Tefillah: A Meeting With Hashem – A Glorious Structure
Each floor contains magnificent treasures that are not found on any other floor. Every level is set up in a perfect order and one leads to the next.
Aleph Beta: Shmot: Every Saga Has A Beginning – Meeting Moses
Who was Moses become he became MOSES?!
Daf Yomi
Painting Tefillin Straps Black
‘He May Go Over The Letters With A Pen’
(Gittin 20a)
Q & A: Amen (Part II)
What is the exact meaning of “amen” and where does the word come from?
David H.
(Via E-Mail)
The Difference Between Emunah And Bitachon
Pharaoh had no problem with emunah, but he sure didn’t trust in Hashem – he rebelled. He had emunah, but no bitachon.
Counterclaim
Mr. Shapiro summoned Benny to a din Torah before Rabbi Dayan, demanding immediate payment of the bill.
Nursing From A Non-Jewish Woman
Refraining from nursing from a non-Jewish woman is merely going beyond the letter of the law.
Turning Curses Into Blessings
Jewish history isn't just Jews enduring catastrophes but renewing themselves after every disaster
Love Transcends All Boundaries
As he was leading the kehillah, he heard a voice in his ear instructing him “to take care of my daughter.”
The Get By Proxy
If the husband cannot find an agent who agrees to travel with the Get to where the wife resides, the husband may appoint an agent who resides where the wife lives.
Shidduchim: What To Look For
The challenge of finding one’s shidduch has reached crisis-like status in many Jewish communities
Redeeming Relevance: The Loneliest Jew and the Universal Torah
Tzipporah is largely invisible & almost entirely silent, we hear her only when she rebukes Moshe
Q & A: ‘Amen’ (Part I)
What is the exact meaning of “amen” and where does the word come from?
David H.
(Via E-Mail)
Bring Money
"Well, in that case," said Itzik, "just tell Jake that I paid back the money and it was stolen.
Daf Yomi
Last Will and Testament
‘A Deathbed Request Is Considered Sealed And Delivered’
(Gitin 14b)
Sensitivity Of A Tzaddik
For the next seventeen years, every time they spoke and every time they were together, there was a certain wedge keeping them apart.
Lessons From Yaakov Avinu
It is evident from the Gemara and from the berachah that Yaakov Avinu gave to Asher that properly honoring Shabbos is not only a great mitzvah, but sound financial advice as well.
The Get Ceremony
While so doing the husband says, “This is your Get, please accept it, you are divorced from me as of this moment and you are free to marry another man.”
Saved By The Overheating Car
Occasionally, Shimon would enquire after their children and grandchildren but for many this was too painful as they had little or no contact with them, so he had learnt over the years who he could ask and who he shouldn’t.
On Not Predicting The Future
HaShem wanted the Israelites to become a living testimony to the power of freedom.
Israel And The Jew: Perfect Together
He had always thought of Rothschild as a French citizen first and foremost.
Aleph Beta: Vayechi: We Are Family – Culmination of Abrahamic Legacy
This week closes sefer Breishit; How did we come so far from the ideal nation set up by Abraham?
Hashgachah Pratis – Guidance From Above
Even if we do not see Hashem’s Hand it is there; sometimes hashgachah pratis is undeniably obvious
Shadows
It is a time of dark shadows but we can use these shadows to explore and discover our own light.
Redeeming Relevance: To Forgive is Divine… but not Exclusively
Did you ever wonder if Yosef and his brothers ever conclusively put their past friction to rest?
For a Jew it is a Sin to Despair
With short, metaphoric, speeches to his sons-wrongly called blessings-Yakov conveys his take on life
The Fast of the 10th of Tevet
We cannot ask God to listen if we continue to shut our ears to Him.