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…and you should love your neighbor as yourself… (Vayikra 19:18) This one line here is the Great -General Principle in the Torah, according to Rabbi… Read More »The Clock is Ticking

BS”D Volume 36, No. 30 6 Iyar 5782 May 7, 2022 In this week’s Parashah, we are commanded to be “Kedoshim.” R’ Yitzchak of Volozhin… Read More »Be Holy!

The story of Rachav is set forth in the Book of Joshua, Chapter Two, takes place approximately forty years after the Exodus from Egypt, when… Read More »Rachav: The Courage to Create a New Reality Part I

QUESTION 14: CALLLING HOME COLLECT WITH A FICTICOUS NAME TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE ARRIVED If a person is going on a trip, and he… Read More »Calling Collect and Shareware

Rabbi Yehoshua said: An evil eye, the evil inclination, and hatred of others (lit., of the creations) remove a person from the world. This mishna… Read More »Chapter 2, Mishna 16: Baseless Hatred

One of the very well-known commandments that appears in this week’s reading of the Torah is the injunction not to place a stumbling block in… Read More »Advising the Blind

The Mitzvah: The Torah famously instructs “you shall love your fellow as yourself, I am G-d” (Leviticus 19:18). The mitzvah of ahavas Yisrael, love of… Read More »Love Your Neighbor: Who Needs Friends?

“…the two of them shall be put to death…” (20:11) Parshas Kedoshim contains the consequences that befall a person who engages in the prohibited consanguineous… Read More »Understand The Warning

Why do we cringe when our flaws and shortcomings are pointed out to us? Why do we find criticism such a bitter pill to swallow?… Read More »A Critical Difference

“Speak to the entire assembly of the Children of Israel and say to them: You shall be holy, for holy am I, G-d your Lord.”… Read More »More Power To You