The Crown Of A Good Name

I think we would suggest that a person who lives righteously deserves to be honored. But Ben Zoma knows human psychology and he knows that just because we see a person behaving properly doesn’t mean that we will honor the person.

The Three Haftarot Of Rebuke (II) – The Message Of Yirmiyahu, The Vision Of...

It is a consolation to Yirmiyahu, although perhaps a small one, that he is also given many of the most explicit and moving visions of the ultimate redemption.

The Link Between Pinchas And Eliyahu Hanavi

Life works the way that education works, which is about moving up from level to level as one matures and becomes more intelligent.

Taking Responsibility

Only someone out of his mind would disparage and spurn someone for no reason at all.

What I Learned At A ‘Defeat Party’

The road to any success is no less important than the success itself.

The Three Haftarot Of Rebuke (I)

For Everything There Is A Time And A Moment

Redeeming Relevance: How to – and how not to – Challenge the Status Quo

There is an important teaching here for those who seek to have legitimate grievances addressed.

A Letter From America

Four million people died worldwide, and despite everything, somewhere in New York City, a secretary at Yeshiva Darchei Torah was looking for the address of a family in Israel to return the small sum they paid for lunches.

A Legacy Of Protection

Not only were they saved from an immediate death sentence, but they were able to survive the war with additional sustenance,

The Things Hashem Does For Us

How can I curse, says Bil’am, that which G-d did not curse? What rage can I bring against those whom Hashem will not rage against?

Through the Eyes of a Donkey

Just like Bilaam, we grow angry and blame others for our failings, for our inability to realize our goals, we blame circumstance and fate for our shortcomings when it is really our inability to see that has caused our failures.

A Lesson From Mrs. Gafner

Even at the height of personal anguish it's still possible to demonstrate such sensitivity.

Don’t Make Such A Big Deal Of Yourself

The Ammonites are not interested in learning the truth - they only want to destroy Israel.

Better Late Than Never

Because of the War of Independence and establishment of the state, the event was postponed and never took place. My grandmother would always say that she somehow felt that her life was missing something.

The Incomprehensible Power Of Teshuva

Why must the heifer be red? Scripture likens sin to red because, when a person sins, he forfeits his blood.

With An Eye Towards Heaven

R' Chanina was accustomed to experiencing miracles, and therefore he did not fear the bite of the snake.

Redeeming Relevance: Chukat: The 38 Year Black Hole 

Precisely because the work that the second-generation did take place was less dramatic and required human participation that it created its own more organic resilience, making it a better model

Anti-Zionist Jews

We believe in nonsense and promote ridiculous ideas that can’t be rationally defended and refute themselves as quickly as we utter them.

Listen To Your Wife

The good influence a Jewish woman can have is most effectively exerted in her home, the strongest fortress for moral values.

Malfunction

If we hold him by the hand, who will remove him from our protection?

An-Ark-Key

Before summarily dismissing Korach, let's first allow him to speak and examine his claims – perhaps they will allow us to understand whence his self-immolating uprising.

Take Heed

Rashi explains that the Torah coupled these two incidents together on purpose, in order for us to notice that the spies saw what happened to Miriam, but did not learn a lesson from it. In his words: "And these wicked people witnessed it, but did not learn their lesson."

Kindness And Truth

In the case of Yaakov, there was already a covenant with Hashem and mutual expectations.

The Importance Of Impartiality

They thought that if Hashem was sending them to scout the land, it must be that there were alternatives to invading and conquering it.

Were The Spies Justified In Fearing The Giants?

Bigness is measured from the chin down, but greatness is measured from the chin up. A person may be the biggest and tallest player in the NBA and still be a mental midget.

Redeeming Relevance: Shelach: 10+2 Tribes

Why twelve? If what is really important is the number ten, God could have theoretically created anywhere from eleven to nineteen tribes, and we would still have had decision-making with a majority of ten...

Jews Of Silence

When my father visited Russia, Jews there asked him: 'How many are marching for us in America?' He was embarrassed to tell them how few there were.

Kindle Souls, You Won’t Lose Out

Rav Ovadia said, “So for me it’s permissible, but for you it’s prohibited?”

TORAH SHORTS: Behaalotcha: African Royalty

He that can work is born to be king of something. -Thomas Carlyle

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