Searching Our Souls, Finding The Goodness Within

The biggest failure is to ignore failure. My approach is that failure guides me.

Flowering Chicklings

Academy of the Hebrew Language and another article by Dr. Moshe Raanan of Herzog College explain that even though in earlier times the terms efroach and gozal were indeed synonymous, in Modern Hebrew there is a difference between these terms based on a zoological distinction.

TORAH SHORTS: Parshat Ki Tetze: Worthy Enough

You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself; and how little I deserve it. -W. S. Gilbert

Parshat Ki Tetzei – The Real Deal

Israel’s Torah is not some man-made 'religion' but actually the Divine Ideal implanted into our world for the purpose of uplifting all Creation through sanctifying every area of human existence.

To The Third And Fourth Generations

What is at stake is the deep understanding of the scope of responsibility we bear if we take seriously our roles as parents, neighbors, townspeople, citizens and children of the covenant.

Time To Get Going

The problem is that if we don’t expand our comfort zone, it begins to shrink.

Is It Proper To Take Advantage Of A Price Mistake (e.g., Buy A Plane...

For one reason or another, a company may charge different prices for a particular item or service, perhaps in order to fill up seats on a plane or to get rid of an overabundance of items that it has.

Where Is G-d?

During the time leading up to this very special day we must look within ourselves, how do we want to enter the courtroom? How are we going to enter this very awesome day?

Lechem Hapanim And Amalek

Bilam’s advice was that Amalek stood no chance against the spiritually strong in Am Yisrael, but they did have a faint possibility to inflict damage on those in Am Yisrael who were spiritually weak.

Small Actions Can Change the World

CHANGING THE WORLD BEGINS WITH TWO WORDS: THINK SMALL.

Doing The Wash, Cleansing The Soul

To my utter amazement, he did have the required part with him! He gave me that astounding news as he re-entered my house with the box, and told me that that was the last one of those particular parts that he had with him!

A Watery Excursion

David told Yossi about his loss and the two of them began searching in the river. Talk about a needle in a haystack!

Daf Yomi

A Woman Of Valor Would That He [Only] Listen To Me…’ (Kesubos 63a)

The Challenging Mission

The challenge of the shortness of life is compounded by the enormity of the task.

The Mantle Of Leadership (Part III)

Question: As we now read Sefer Devarim, the Torah tells us that Moses was instructed by Hashem to appoint a successor. Moses wanted his sons to succeed him but Hashem tells him to appoint Yehoshua as the next leader. Why was this request of the greatest and most righteous of men denied? Also, were Yehoshua and Caleb the only named leaders or personalities to enter the land of Canaan? M. Gorin

The Supreme Value Of A Teacher

The art and position of chinuch in our generation, explained the Rebbe, is greater even than the position of rabbonus, because we are talking about educating the new generation.

The Power Of Elul

We may not always understand our lives, but we must always know deep within our hearts that Hashem is waiting for each and every one of us to come home, that each one of us counts, and that Hashem will never abandon us.

Thoughts For The End Of The Summer

Nearly every connection can be severed. A friendship can fade away, a marriage can end in divorce, a contract can be breached – but the ties between parents and children can never be undone.

Freedom Is Free

The navi tells us that when Hashem decides to act to redeem Israel, He will do it in a way that all of the nations of the world will be forced to take notice.

Easy Does It

Where one can do something immediately, they should certainly act swiftly. Something holy – such as a mitzvah – should never be delayed even for a moment.

TORAH SHORTS: Parshat Shoftim: Judging Others

If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now. -Marcus Aurelius

It’s Time To Repent (Part I)

Different times of the year represent different actions. In order to succeed in life, one must learn the art of the times.

To Serve And Conserve – Judaism’s Take On Environmentalism

The Torah is concerned with what we would nowadays call ‘sustainability.’

Help From Heaven

At times of war one must strengthen one’s emunah to acknowledge that the outcome is not contingent on his own strength and vitality.

Transcending Ego To Connect With The Infinite

The spiritual concept of intoxication is related to the theme of transcendence and the expansion of consciousness. Although done inappropriately, Nadav and Avihu were attempting to transcend their physical state and connect to Hashem on the deepest level.

Parshat Shoftim – Leadership and the Burden of Responsibility

A Hebrew leader must embody the aspirations of his people to the extent that he becomes a microcosm of the entire nation of Israel and his personal identity is absorbed into that of the national collective.

Of Trees And Men – Parshat Shoftim

Since the Tree of Knowledge had sinned and not obeyed Hashem’s directive, by all rights it should have been uprooted and destroyed, but that is not what happened.

The Shirt Or The Stain?

We have a lot of opinions about other people and why they are that way. We are always quicker to find the small stain and hole than we are to notice the virtues.

Is It Proper To Adopt If You Have Biological Children?

Knowing that this family provides the adopted child with a stable, loving home, permeated by Torah values, and with the full love and support of the older children, I could not imagine why someone would think it improper.

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