Our previous class explored commentaries on the topic of why God created Eve as a partner for Adam. Our current class looks at Adam and… Read More »Understanding our Purpose, Understanding our Role Part II
There are giants whose impact is such that they change the entire worldview for thousands. This impact is not just for their own generation, but… Read More »Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Eight
When our Sages originally instituted the daily services, they knew that there were individuals who would not have the capacity to say the prayers. In… Read More »Fulfilling One’s Obligation
QUESTION 68: Many, but perhaps not all, motels allow a maximum of four children with their parents in a room. Once when I was making… Read More »Children in a Motel Room
“[The brothers] broke the news to [Yaakov]: “Yosef is still alive, and he rules over all the land of Egypt.” But [Yaakov’s] heart became numb,… Read More »The Boy Who Cried “Wolf!” I
Whenever the ‘soul’ is referenced in this discussion, it does not [refer to] the soul which requires a body, but the ‘form of the soul’… Read More »Chapter 8, Law 3 – The Three Souls of Man
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1179 Walking Your Guest to… Read More »Things Do Not Occur at Random
And HASHEM appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, and he was sitting at the entrance of the tent when the day was hot.… Read More »His Super Human Achievement
Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is acquired with… Read More »Mishna 6: Ways 34-36(a): The Human Challenge – Part I
The city of Sodom and the surrounding region were notorious for their cruel practices and laws. But before G-d brought destruction upon them, He first… Read More »Kind to the Cruel?