Posted on: September 18th, 2014

Our understanding of what is and what is not possible creates imagined ceilings of opportunity for us.

Posted on: September 18th, 2014

The Chafetz Chaim answered that there are two forms of teshuvah; teshuvah m’ahava and teshuvah m’yirah.

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Posted on: September 18th, 2014

In Parshas Re’eh the Torah tells us about the bechira to adhere to the commandments of Hashem and refrain from sin. In Parshas Nitzavim, the Torah tells us that we have the choice to repent after we have sinned.

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Posted on: September 18th, 2014

As Moshe is about to die, why does God tell him about how the Israelites will ruin everything?

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Posted on: September 12th, 2014

This week's parsha offers a new covenant; a covenant that speaks to national life unlike any other

Posted on: September 12th, 2014

All Jews are inherently righteous and that is why we all have a portion in the World to Come.

Posted on: September 11th, 2014

Since it is a Rabbinic prohibition we may follow the more lenient opinion.

Posted on: September 11th, 2014

How can the Torah expect me today, thousands of years after the mitzvahs were given, to view each mitzvah as if I’m fulfilling it for the first time?

Posted on: September 11th, 2014

According to Ibn Ezra, the Torah was stressing through this covenant that hypocrisy was forbidden.

Posted on: September 11th, 2014

Simcha is total; sahs is God’s joy in protecting us even when we are most vulnerable.

Posted on: September 5th, 2014

Not only do we accept You as our King, it is our greatest desire that the name of Your Kingdom be spread throughout the entire universe.

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Posted on: September 4th, 2014

They ask, how can Rabbeinu Gershom forbid marrying more than one wife, when the Torah explicitly permits it in this parshah?

Posted on: September 4th, 2014

the test of moral integrity truly presents itself when one faces difficult situations.

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Posted on: September 4th, 2014

A replica reminds a person of the original. Granted it is in miniature, and granted no one would mistake it for the original, but it carries, almost in caricature form, some semblance of the original.

Posted on: September 4th, 2014

The inability of creation to violate Hashem’s natural law extends to inanimate object such as heaven and earth.

Posted on: August 28th, 2014

First, how could a beis din of 23 judges present a guilty verdict in a capital punishment case? After all, only a majority of the 23 judges ruled in favor of his verdict.

Posted on: August 28th, 2014

Of paramount importance is that both the king and his people realize that while he is the leader, he is still a subject of God.

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Posted on: August 28th, 2014

When a person feels he can control the destiny of other people, he runs the risk of feeling self-important, significant, and mighty.

Posted on: August 28th, 2014

Shoftim: The Line Between Murder And Apathy

Posted on: August 28th, 2014

If there is a mitzvas minuy dayanim in the Diaspora, then why is there a difference between Israel and the Diaspora in the number of judges and their distribution?