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This week’s portion opens with a discussion of the laws pertaining to the Jewish soldier whose passions are aroused in battle, impelling him to take… Read More »Alive With Spiritual Pleasure

“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way when you were leaving Egypt …you shall wipe out the memory of Amakek from under the… Read More »Passion For Progress

“And he shall gladden the wife that he took”(24:5) The Torah specifies that a newlywed is exempt from military service for a year, so that… Read More »Happy To Please

Liability. Personal responsibility and the utmost care for fellow humans were discussed in the Torah way before lawyers and lawsuits appeared on the judicial scene.… Read More »Dead Man Falling

In the past it was almost universally accepted that a hat was worn on important occasions to indicate respectability. Since a person should be dressed… Read More »Putting On a Hat

QUESTION 26: JOINING AAA AFTER FLAT If one gets a flat tire and is not a member of the AAA, can one call up the… Read More »Joining AAA and White Lie to Daughter

…take a gift for the Viceroy – a little balm, a little honey, gum resin, pistachio nuts and almonds. (Bereshith 43:11) The nature of a… Read More »Free Gifts

Friday Night WE HAVE BEEN saying Tehillah 27, L’Dovid since Rosh Chodesh Elul. In it is a very famous line that was also made into… Read More »To Dwell In His House

Rabbi Nechunia ben (son of) Ha’kaneh said: Whoever accepts upon himself the yoke of Torah study, the yoke of government and the yoke of earning… Read More »Chapter 3, Mishna 6: Born To Toil

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(a) – Tunnel Vision, Part I