torah

Akavia ben (son of) Mehalalel said: Consider three things and you will not come to sin. Know from where you have come, to where you… Read More »Chapter 3, Mishna 1: The Afterlife: Souls Exposed

This week, we find the gentile world’s greatest prophet, Bila’am, challenged by bot his conscience, Hashem’s will and of course, a formidable foe. Balak, the… Read More »Is Sincerity at Steak?

“Whoever says amen with all of his strength merits to have the gates of Gan Eden opened up for him” (Shabbos 119b). “The moment a… Read More »The Gates of Gan Eden

QUESTION 22: HONESTY WHILE BUYING SOFTWARE ON WEB A software company has a web site where one can buy their software. One button says ‘click… Read More »Buying Software & Reminding Biller

Pharaoh took his ring off his own hand and placed it on the hand of Yosef… (Bereshith 41:42) Pharaoh giving his ring to Yosef was… Read More »Signatures

In broader terms, G-d oversees the world overall through justice and law ­1. Yet we know that at bottom what G-d wants to express is… Read More »Chapter 8: The Details of Divine Providence – Paragraph 1

He [Rabbi Tarfon] used to say: It is not upon you to complete the task, but you are not free to idle from it. If… Read More »Chapter 2, Mishna 21: Our Problems – G-d’s Problems

You spot that fresh, warm chocolate cake, just pulled from the oven, calling out to you. The sweet, rich cocoa aroma invites you to help… Read More »In the Mind’s Eye

Of all the commandments and rituals prescribed by the Torah none is more mysterious than the burning of the parah adumah, the red heifer. As… Read More »The Inside Story

HASHEM spoke to Moshe and to Aaron saying, “This is the statute (Chukos) of the Torah, which HASHEM has commanded, saying: “Speak to the Children… Read More »Educated Taste Buds