Far-Reaching Effects

Although Yafes participated with Shem in covering their father he did not act with the same devotion.

Beware Of Envy

Since Hashem’s syllabus for life starts off with so many warnings about jealousy, it is obvious that Hashem, our Manufacturer, is informing us that one of the ugliest pitfalls to avoid is the sinful trait of coveting that which is not ours.

The Waters Of Noach

Noach was a wise man from the last letters, going backwards – meaning that after everything has happened we can look back and see that he was the best one around.

Sharpened Skates

It’s not enough to give our children training and resources, we also have to give them the space to fall. We have to imbue them with the confidence that they can grow from their mistakes and fallings.

Is It Proper For A Man To Wear A Wedding Band?

There is one benefit to a man wearing a wedding band that many people have told me about; in the world of business. When a man interacts with women in the workplace and they see that he is married, that allows for certain barriers of modesty to exist, barriers that are extremely helpful.

Say It Again

While in this world the soul we have is what we have to fix and therefore each person has a different soul and a different mission, just like the rain drops.

Wine To Gladden The Heart – Parshat Noach

Noach was a tzaddik; his generation had sinned, had not repented, and had been wiped out. This caused Noach extreme grief, not because he now had to contend with a post-apocalyptic world but because he felt that perhaps he did not do enough to prevent it.

A Visit To Mama

I was one very confused middle-aged woman with too many demands on her time and too few hours in her day. And it was not yet 9 a.m.!

Daf Yomi

The Honor of Reading the Kesuba “Witnesses Sign Only After Reading…” (Kesubos 109a)

Deluxe Or Super Deluxe: Does The Majority Rule?

I'd rather spend my money on things that people need, like worthy tzedakah causes, tuition for the children, or sefarim for the shul library.

The World Was Created For Me

Rashi explains that all acts of creation that took place on the first five days were suspended in a state of limbo until that sixth day of Sivan, when the Torah was given, and only thereafter, did they come alive.

Who Really Is To Blame?

Ultimately each and every one of us is responsible for our own actions. Excuses such as “my parents gave me permission” or “my child would never do that” do not absolve someone from responsibility.

Q & A: Ascending The Har Ha’Bayit

Question: In his Jewish Press column, Yishai Fleisher describes his visits to the Har HaBayit. I believe entry to the Har HaBayit is assur because we are all Safek T’mei’ei Mes – questionably corpse-defiled. BeChavod Rav UVeVirchas Gmar Chasimah Tovah, Shanah Tovah UMevureches, Avraham Yaakov Rokach Via email

What Compels Us to Speak Lashon Hara?

Once we understand the purpose of speech, we can begin to comprehend just how abhorrent lashon hara truly is. Lashon hara takes the very tool of connection – speech – and uses it to disconnect people from each other.

Forget Your Past

In our sacred literature, we find that G-d gave us the power to forget so we can always appreciate the Torah just as we did the first time we learned it (Kohelet Rabbah 1:34).

TORAH SHORTS: Parshat Bereshit: Angels Can’t Repent

We are never like angels till our passion dies. -Sir John Denham

Training Session

This is why Sukkos follows Yom Kippur. The Gemara states that in the place where a ba’al teshuva stands, even the most sincerely righteous cannot stand.

Rabbi Sacks (zt’l): Pereishit: The Art of Listening

...we can now understand the story of the first sin: It is all about appearances, shame, vision, and the eye. 

Food For Thought

The Chasid Yavetz explains that sharing Torah at meals is uniquely important because it defines and expresses how we view our lives. Man, like animal, needs to eat in order to stay alive.

The Transformative Power Of Bereishis

Each one of us relates to the text in a way that is unique from one to another as well as being unique and singular to our new selves; we are not the same as we were last year, last month, or even two hours ago.

The Most Valuable Jewel

A narcissistic person can become self-absorbed to the extent that he believes he doesn’t have to value others who are not as important as he is. Such an individual is mistaken.

He Spreads The Land And All That Grows From It

One would not expect earth and heaven to remain locked together in just such a manner that enables life to flourish, and this has only been done for the purpose of allowing the human being to grow and to thrive in this environment.

What Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah Teaches Us Today

Simchat Torah was born when Jews had lost everything else, but they never lost their capacity to rejoice.

United In Body And Spirit

As is the policy with kidney donations in Israel, if the two are not previously acquainted the donor and recipient don’t meet each other until after the procedure.

Daf Yomi

Redundancy Explained “Such And Such [I Give My Son]…” (Kesubos 102b)

Q & A: Women’s Simchat Yom Tov Obligation

Question: According to Chazal, it would seem that women have no simcha obligation on Yom Tov other than the purchase of new garments. Is this so? Zelig Aronson Via email

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