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Rabbi Yossi said: Let your fellow’s property be as dear to you as your own, prepare yourself to study Torah because it is not an… Read More »Chapter 2, Mishna 17(b): Self-Made Rabbis

Yehudah recognized [his seal, wrap, and staff] and said, “She is more innocent than I am!” (Bereshith 38:26) Our Sages tell us that the benefits… Read More »Confessions

QUESTION 16: COPYING TEXTBOOKS My son asked me for $7 for his High School. When I asked why, he said the school made full copies… Read More »Copying Textbooks

This week Women in Judaism continues to explore the life of Rachav and her enormous capacity to change. From our perspective, the prospect that a… Read More »Rachav: The Courage to Create a New Reality Part II

This week we read the tochacha, the admonitions and prescient warnings of disasters that will befall our people almost as a natural reaction to our… Read More »Land Lessons

Friday Night Evil is so hard to fathom. We know it exists, we see people do it, and we might be guilty of it on… Read More »War Against Evil

Last November, the doors of an armored truck popped open as it was traveling on a San Diego freeway, dumping bags of cash onto the… Read More »Grabbing Hands

One who rebukes his fellow should not (at the start) speak with him so harshly that he shames him, as it is stated, ‘[You shall… Read More »Chapter 6, Law 8 – Crying Out

Rabbi Yossi said: Let your fellow’s property be as dear to you as your own, prepare yourself to study Torah because it is not an… Read More »Mishna 17(a): Living or Dying for Judaism?

The fire shall always be burning on the Altar; It shall never go out. (Vayikra 6:) It’s Log B’Omer and everyone is seeking out a… Read More »The Fire Within