June 2021

BS”D Volume 35, No. 37 23 Tammuz 5781 July 3, 2021 Sponsored by Judy and David Marwick in memory of Abe and Helen Spector a”h… Read More »A Hint of Days to Come

Shimon ben (son of) Shatach said: Examine witnesses thoroughly and be careful with your words lest through them they learn to lie. This mishna, as… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 9: Jewish Crime Prevention

The Mitzvah: The daily offering of the Olas Tamid, Continual Elevation-Offering was made up of 2 parts – one lamb offered at the start of… Read More »Tamid: From Start to Finish

“On the seventeenth of Tammuz the Tablets were broken” (Ta’anis 26a) Five calamities occurred on the seventeenth of Tammuz. The first of these calamities is… Read More »In Control

Life sustaining water, eau d’vivre, bottled at the source from the most pristine and exotic locations line the shelves in every supermarket, each bottled in… Read More »Still Waters Run Deep

Following the apportionment of the Land of Israel based on patrilineal tribe, “the daughters of Tzelofchod son of Chefer son of Gilad son of Machir… Read More »The Time is Now!

GPS: GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS Is it fair that my Wife has a GPS in her car and I don’t, when she has the street savvy… Read More »Holidays, Technologies & the “Reel” World

This week the most illustrious career in Biblical history begins its final chapters. Moshe is officially informed that he will pass on and is told… Read More »Moshe’s Last Stand

Friday Night IN NEXT WEEK’S parsha the Jewish people will actually go out and fulfill the mitzvah at the beginning of this week’s parsha, to… Read More »Pinchas vs. Bilaam

A person should always accustom himself to keeping silent (lit., ‘should increase his silence’). He should speak only of matters of wisdom or matters pertaining… Read More »Chapter 2, Law 4(a) – Speech: Expressions of the Soul