July 2022

The Story “Oh my,” said Mrs. Silver to her children. “The oven seems to have lost power.” “The air conditioner and fridge have also shut… Read More »Privacy

BS”D Volume 36, No. 40 17 Tammuz 5782 July 16, 2022 Sponsored by Mrs. Rochelle Dimont and family, on the yahrzeit of grandfather and great-grandfather… Read More »Be Whole

Friday Night IT WAS ONE of those moments when you are in the right frame of mind to see and appreciate things a little differently.… Read More »Swallowed Pride

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1256 – Last Day of… Read More »A “Tense” Exchange and the Limitations of Bilaam’s Power

May my soul die the death of the upright, and my end be like his.[2] In an unusual moment of candor, Bilaam reveals his true… Read More »Make Your Imagination Vivid

The Jewish nation, camped in the desert near the border of Moav, posed a tremendous threat to the Moavites. The king of Moav chose to… Read More »Absolute Greatness

We are taught in the book of Mishlei-Proverbs by King Solomon that it is better to hear criticism from a friend than compliments from someone… Read More »Beware of Poisoned Sweets

Akavia ben (son of) Mehalalel said: Consider three things and you will not come to sin. Know from where you have come, to where you… Read More »Chapter 3, Mishna 1: The Afterlife: Souls Exposed

This week, we find the gentile world’s greatest prophet, Bila’am, challenged by bot his conscience, Hashem’s will and of course, a formidable foe. Balak, the… Read More »Is Sincerity at Steak?

“Whoever says amen with all of his strength merits to have the gates of Gan Eden opened up for him” (Shabbos 119b). “The moment a… Read More »The Gates of Gan Eden