July 2021

This week’s Torah portion concludes with an overview of the Jewish nation’s wanderings in the wilderness, as well as key laws and preparations associated with… Read More »The Stuff of Real Life

The portion of Matos begins with the laws governing commitments and pledges. In Torah law, words are not taken lightly and when one makes an… Read More »Oath of Office

Friday Night LAST WEEK I learned 97a in Maseches Sanhedrin, a page with which I am quite familiar. It starts an End-of-Days section, and I… Read More »Signs

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(b) – Silence and the Road to Self-Discovery

HASHEM spoke to Moshe, saying: Pinchas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the Kohen has turned My anger away from the Children of… Read More »We Sweeten Each Other

What can one person accomplish against a mob? This question is sadly relevant today, and this week’s parsha (reading) provides the answer. At the end… Read More »The Power of One

There were extremely negative murmurings within the people of Israel in objection to the actions of Pinchas for his zealousness in slaying Zimri together with… Read More »Pinchas and Pacifism

This week’s article from Rabbi Yissocher Frand has been generously dedicated by Mr. Moshe Dreyfuss in memory of his father Avraham ben Shmuel a”h, on… Read More »Summer Vacation Begins With a Reminder: No Vacation from Divine Service

Moshe spoke to Hashem, saying, “May Hashem appoint a man over the assembly who shall go out before them and come in before them…Let the… Read More »Conflict of Interest