One who takes revenge against his fellow transgresses a negative prohibition as it is stated, ‘You shall not take revenge’ (Leviticus 19:18). Even though one… Read More »Chapter 7, Law 7 – The Serpent’s Revenge
A person’s entire livelihood is allocated to him (during the period) from Rosh HaShana to Yom Kippur except for expenditures for Shabbosos and for Yomim… Read More »Truly A Blast from the Past
Rashi cites a well-known Medrash explaining the juxtaposition of the pasuk “You are all standing here today…” (Devorim 29:9) with the 98 curses in last… Read More »Approaching the Day of Judgment: Fear – Yes; Hopelessness – No
Friday Night This is not my story, but it could be anybody’s. It was the first day of Selichos, Motzei Shabbos, 12:30 am. I never… Read More »Getting In Touch
BS”D Volume 36, No. 50 28 Elul 5782 September 24, 2022 Sponsored by the Greengart and Lerman families in memory of their father Zvi ben… Read More »Farewell to the Shemittah!
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
