Yearly Archives: 2025
The Bitachon Blueprint (Part IXX)
Compassion is the foundation of validation. How we speak to ourselves — and how we listen — is just as important as what we say.
No, I Don’t Know Everything
Coin-like pieces such as this are classified as tokens. A token is not an official government-issued coin but privately made, and is used as a substitute for money or for other purposes like advertising.
Persauded – Chapter VIII
Family accountant Izzy had the idea that the Elmans should move to a smaller place and rent out their house to catch up on their debts.
Motty’s Machshavot
When Motty returned to Israel from the trip, he continued to sing and play music at events, and sometimes used to sing the Hashgacha Pratit song, but with his own words. Instead of “hashgacha pratit,” he used to sing machshavot tovot, diburim tovim (positive thinking, positive speech).
Q & A: Mi Sheberach (Conclusion)
Is there a halachic source for the Mi Sheberach other than its presence in the siddur?
Celebrating Israel in Exile
There were demographic disabilities within, as well as without, the new state. The Jews were less than three-fifths of the population; the Arabs, more than two-fifths.
Masters of Deception – Chukat
It is impossible to reach an agreement with Amalek, because the only thing that will satisfy them is our obliteration and…G-d's name in the world can never be complete until Amalek is obliterated.
Dear Dr. Yael
Women are generally more sensitive and astute and the fact that you seem happier and more vibrant may be upsetting to your daughters. Perhaps, they were Daddy's girls, so this is hard for them to see.
Selling F-35s to Authoritarian Regimes Is a Dangerous Gamble
Today, countries such as the UAE and Bahrain regularly seek U.S.-made weapons. But what will happen if the dictatorial rulers of these nations are replaced by forces hostile to America and Israel?
Reimbursing a Kidney Donor? NY Reimbursement Program To Incentivize Kidney Donation
The procedure itself is covered by medical insurance. This program is for ancillary costs, such as lost income, travel expenses, lodging, food, child and elder care, and medical aides not covered by insurance.
Rav Moshe and the Meaning of a Flag
Churches and shuls started placing flags in their sanctuaries around World War I. In addition to it being a time of nationalistic fervor, it was especially important for religious groups that were being accused of being sympathetic to enemies of the United States to demonstrate how patriotic they were.
A Pivotal Pause For The Para Aduma
Unlike the two previous sedras of Shelach and Korach, each of which were two-thirds story and a third juxtapositional mitzvot, Chukat’s three mitzvot are part of the same mitzvah topic – namely, para aduma (the red heifer), with the bulk of the sedra being a string of episodes in the Midbar-wandering period.
I Have Tried To Become Wise But It Is Beyond Me
Because if it is corruption we are worried about, there is no greater corruption and source of impurity than the presence of death itself.
The Levush: A Halachic Masterpiece Lost to Time
This 1620 edition is among the earliest printings of the complete Sifrei Levushim and was issued just a few years after the author's passing.
What’s Your Legacy?
We are living in a world of chaos, never sure what tomorrow brings. As I write these words it is impossible for me to know what our days will look like by the time you read my message.
A Bitter Turning Point for NY’s Jewish Community
From the earliest days of the city’s founding, Jews have helped shape the identity and vitality of New York. As immigrants, merchants, educators, philanthropists, laborers, artists and industrialists, Jewish New Yorkers have given much – and asked for little beyond the freedom to contribute.
Digging What Didn’t Pour: Parshat Chukat, Grief, and the Torah of the Broken Heart
Maybe being a stepmom is my chok. A path that defies neat halachic categories but still carves out something sacred. It doesn’t always feel certain. It rarely feels understood. But it is real. And it loves. And it is absurd.
Making Your Spouse First
The attitude that one knows that you’ve got my back isn’t born overnight. It’s achieved with a persistent series of small acts and gestures where husband and wife demonstrate that you are first in my book.
Adulting
In the beginning, perhaps you appreciated the input and research your parents offered, but now things have changed. You are less reliant on their suggestions and opinions and trust yourself to make good dating choices.
Lebanon Working to Wrest Control from Hezbollah
A political decision is required for Lebanon to impose control over the area north of the Litani River, where medium and heavy weapons are still in the hands of Hezbollah.
Reining In The Ego: When Even Horses Bow To Providence
Like many Israeli leaders, Netanyahu often peppers his speeches with biblical verses, usually used as cultural or historical touchstones rather than as expressions of personal religiosity. Keinon points out that Netanyahu’s use of the Shema prayer is less typical and perhaps indicative of a deeper religious arousal.
New Deal with Hamas to Free 10 of 20 Living Hostages Over 2-Month Period
"The way to defeat Hamas and bring the hostages home is to reoccupy the Gaza Strip, halt humanitarian aid, go all the way through the evaluation phase—and win.”
My Monthly Journey to the Wall
Each month, the Kotel plaza looks different from the one before as there is constant excavation and construction happening, an incredible sign of each incremental step coming closer to the Geulah.
A Fascinating Din Torah
When one makes peace in his home, the Torah considers it as if he established peace among the entire Jewish Nation.
Were We Saved From Destruction Without Teshuvah?
Perhaps the fullest picture of what is truly unfolding emerges only when we consider most, if not all, of these perspectives together.
The Jew Who Bombed Both Hiroshima And Nagasaki And Bob Caron’s Contempt for Holocaust...
Recently, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth caused a stir when, pursuant to President Trump’s long overdue purge of content deemed to promote DEI, he absurdly flagged the name Enola Gay for removal, apparently because the name contained the word “gay” (sigh). In fact, the Enola Gay was named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of its pilot, Colonel Paul W. Tibbets.
The Five Stages of Torah
Only when there is silence, and the complete absence of ego, can the truth be heard, understood, and accepted. The Torah is the absolute and whole truth and can therefore only be given when there is absolutely nothing else competing against it.
Is There Method To Mamdani’s Madness?
Predictably, Mamdani’s answer to the question of where the money to pay for all of this largesse will come from will continue to be ever-higher taxes, thus feeding the non-affordability spiral. So, nothing really new here.
Rogue NGOs And Riots
In short, American taxpayers, especially in California, are unwittingly funding activists seeking to overthrow the traditional American order.
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