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Marriage: The tie that binds. It is the building-block of any nation and the foundation for its growth. Yet Jewish law restricts whom the children… Read More »Gratitude – A Hereditary Trait?

One of the most cited phrases in the Torah is found in the first sentences of this week’s reading: “justice, justice shall you pursue” [Deut.… Read More »Fund the Police

Rabbi Meir (Mai-eer) said: Anyone who engages in Torah study for its own sake (‘lishma’) merits many things. Not only that, but the entire world… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 1(b) : What G-d Really Wants – Part II

When he sits on the thrown of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a transcription of this Torah…before the Kohanim.[1] Presumably, the Kohanim were… Read More »Derech Eretz Im Torah

BS”D Volume 38, No. 47 4 Elul 5784 September 7, 2024 Sponsored by the Katz family on the yahrzeits of Shlomo ben Yaakov Shalom Spalter… Read More »Which Gates Will You Open?

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1390 – Saying VaYechulu Friday… Read More »The Epiphany of Rabi Yishmael ben Elisha: How Great Are the Words of the Sages!

Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person… Read More »Parsha Summary for Parshas Shoftim

Isaiah 51:12 -52:12G-d, speaking through Yishayuhu the Navi, contrasts the situation of Israel while in exile to the way things will be at the time… Read More »Haftorah Summary for Parshas Shoftim

This week we read the parsha of Shoftim {Judges}. “Shoftim v’shotrim tetane l’cha {Judges and officers you shall appoint for yourselves} in all the gates… Read More »Judge Over Yourself

“If a corpse will be found on the land…” (21:1) When a Jew is murdered and the perpetrator is not found, the city closest to… Read More »Protection For The Way