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They (each of the five students of R. Yochanan listed earlier) said three things. R. Eliezer said: May the honor of your fellow be as… Read More »Chapter 2, Mishna 15(d): Facing Life

This week we read the double parsha of Acharei Mos – Kedoshim. Acharei Mos begins: “Va’yedabare Hashem el Moshe acharei mos shnei bnei Aharon (Hashem… Read More »Identical but Different

“Hashem spoke to Moshe sfter the death of Aharon’s two sons, when they approached before Hashem, and they died”(16:1) The Torah introduces the Yom Kippur… Read More »Faith Healer

You shall observe My statutes and My ordinances, which a man shall do and live by them (‘Chai B’hem” – literally to live in them)… Read More »The Holy Pickle

Leadership Authorities tend to be authoritarian: dominating, manipulating, bullying. They feel they deserve their positions because of their ambitious and domineering manners. How often do… Read More »Shemaya and the Temptation of Leadership

Do not act according to the practice of the land of Egypt, in which you dwelled. Do not act according to the practice of the… Read More »Why They Hate Us

BS”D Volume 36, No. 29 29 Nissan 5782 April 30, 2022 Dedicated in gratitude to Hashem on Hamaayan’s 35th birthday and in memory of Moreinu… Read More »Risk Reduction

This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1245 – The Latest Kashrus… Read More »Rabbi Akiva’s Students Did Not Die for the Crime of Disrespectful Behavior

The two festivals of Pesach and Shavuos come in such rapid succession they almost seem like one extended celebration. Indeed, some commentators compare the intervening… Read More »A Matter of Opinion

The death of the two sons of Aaron remain one of the great mysteries that the Torah presents to us. The Talmud and Midrash have… Read More »In the Wake of the Nadav and Avihu Tragedy