Q & A: Coins, Sculptures, And Graven Images (Part I)

Question: Is one allowed to go to Madam Tassaud’s Wax Museum? is this not a violation of the Torah’s prohibition of graven images? Ben Moseson Via email

The “Sweet” Sleep Before Matan Torah

The Jews reckoned that the giving of the Torah, the fiftieth level, was so sublime and beyond their reach that the best preparation would be to sleep and thus enable the soul to be unfettered by the physical body.

A MIRACLE INSTEAD OF A MASSACRE

WHY YOU SHOULD CELEBRATE YOM YERUSHALAYIM

TORAH SHORTS: Parshat Bamidbar:The Trap of Sustenance

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living. -Jean Jacques Rousseau

Berachos And Klalos: Bounty And Boundaries (Part I)

Although we likely take it for granted that berachos are a pillar of our daily lives, they have not always existed as they do now. Until the Second Temple era, there was no standard set of berachos or prayer.

The Sound Of Silence

The service of the Priests in the Temple was accompanied by silence. The Levites sang in the courtyard, but the Priests – unlike their counterparts in other ancient religions – neither sang nor spoke while offering the sacrifices.

The Royal Family

There is no question that the nations of the world can trace their lineage; rather, their association with it is tenuous. They are not especially proud of their ancestors, and each succeeding generation believes they are wiser and more progressive than those who preceded them.

The Secret Of Prayer

Consider the fact that when we pray, we are conversing with the Creator of the universe, the One who holds the key to life and death, the One who can grant our deepest desires. Shouldn’t we be even more focused and mindful during our prayer than during a job interview?

What’s In It For Me (Part I)

One school of thought is that Shavuos is the yahrzeit of Dovid HaMelech. Therefore, we lein Megillas Rus which reveals to us the wonderful beginnings of Dovid HaMelech.

To The Top

We always have to be striving to climb our personal Har Sinai – a climb to the peak which is not too overwhelming and daunting to the top.

Into The Wild

The word midbar appears approximately 270 times in the Bible and is often attached to a proper place-name, like Midbar Sinai, Midbar Sin, Midbar Paran, Midbar Shur, Midbar Kadesh, Midbar Damesek, Midbar Ein-Gedi, and Midbar Yehuda.

Intro to Gittin: Read Before You Get Married

Marriage is a mitzvah. But so is divorce. Marriage is a mitzvah we look forward to fulfilling. Divorce is one of the many mitzvos – like cities of refuge and eglah arufah – that we hope we’ll never have to deal with.

Life Between Halachot

Indeed, we are sympathetic to the creative, original, strong, rebellious heroes who did not accept the status quo, who followed the rebellious artists Delacroix and Courbet, and forged their own path forward. We benefit from them to this day, as a visit to art museums in cities around the world will demonstrate.

Is it proper to disagree with one’s child’s Rebbe or Morah in front of...

In order to preserve the child’s respect for the institution and its instructors, the parent must exhibit that respect in the child’s presence.

When May One Use First Names And Titles?

We are taught that addressing one's teachers by their first name is so severe an offense that the Talmud labels one who does so as an apikores – one who has distanced himself from Jewish norms.

Never Give Up

We all have the same father, we all have the same goals and purpose, which is to serve the Almighty in the best way possible.

Secret Bread Societies – Parshat Bamidbar

The Sages mistakenly interpreted this refusal as an egotistically motivated desire to maintain a monopoly, and they summarily fired the entire Garmu family.

The Cycle Of Life, Revisited

His oldest daughter, aka my granddaughter, had given the bright orange rubber bracelet to him several days earlier, and not wishing to insult her, he was still wearing it. It had been distributed by Hatzalah and their number was printed prominently on it.

Self-Praise

Praise is not the goal. The goal is to live a life of values and integrity. Praise may be a byproduct of such strivings, but it is ancillary.

Must Shimon Sell His Share To Yosef?

If I had my way, I'd redeem it tomorrow! responded Shimon. I'm simply not interested in being a partner in the bond!

Daf Yomi

A Wonder Worm “When The Temple Was Destroyed The Shamir…Ceased” (Sotah 48a-b)

Daf 44. Fast-Track Lane

Especially given our Western culture, it’s spiritually far healthier to get married in one’s early twenties, as most frum people today do. But then you’re stuck working in the opposite direction of the Torah’s formula! As a community, is there any way we can get back on track?

You Can’t Do It Alone

Indeed, the only way to be convinced that our existence depends on G-d's help and not solely on our own efforts, is to try it out.

World Of Tens

The lists of ten are uniquely significant because the number ten symbolizes something full and complete. These lists appear in historical order.

Q & A: Treating A Parent Medically And Causing Blood To Flow

Question: My mother-in-law, who was visiting her son (my brother-in-law), a medical doctor, had an accident. When she requested her son to remove the shard, he refused to do so...

What Do We Do On Lag BaOmer?

Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai told his students that everything depends on the affability between us. Love and unity and affability are the foundation of everything.

A Blessing Within a Curse – Parshat Bechukotai

Israel's deep spiritual connection to our homeland – like the connection of the soul to the body – transcends all rational human understandings.

Towards a Hebrew Economy – Parshat Behar

Israel must organize its society in such a way that reflects Hebrew values while transcending the friction between conflicting economic models.

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