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Hillel and Shammai received the transmission from them [the previous generation of scholars, of Mishna 10]. Hillel said: Be of the students of Aaron, loving… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 12: Aaron vs. Moses

This Week’s RRR (Relevant Religious Reference): “… Love your Neighbor like yourself… ” – Genesis, 25:30   This Week’s SSC(Suitable Secular Citation): ” You the… Read More »You the Man; No, You the Man

It is said with a combination of passionate joy and admiring wonder. As the Torah is raised for all to see, the congregants point to… Read More »Killer Torah

Although our teacher Moshe figuratively tears down the gates of Heaven with his prayers and supplications to be allowed to enter the land of Israel,… Read More »Fatalism and Acceptance

Friday Night TORAH GLADDENS THE heart, so we are limited when it comes to learning Torah on Tisha B’Av, especially when it comes to gemora.… Read More »Tisha B’Av Lessons

“A fence for wisdom is silence” (Pirkei Avos 3:17). Therefore, one should not hurry to respond and not speak excessively. One should teach his students… Read More »Chapter 2, Law 5 – The Torah Speaks for Itself

Avtalyon said: Sages, be careful with your words lest you deserve to be exiled and are exiled to a place of bad waters. The students… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 11: Judaism vs. Western Civilization

This last oration of our teacher Moshe reviews the occurrences in history of the Jewish people after their miraculous Exodus from Egypt. The words of… Read More »Book 5, Take 2

Thus says HASHEM: Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom, nor the strong man boast of his strength, nor the rich man boast… Read More »Where Are You?

Hashem… has multiplied you and you are like the stars of the heaven in abundance. May Hashem the G-d of your forefathers…bless you as He… Read More »Clip Those Wings