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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

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