torah

Rabbi Elazar of Bartosa said: Give Him from His own, for you and your possessions are His. And so regarding King David does the verse… Read More »Chapter 3, Mishna 8(b): Testing G-d

QUESTION 29: RESERVING FOOD The dining room at my son’s yeshiva has a rule that half hour after a meal begins, if food is left… Read More »Reserving Food and Parking Lot Next Door

“Prepare yourself to daven before the G-d of Israel” (Amos 4,12). Rav Kahana would wrap himself in a tallis before tefillah (Shabbos 10a). Based on… Read More »Dressed in a Tallis

…Perhaps it was an oversight on their part. (Bereshith 43:12) When Yaakov saw that the money his sons had paid for food in Egypt was… Read More »The Best Policy

In emphasizing once again the eternal validity of God’s covenant with the Jewish people, Moshe addresses his words to the entire nation. All classes of… Read More »Our Covenant – the Great Equalizer

“You are standing today, all of you…” (29:9) Parshas Nitzavim begins with Moshe assembling the entire nation of Israel on the last day of his… Read More »Our Leaders Define Us

There would be no tomorrow for Moses. He knows this is the last day of his life, and as he stands before the people, he… Read More »Of Blandishments and Seductions

“See – I have placed before you today life and good, and death and evil…and you will choose life so you will live, you and… Read More »It’s Never Too Late

The final portions of the Torah don’t let us escape from the harsh realties of real-world trials and tribulations. In this week’s combined portions of… Read More »Battle Hymn of the Republic

All such people [discussed above] are [considered] speakers of lashon hara (malicious gossip) in whose neighborhood it is forbidden to dwell, and certainly [it is… Read More »Chapter 7, Law 6(c) – Tunnel Vision, Part III