Those who have physical illnesses taste bitter things as sweet and sweet as bitter. There are likewise ill individuals who hunger for inedible substances such… Read More »Chapter 2, Law 1 – Are We Really Happy?
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BS”D Volume 35, No. 29 26 Iyar 5781 May 7, 2021 Sponsored by David and Micheline Peller on the yahrzeit of her father Baruch ben… Read More »This Land is My Land? Your Land?
Hashem spoke to Moshe on Har Sinai, saying…when you come into the land that I give you, the land should observe a Shabbos rest for… Read More »The Strength to be Pure
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Friday Night ON ONE HAND I’d rather not talk about it, especially so soon after it happened. I do not know all the facts, nor… Read More »Bigger Picture
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And HASHEM said to Moshe: ‘Say to the Kohanim, the sons of Aaron, and you shall say to them: “To a (dead) person he shall… Read More »Leadership By Example
And how does a person accustom himself in these qualities (i.e., the middle path of each character trait) until he acquires them? He should act… Read More »Chapter 1, Law 7 – Jewish Psychology