroken, even without the kohen gadol’s personal seal?

A Zos Chanukah Adventure

The bus driver signaled to the hordes of frustrated people at the various bus stops that he could not stop for them, but some brave/foolhardy souls literally stood in front of the bus trying to block its path in their frenzied determination to get on their way.

Trump: An Anti-Semite?

How ironic it is then that so many people call this great president, president Trump, an anti-Semite! Why is that so?

Thankful For My Dreams

The man before whom the brothers bowed was no longer the youthful dreamer. The reinterpreted Joseph dreampt no longer about himself, the dreams were now about something beyond the dreamer

Joseph And The Risks Of Power

Mikketz represents the most sudden and radical transformation in the Torah. Joseph, in a single day, moves from zero to hero, from forgotten, languishing prisoner to viceroy of Egypt, the most powerful man in the land, in control of the nation’s economy.

Daf Yomi

Sorrow And Joy 'Proclaim Your Troubles So Your Friends Pray For You' (Niddah 66a)

Is It Proper…? Should a person avoid the company of someone who constantly swears...

Should a person avoid the company of someone who constantly swears but is otherwise a decent fellow?

A Hanukkah contemplation: ‘To Another Year’

To lead meaningful Jewish lives, our personal journeys must be actively shaped by the events and populated by the personalities of our peoples’ past.

Yavan + Tzaddik = Tziyon

How unlikely that these kohanim, whose sole job was ministering to Hashem and to the spiritual needs of our people, would all of a sudden become masters of artillery.

Can You Reuse An Unpunched Ticket?

Mechilah requires a willingness to forgo and release the other party of liability.

The Real Miracle of Chanukah

Ari Fuld uncovers and explores the real miracle and lessons of Chanukah.

Yosef HaTzaddik And The Maccabees

Even according to the Rambam, if an exceptionally pious and G-d-fearing man sees that his generation is degenerate in a certain matter, he may sanctify G-d’s name and sacrifice himself even to avoid a minor mitzvah so that people learn from his example.

Parshat VaYeishev

Leaders need to pay special attention to the law of unintended consequences.

Tanya – Three Truths

Here are three crucial truths from Tanya, the fundamental text that Chabad chassidim study in its entirety every year, concluding it on the 19th of Kislev:

How Did Reuven Persuade His Brothers?

The Torah shows us the genius of Reuven’s strategy in stopping his brothers from committing murder.

The Conflict Between Judah and Joseph

The character trait that makes me personally identify with Judah – is his humanness and the fact that he makes mistakes in his lifetime but has the strength and ability to own up to his wrongdoings and start over.

Man Is Born To Toil

The redemption and salvation are commensurate with the distress and challenges of galus.

Q & A: The Lunar Leap Year (Part I)

Question: Why is there an extra month in the Jewish calendar every few years? And who decides whether a particular year should be a leap year or not? Name Withheld Toronto, Ontario

A Real Toss Up

Not all appearances of “hashlachah” carry a negative connotation. Some connote throwing something deliberately to bring about certain results.

The Angel Who Did Not Know He Was An Angel

I know of no comparable passage in the Torah: three verses dedicated to an apparently trivial, eminently forgettable detail of someone having to ask directions from a stranger. Who was this unnamed man? And what conceivable message does the episode hold for future generations, for us?

Daf Yomi

Self-Evident? ‘What Uncleanness Is There In A Nasal Discharge?’ (Niddah 55b-56a)

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