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There is a universal obligation (lit., ‘an obligation on every person’) to love every member of Israel as oneself (lit., ‘as his body’) as it… Read More »Chapter 6, Law 3 – Love Knows No Barriers

Is it just me, or does the world seem to become more volatile every day? We used to say that last year, we could never… Read More »Purim: A Celebration for Uncertain Times

On that night, the king’s sleep was disturbed, and he ordered to bring the book of the records, the chronicles, and they were read before… Read More »Hiding in Plain Sight

He called to Moshe, and Hashem spoke to him from the Ohel Moed[2] Sforno points out the parallel to Matan Torah, where Hashem “called to… Read More »Wait Until You Are Called

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1198 Blood On Your Finger/Gums:… Read More »Destroying Trust is a Treachery Against Hashem

QUESTION 8: RETURNING A LATE VIDEO TO THE LIBRARY A person takes out a video tape from the library for his kids to watch Sunday… Read More »Questions Regarding Libraries

Rav Mordechai Yaffe, known as the Levush after his famous ten-volume work, was one of the foremost rabbis and Jewish leaders in Central Europe some… Read More »Life of Death

Then Yosef had a dream and told it to his brothers… (Bereshith 37:5) Nowadays we consider most dreams meaningless. They are often based on events… Read More »Nightmares

This week we begin Sefer Vayikra {the Book of Leviticus} with Parshas Vayikra. “Vayikra el Moshe {And He (Hashem) called to Moshe}. [1:1]” The Ramban… Read More »Behind the Mask

The Talmud cites the verse “The stability of your time and the strength of salvation is wisdom and knowledge”,1 interpreting it as referring to the… Read More »An Order Of Intelligence