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Shabbos Night FOR ABOUT A year now, I have been going for an early morning walk, kind of my pre-dovening hisbodedus (meditation). It is still… Read More »Golden Silence

One of the more distinguishing life values which Judaism advocates is the type of food that a Jew eats. There are foods that Jews are… Read More »Kosher is a Blessing

Law 3 The two extremes of each quality are not the proper and worthy path for one to follow or train himself in. And if… Read More »Chapter 1, Laws 3-4(a) – Reaching Our Own Stars

Rabbi Chananya ben (son of) Akashya said: The Holy One, blessed be He, wanted to give Israel merit; therefore He gave them Torah and mitzvos… Read More »Conclusion: To Understand Man

There is between each extreme of disposition more moderate dispositions, each different from the other. There are some dispositions which a person has from birth,… Read More »Chapter 1, Law 2 – Controlling Our Destiny

Command Aharon and his sons, saying, “This is the Torah of the olah. It is the olah that stays on the flame on the altar…[2]… Read More »What Emerges From the Olah

BS”D Volume 35, No. 24 14 Nissan 5781 March 27, 2021 Sponsored by Aaron and Rona Lerner in memory of their fathers Avraham ben Yaakov… Read More »Eternal Lessons

Everything that the Holy One, Blessed be He, created in His world He created only for His honor, as it is written, ‘All that is… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 11: We Can Write No More

Why is this night different than all other nights? – Question in the Haggadah at the Pesach Seder What are these testimonies and statutes (Chukim),… Read More »Delicious Answers

This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: CD #1026 – Salt on… Read More »Pesach: Reaching the Level of Ahavas Chinam