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Friday Night RECENTLY I HEARD a scientist describe how remarkably the brain is set up to give a child immeasurable potential to do almost anything… Read More »Opportunity of Your Lifetime

(Note: The text of the beginning of Law 2, more relevant to Law 1, appeared in the previous two classes.) There is a sin much… Read More »Chapter 7, Law 2 – Good Corrupted

When he saw Amalek, he took up his parable and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations (Reishis goyim Amalek), and his fate shall… Read More »It Will End for Good

The Story “Oh my,” said Mrs. Silver to her children. “The oven seems to have lost power.” “The air conditioner and fridge have also shut… Read More »Privacy

BS”D Volume 36, No. 40 17 Tammuz 5782 July 16, 2022 Sponsored by Mrs. Rochelle Dimont and family, on the yahrzeit of grandfather and great-grandfather… Read More »Be Whole

Friday Night IT WAS ONE of those moments when you are in the right frame of mind to see and appreciate things a little differently.… Read More »Swallowed Pride

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1256 – Last Day of… Read More »A “Tense” Exchange and the Limitations of Bilaam’s Power

May my soul die the death of the upright, and my end be like his.[2] In an unusual moment of candor, Bilaam reveals his true… Read More »Make Your Imagination Vivid

The Jewish nation, camped in the desert near the border of Moav, posed a tremendous threat to the Moavites. The king of Moav chose to… Read More »Absolute Greatness

We are taught in the book of Mishlei-Proverbs by King Solomon that it is better to hear criticism from a friend than compliments from someone… Read More »Beware of Poisoned Sweets