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BS”D Volume 36, No. 5 24 Marcheshvan 5782 October 30, 2021 Sponsored by the Parness family in memory of Max Parness a”h In this week’s… Read More »Monetary Lessons

Soro’s lifetime was a hundred years, and twenty years, and seven years – the years of Soro’s life.[2] “Hashem knows the days of the perfect.”[3]… Read More »Perfect Truth

Rabban Gamliel the son of Rabbi Yehuda the Prince said: Good is Torah study together with a worldly occupation, for the exertion in both makes… Read More »Chapter 2, Mishna 2(a) : Torah Study vs. Earning a Livelihood – Part I

The Torah records for us the years of the life of our mother Sarah. It is done in a lengthy fashion counting one hundred years,… Read More »Sarah Lived the Good Life

The sensitivity that one must have in performing the mitzvah of kibbud av v’eim, honoring one’s parents, is expressed in our Sages’ comment on the… Read More »Honoring Parents: Basic Requirements

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1224 – I Know She… Read More »Eliezer Journeys from Arur to Baruch by Bypassing Negiyus

“… and we bend down, bow, and give thanks before the King who reigns over kings” (ibid.). Pausing after the word thanks could imply a… Read More »Bowing Down

Question 89: Rabbi Looking for Another Position Let’s say a Rabbi who has an employment contract with a synagogue is interested in finding another position… Read More »Rabbi Looking for Another Position

As the final installment in our three part series on the relationship between inner and outer beauty, we explore the concept of feminine modesty and… Read More »Body & Beauty In Our Physical World: A Jewish Perspective Part III

She conceived and bore a son; and she said, “God has gathered away my humiliation.” (Bereshith 30:23) The name “Yosef” stems from the root “asaf”… Read More »Guilty Parties