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BS”D Volume 35, No. 36 16 Tammuz 5781 June 26, 2021 Sponsored by Mrs. Rochelle Dimont and family, on the yahrzeit of grandfather and great-grandfather… Read More »The Power of Speech

How can I curse, what G-d has not cursed?…For from its origins I see it, rock-like. From high places I see it.[2] Three blessings constitute… Read More »Protocols of the Elders of Anti-Zion

Micha 5:6 This week’s haftorah reveals to us Hashem’s incredible love for His people. The prophet Micha opens by comparing the Jewish nation to a… Read More »Haftora Commentary Parshas Balak

The Talmud incisively comments that it is not the mouse that is a thief,but, rather, it is the hole in the wall that allows the… Read More »Balak’s Blind Hatred

Yehuda ben (son of) Tabbai and Shimon ben Shatach received the transmission from them [the previous generation of scholars, listed in Mishna 6]. Yehuda ben… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 8: Shaping Minds

How we admire people who combine great wealth with great social consciousness, who not only take from society but give something back as well. We… Read More »The Epitome of Righteousness

“And G-d said to Balaam ‘Do not go with them [the emissaries of Balak] and do not curse [the nation of Israel] for it is… Read More »Uncommon Courtesy

We are all fascinated by inanimate or animal objects that speak. The ’60s had TV viewers kvelling over talking horses, even talking cars. And an… Read More »Sorry for Nothing

In Psalms, King David writes that the honor and beauty of a Jewish woman is contained in her unique quality of inwardness. By contrast, today… Read More »Privacy: Is it a Feminine Trait?

QUESTION 81: CLOTHES INTENDED FOR CHARITY As I gained weight, I put aside some clothes to give to charity. I assumed that since the clothes… Read More »Clothes Intended for Charity