Anyone who occupies himself in the [observance of the] Torah in order to receive reward or avoid punishment is [considered as] one who occupies himself… Read More »Chapter 10, Law 5 – Preparing for the Secret
QUESTION 76: DOWNLOADING AND COPYING MUSIC I argue with people about the ethics of downloaded music files from the Internet. I say that downloading songs… Read More »Downloading and Copying Music
There are particular points in the services where we are invited to join the communal recitation of the prayers. Barechu, which is recited after the… Read More »Invitations
“Is there a moon?” This question, asked in Yiddish, would circulate around the Rebbe’s shalosh seudos tisch, the final meal of Shabbos, every month. Tze… Read More »Chapter One Hundred Forty-Eight
“And Yaakov was a straightforward man who sat in tents.” (Bereshith 25:27) “Tam,” the Hebrew term for straightforward used in this verse, conjures an image… Read More »Truth Tested
This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1153 Parshas Ki Sisa –… Read More »More Than Just a Play on Words
BS”D Volume 35, No. 21 22 Adar 5781 March 6, 2021 Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Jules Meisler in memory of Jules’ father Irving Meisler… Read More »How to Remember
This week we read the parsha of Ki Tisa. After receiving the Torah, Bnei Yisroel {the Children of Israel}, thinking that Moshe had died, sought… Read More »Visions of Tefillin
The Holy One, blessed be He, acquired five possessions in His world. They are: (a) the Torah, (b) heaven and earth, (c) Abraham, (d) Israel,… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 10(a): Being Possessed With G-d – Part I
In the aftermath of the sin of the Golden Calf, Moshe’s mortality is transformed to immortality as — anthropomorphic as it may sound — he… Read More »Higher than Sinai