LIVING LIFE ONE STEP AT A TIME
The problem with the Meraglim was not having doubts, being concerned, or having insecurities.
Ties That Bind
Just as a slave would have a seal on his clothing identifying him as such, the tzitzis distinguish us as servants of Hashem (Tosfos).
Taking Challah – A Cornerstone Of Creation – Parshat Shelach
The mitzvah of hafrashat challah is from the written Torah, and like all the mitzvot related to the Land of Israel, applies only in Eretz Yisrael and only when the majority of Am Yisrael resides there.
TORAH SHORTS: Parshat Shlach: Why Leaders Become Corrupt
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. -Charles Caleb Colton
The Rationalist Spies – Parshat Shlaḥ Lekha
The spies that led Israel to national catastrophe mistakenly thought that the value of preserving life overrides the commandment to free Eretz Yisrael.
The Toxicity Of Anger (Part II)
Anger, says Rashi, causes a person to err. It causes a person to forget their learning. It is extremely harmful to the body and it also causes the brain to be put on ‘pause.’
To Taste The Flavor
The most important question in life is how do we manage time, particularly the two months of vacation.
CHOLENT AND THE STOCKDALE PARADOX: THE POWER OF PATIENCE
Some suggest “cholent” comes from the French chaud ("hot") and lent ("slow"). The opposite of cholent is “nonchalant,” which means cold and disinterested.
Who Is A Faithful Servant?
For the first time since making his decision to keep Shabbos, Uri became a little ambivalent. Yet, when it was time for him to close the shop for Shabbos, he resolutely requested all the shoppers to finish up and check out their purchases so he could go home.
Material And Spiritual In The Beit HaMikdash
Chazal say that the Menorah is a blessing of spirituality. It represents the light of the Torah.
The Leaders We Deserve
Shimshon is a tragic, and ultimately tragically flawed, character.
The Toxicity Of Anger (Part I)
Rav Avidgor Miller points out that the Hebrew word for anger, kaas, contains the same letters as the Hebrew word ‘eches,’ which means poison.
A Nation of Prophets – Parshat B’haalotkha
Through Israel's returns home and national rebirth, we have already seen sparks of prophecy return.
TORAH SHORTS: Parshat Behaalotcha: Calm and Seasoned
Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold and have escaped, not from one master, but from many. -Plato
To Desire!
We need to pay attention to our bodies. We speak about values and Torah but ignore the fact that the body is the tool upon which values and Torah depend.
Why We Need Boundaries
Rabbeinu Yonah (Gerondi), most famously known for his Sefer Shaarei Teshuvah, writes how worthy is the individual who observes the protective restraints that were instituted to guard the fulfillment of the mitzvos, over and above his actual performance of the mitzvah itself.
An Unfortunate Chain Of Events
If you have been settled in Eretz Yisrael already for four or more generations and your farm is producing steadily, blessed by Divine abundance, you begin to take it for granted.
Rabbi Wagensberg: Parshas Naso and Shavuos
Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach
Bread In Red
It is unclear exactly where everything goes on the shulchan. When the two stacks of breads and two bowls of levonah are arranged on it, there is no place for anything else, let alone baking pans, bowls, pipes, etc.
Our Children
Once they asked a wise man to talk about his greatest dream. He answered that he had many dreams and professional aspirations, but above...
TORAH SHORTS: Parshat Naso: Free Protection
You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. -Andrew Jackson
They Called Him, Rebbe
Holy Tears!
To Your Brothers Say You Are My Nation
Abarbanel says that the Children of Israel are not compared to grains of sand simply because they are so many. Lots of things occur in great numbers but Israel isn’t compared to them.
Spreading The Wealth
Our Sages expound that granting merit to the many (zikui harabbim) is inherently infinitely beneficial.
Torah Study Is Not Like Calculus
When we think this Shavuos about the revelation at Sinai, let’s remember that the Torah was given surprisingly in the midst of billowing smoke and blackness.
Between Man & Wife – Parshat Nasso
That HaShem forgoes His Honor for the sake of making peace between man and wife comes to teach us the importance of humbling our own egos for the sake of making our relationships work.
Everyone Matters!
Even within large groups, or even within an entire nation, each individual has a special place and a unique mission. Each person is important.
TORAH SHORTS: Parshat Bamidbar: The Peace of all Sums
The multitude which is not brought to act as a unity, is confusion. That unity which has not its origin in the multitude is tyranny. -Blaise Pascal
Utter Refutation Of Wrong Doctrines
Every mitzvah you perform heals some spiritual malaise that you might not even know you were suffering from.
What We Learn From The Ohr HaChaim
It is every individual’s obligation to toil in Torah so that he can soar even higher than the angels.