June 2024

ONE OF THE greatest gifts you can give a person is inspiration. And though giving gifts on Chanukah is not really our thing, the holiday… Read More »To Inspire

Dear Rabbi Travis, I really battle knowing what lashon hara is and what isn’t. If I need to get advice about a problem with another… Read More »Lashon Hara

“Hunger and thirst are considered sickness. If a person can concentrate on tefillah before he eats, then he should do so. Otherwise he may eat… Read More »Hungry and Thirsty

HI LEAH, You are the first person that has been able to describe the concept of the not making me a woman prayer in a… Read More »Who Hast Not Made Me a Woman: A Summary of Student Responses

BS”D Volume 38, No. 35 9 Sivan 5784 June 15, 2024 Sponsored by the Vogel family on the yahrzeit of mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Lorraine… Read More »An Amazing Commitment

Speak to Aharon and his sons, saying: So shall you bless the Bnei Yisrael.[1] According to a medrash, the Bnei Yisrael were none too happy… Read More »Watch What You Ask For

Why was his offering the same? And why does the Torah describe Nesanel’s offering in precisely the same detail as that of Nachshon, when it… Read More »Striving for More

Any dispute which is for the sake of Heaven will ultimately endure, and one which is not for the sake of Heaven will not ultimately… Read More »Chapter 5, Mishna 20: Endless Arguments

This week we read the parsha of Naso. The parsha begins with the counting {Naso} of the Bnei Levi {the sons of Levi} and the… Read More »Giving is Receiving

What is the greatest blessing to which a person can aspire in this world? For Jewish people, at least, the answer seems to be peace.… Read More »A Drink of Wine